Legislation
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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...
Opinion: Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 could be the final straw for many California family-owned businesses
Our guest contributor says that many family-owned businesses may leave California or sell out to larger corporations if Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 becomes law.
FBA working to defeat ACA 1
Local governments want to make it easier to raise your taxes by reducing the majority needed from voters from two-thirds to just 55%. If passed by the Legislature this month, ACA 1 could appear on the 2024 statewide ballot. In an op-ed in the Sacramento Business...
Coalition responds to ruling on constitutionality of SB 1439
A Sacramento County Superior Court judge recently rejected a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a law prohibiting local elected officials from voting on matters involving the people and companies who contribute to their campaigns. FBA is the lead plaintiff...
FBA is lead plaintiff in crucial court case
FBA is the lead plaintiff in a major court case designed to ensure that our members’ free speech rights and ability to support good government in their communities is protected. The suit seeks to overturn SB 1439, a bill passed with little debate last year that has...
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...
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...