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Two Southern California companies join FBA
FBA is pleased to announce that two new companies have joined California's only organization working exclusively to promote family-owned businesses. ISYS Solutions, Inc. provides onsite medical case, rush medical case, catastrophic medical case, and telephonic medical...
FBA opposes workers’ comp changes
FBA has joined a coalition opposing SB 1127 (Atkins), which fundamentally alters longstanding rules and timeframes for determining eligibility for workers’ compensation claims and, as drafted, would dramatically increase systemic friction and litigation. SB 1127...
What is a family business? FBA’s bill will answer the question
By FBA Legislative Advocate Dennis Albiani The Family Business Association of California is committed to helping our state’s 1.4 million family-owned businesses survive and prosper. To do this more effectively, a common agreement and understanding of what constitutes...
Declining Performance Indicator Must Be a Wakeup Call for Politicians
The ongoing debate about businesses moving out of California rages on, with business groups pointing to the number of headquarters moving out of California and many of our politicians pointing to California’s rank as the fifth-largest economy in the world with tech...
2 family businesses join FBA
Two businesses recently joined the Family Business Association of California, the only organization in the state that focuses exclusively on issues affecting California's 1.4 million family businesses. Ming's Recycling Corporation recycles 230,000 tons of aluminum...
FBA Names Petrie-Norris Outstanding Legislator for 2021
The Family Business Association of California has named Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris as its Outstanding Legislator for 2021 for her strong support of family businesses and efforts to improve California’s business climate. Petrie-Norris, a Democrat, represents...
Repealing Death Tax will help family businesses stay afloat
Ballot measure would help parents pass their family business along to their childre The COVID-19 pandemic hit many family-owned businesses hard. Now as California emerges from the crisis, those businesses are still struggling to stay afloat. There are 1.4 million...
FBA offers recommendations on moving economy forward
FBA Executive Director Robert Rivinius was invited by Assembly Member Cottie Petrie-Norris, D-Laguna Beach, to be on a panel at today's Select Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing. Following is a letter sent to committee members afterwards summing...
If lawmakers are looking for solutions to help business, start with repealing PAGA
Shortly after Dee Dee Myers became director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-BIZ) late last year, she said she understood the challenges the state’s high costs and strict regulations impose on businesses. “Continuing to dig into those...
Family businesses can’t be left holding the bag
In recent months, there’s been a lot of attention paid to some high-profile California businesses who have decided to move some or all of their operations to lower-cost states. Oracle, the second-largest software maker in the world, is moving its corporate...
California lawmakers must protect family businesses in 2021
This op-ed appeared on the California Globe website These days, it is hard to avoid headlines about the latest businesses going under and more lost jobs due to COVID-19 in California. But not only are California’s businesses suffering like most across the country, we...
State Officials and Unions Will Never Have All the Money They Want
By Ken Monroe, FBA Chairman and president of Holt of California The following commentary was posted on Fox & Hounds on October 21, 2020 Proposition 15, the split-roll property tax measure on the November ballot, would seriously affect family businesses throughout...