Supply Chain Council

California bill would expand state’s power over warehouses and related trucking

California’s small business sector, with allies in local governments, is gearing up against a sweeping change in the state’s regulation of warehouse siting and expansion, including mandated creation of acceptable trucking routes.

AB98 now sits on the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has until Sept. 30 to sign or veto the bill. A Newsom spokesman told FreightWaves in an email that “this measure will be evaluated on its merits,” giving no other indication which way the governor was leaning on the...

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Supply Chain Council adds new executive, looks beyond California

Bringing together different elements of the supply chain in one group – shippers, carriers, brokers, customers and labor unions – may seem like the ultimate exercise in herding cats.

But the words of Benjamin Franklin come to mind when considering whether such an effort is necessary.

“We must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly, we shall all hang separately,” said the “First American,” referring to the assumed fates of the signers of the Declaration of Independence should the British...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/supply-chain-council-adds-new-executive-looks-beyond-california

Backed by big companies and labor, Supply Chain Council debuts

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Against a backdrop of New York Harbor and cranes looming over the Port of Newark, the Supply Chain Council announced its formation Wednesday, boasting that it will fill a void among logistics-focused associations by casting a wider membership net.

At a press briefing at Liberty State Park, the type of “big tent” the Supply Chain Council seeks to build was most evident in the fact that its chairman, Prologis Senior Vice President Steven Hussain, and Josh LaFarga, director of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/backed-by-big-companies-and-labor-supply-chain-council-debuts