Family Business Association of California

04/02/2026

California now has more than 420,000 regulatory constraints affecting businesses — far more than any other state. If lawmakers want to keep jobs and family businesses here, reducing excessive regulation must become a priority. Read our latest op-ed.

Family businesses are the backbone of California’s economy, employing millions of people and anchoring communities around the state. Yet these businesses are being increasingly suffocated by a regulatory system that has grown far beyond reason. When the Family Business Association of California (F...

03/26/2026

In one case highlighted in our latest op-ed, a business waited more than 370 days for a permit to install a security fence. In one city it took five years. During that delay, a criminal trespasser burned down a truck dealership, putting 24 people out of work overnight. Stories like this show why California needs to review outdated and excessive regulations.

Family businesses are the backbone of California’s economy, employing millions of people and anchoring communities around the state. Yet these businesses are being increasingly suffocated by a regulatory system that has grown far beyond reason. When the Family Business Association of California (F...

03/18/2026

Family businesses employ millions of Californians and support communities across the state. But many are struggling under an increasingly complex regulatory system. A new report from the Public Policy Institute of California found that California businesses must comply with more than 420,000 regulatory constraints — nearly three times the national median. Our latest op-ed explains why this matters.

Family businesses are the backbone of California’s economy, employing millions of people and anchoring communities around the state. Yet these businesses are being increasingly suffocated by a regulatory system that has grown far beyond reason. When the Family Business Association of California (F...

11/21/2025

FBAC, the only organization lobbying at the state Capitol on behalf of family owned businesses, welcomes Universal Service Recycling as our newest member. The company has been family-owned and operated since 1996. It began as a one-yard operation in Stockton but now has locations in Stockton, Sacramento, Modesto, and Merced serving all or parts of 9 counties

The company, founded by William Mendonca, is now the largest privately held metal recycler serving the Central Valley and is managed by the first and second generations. It employs about 100 people. Learn more about them here:

Recycling cans, plastic bottles and metal in Stockton, Modesto, Merced and Sacramento, California. Largest metal recycler for cash

10/07/2025

Thanks much for featuring a great Family Business Assn. member on your cover!

Family business spotlight: Vietnamese refugee’s side job turned into a major recycling business

08/08/2025

reform in 2024 has helped CA to a degree, but more needs to be done to prevent trial lawyers from filing lucrative lawsuits alleging violations of California labor law that businesses are usually forced to settle. The lawyers make off with substantial fees, employees receive little, and businesses pay the price. Our chairman, Ken Monroe, has some suggestions in an op-ed in the Sacramento Business Journal. Check out our blog for more.

The Sacramento Business Journal has posted an op-ed by FBAC Chairman Ken Monroe highlighting the need to enact further reforms to the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). The piece is behind the SBJ’s paywall, but if you’re not a subscriber here’ are the first few paragraphs: Last June, the b...

08/06/2025

reform in 2024 has helped CA to a degree, but more needs to be done to prevent trial lawyers from filing lucrative lawsuits alleging violations of California labor law that businesses are usually forced to settle. The lawyers make off with substantial fees, employees receive little, and businesses pay the price. Our chairman, Ken Monroe, has some suggestions in an op-ed in the Sacramento Business Journal. Check out our blog for more.