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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...
FBA takes positions on bills
FBA is monitoring the 2,124 bills state lawmakers introduced this year (not to mention hundreds of measures introduced in 2023 and still alive in the Legislature) and has taken positions on three priority bills for family businesses so far. FBA is opposed to SB 1116,...
FBA Chairman shares insights with Family Enterprise USA
Ken Monroe, the longtime president of Holt of California and for several years the chairman of FBA, recently sat down for a video interview with Pat Soldano, president of Family Enterprise USA, the advocacy group representing family businesses in Washington, DC....
Court ruling just another reason to support PAGA reform
A recent ruling by the California Supreme Court is just one more reason why family businesses are working to pass the California Fair Pay and Employer Accountability Act in November. Doing so will be by far the best shot at reforming how the state deals with Labor...
5 FBA members featured in business magazine
Comstock's Magazine, a leading business publication covering the greater Sacramento area, recently included articles about five FBA members in its annual family business issue. You can learn more about Ceronix, an Auburn-based company that pivoted to become a leader...