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FBAC takes positions on November 2026 ballot measures
California voters will decide on 14 ballot measures this November — five put on the ballot by the Legislature and the remainder by outside groups. After careful consideration, the Family Business Association of California's board of directors has taken positions on...
420,000 constraints: Why California is the nation’s capital of overregulation
Family businesses are the backbone of California’s economy, employing millions of people and anchoring communities around the state. Yet these businesses are being increasingly suffocated by a regulatory system that has grown far beyond reason. When the Family...
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...