Patrick Ellis, president and CEO of the Murrieta/Wildomar Chamber of Commerce, left, and Kimberly Niebla, events & program manager, hold the chamber’s Advocacy Champion Award. Valley News/Courtesy photo
The Murrieta/Wildomar Chamber of Commerce is one of seven chambers of commerce to receive the 2023 Advocacy Champion Award from the California Chamber of Commerce.This is the first year the award has been given to recognize chambers for excellence in business advocacy. Representatives of the Advocacy Champion chambers were honored on May 17 during the CalChamber Capitol Summit in Sacramento.“Communities look to their local chambers to be problem solvers for the community,” Nick Ortiz, CalChamber vice president of local chamber relations said. “The Advocacy Champion chambers stepped up to the plate in a big way.”Advocacy Champions published vote records of their state legislators on key business issues, joined coalition efforts to let state elected officials know about c
