The 56th Annual Pacific Oil Conference was held for the third year at the JW Marriott, LA LIVE, September 8-10, 2015.

The 3rd Argus California Carbon and LCFS Summit will take place in Napa Valley at the Marriott Hotel & Spa on October 5 - 7, 2015.

Join California retailers as they discuss new legislative and regulatory practices from the state government. Plastic bag bans, electronic cigarette sales, GMO labeling, "green chemicals" and fuel vapor recovery highlight a variety of issues cooking in the test-tube state. California retailers will discuss how they continue to cope with an array of new requirements and obligations. This session is intended for retailers who operate stores within California.

State Water Board staff has reached out to CIOMA regarding development of proposed regulations in the near future. Water Board staff is asking if there are any changes that our membership would like to have considered in the regulations change/update package.

The key legislative measures significantly increasing the state's authority to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - SB 350 (De Leon & others) and SB 32 (Pavely & others) were either stopped or modified in the closing days of this legislative session.

2015 marks the 20th Anniversary of the We Card Program and its service to the retail community to raise awareness of and compliance with tobacco and age-restricted product laws.

National Petroleum has once again been named as one of the nations fastest-growing private companies on Inc. Magazine’s annual Inc. 500|5000 list.

Equifax, Experian and TransUnion recently announced the National Consumer Assistance Plan that will enhance their ability to collect complete and accurate consumer information and will provide consumers more transparency when interacting with consumer reporting agencies about their credit reports.