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A call to action from FBAC’s Chairman
At FBAC's recent Annual Meeting of Members, Chairman Ken Monroe urged family business owners around the state to join the Association because "we need to be our own advocate" in Sacramento. Here’s the good news: Our reputation and ability to participate in much of the...
Welcome to our newest member
FBAC, the only organization lobbying at the state Capitol on behalf of family owned businesses, welcomes Universal Service Recycling as our newest member. The company has been family owned and operated since 1996. It began as a one-yard operation in Stockton but now...
PAGA reforms helped restore fairness, but more are needed
The Sacramento Business Journal has posted an op-ed by FBAC Chairman Ken Monroe highlighting the need to enact further reforms to the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). The piece is behind the SBJ's paywall, but if you're not a subscriber here' are the first few...
BMO Joins FBAC as Central Valley Sponsor
FBAC is proud to announce BMO as the Central Valley Regional Sponsor, strengthening FBAC’s ability to support and advocate for family-owned businesses throughout the region. With deep roots serving family-owned businesses, BMO brings a shared commitment to helping...
FBAC bill reduces permitting delays from 372 days to 16
FBAC, our Statewide Sponsor AMAROK, and other installers of electric fences won a great victory at the Capitol last year when our sponsored bill AB 2371 was signed into law. AMAROK installs 10-foot-high electric fences inside the fence of an outdoor storage facility....
Excessive regulations a threat to California’s family businesses
FBA Chairman Ken Monroe wrote this op-ed for the Pacific Coast Business Times, which serves Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties. The article suggests that help may be on the way from DC but it's time for Sacramento to take a hard look at its...
Make crime illegal again – vote for Proposition 36
California has been completely controlled by one party since Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger left office in 2011. Under total progressive rule, we have witnessed unbridled spending, tax increases, and a tsunami of regulations imposed on family-owned businesses, making it...
FBAC takes positions on 4 ballot measures
As California’s only organization solely devoted to promoting and protecting family businesses, FBAC has taken the following positions on four measures that will appear on the November ballot: YES on Proposition 36, which will reverse the damage done by Prop. 47 in...
Sacramento networking event a big success
FBAC members and sponsors had a great time at the association’s first Sacramento Area Networking Event on August 20. The event provided them with quick updates about FBAC’s activities and important legislation as well as ample time to network. FBA Chairman Ken Monroe...
Chasing jobs, employers out of state is no way to run the economy
After 145 years in California, Chevron finally threw in the towel and announced last week that the company had had enough and was relocating its corporate headquarters from San Ramon to Houston effective Jan. 1. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that during the...
Restaurant owner tells it like it is
Business owners who reduce operations in California due to its onerous taxes and regulations usually don't say much about their reasons. After all, they still have to deal with politicians and regulators who often don’t want to hear the truth. So give Eric Schnetz...
Denmark has the right idea
While California continues to raise taxes and impose even more costly regulations on the state's #familybusinesses, Denmark is taking a different approach, according to @Forbes: "Denmark’s policy shifts reflect a concerted effort to retain its invaluable family-owned...