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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...
FBA disappointed at supreme court’s ruling
The Family Business Association of California is deeply disappointed that the California Supreme Court ruled today that the voters will not have the opportunity to decide on the Taxpayer Protection Act, which would have protected taxpayers from local tax increases by...
FBAC adds 2 new members
Two new members have recently joined FBAC. JaniTek Cleaning Solutions, a Stockton-based commercial cleaning company serving the Central Valley and Central Coast, has joined FBAC as a Founding Member. Blain Bibb purchased two commercial cleaning franchises in 2007,...
Highlights from FBAC’s 2024 Capitol Conference
Attendees at this year's FBAC Capitol Conference heard important updates on key issues from top political experts. Here's a sampling. Nevada governor gives Newsom a dose of his own medicine Political consultant Rob Stutzman, founder of Stutzman Public Affairs and a...
FBA takes positions on more bills affecting family businesses
The Family Business Association continues to review and analyze the 2,124 bills that have been proposed this year by state lawmakers, along with dozens of bills from 2023 that are still under consideration. A number of these bills would have significant impacts on...