Legislation
Learn more about FBA’s current priority bills.
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...
FBA’s Public Policy goals for 2021
The following is FBA’s Public Policy Goals for 2021, as approved by the Association’s Board of Directors. State tax issues - FBA needs to remain diligent in the debate to maintain fair and equitable business and personal taxes in California: Continue our leadership...
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...