People Don’t Want a Sales Tax on Services
As the 2020 election nears, Californians are bracing for an onslaught of local and state tax increase proposals on everything from property to soda. Proponents are already selling these taxes as though...
View ArticleSmall Business Releases its 2020 Legislative Agenda
Not in any of our members’ memory has NFIB California needed to shape and refine its legislative agenda for the coming session so soon, but these are extraordinary times. The fate of thousands of...
View ArticleGovernor’s Budget Recognizes the Importance of Starting a Business
California’s business community has felt like a punching bag over the years, with rankings like CNBC’s showing the state placed last in the cost of doing business and business friendliness categories....
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Exempt All Small Businesses Under AB 5
When the phone calls come into the National Federation of Independent Business/California offices about AB 5 we know the questions will boil down to this: Is our type of business one of the lucky ones...
View ArticleTime to stop the mandates, give business time to recover
Proponents of a newly-proposed privacy initiative, the so-called California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), claim to have enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. The actual number of...
View ArticleStudy Brings out Five Worries with California’s Economy
A study released late last week by the nation’s leading small-business association revealed five issues in particular that were more problematic for Main Street entrepreneurs in California to deal with...
View ArticleSmall Business Retail Theft a Major Concern this Election Season
Shoplifting and stealing are becoming a bigger problem in California, which is why small businesses are showing interest in two statewide ballot measures that deal with crime and justice. Proposition...
View ArticleSmall Business Looks at the CA Election Results
Small businesses throughout California are happy to see the ‘No’ vote on Proposition 15 holding a narrow lead, but they will watch to see if it will stick. It’s a direct dollars-and-cents issue for...
View ArticleIn 2020, California Lawmakers Failed to Protect Californians Against Lawsuit...
Another legislative session has come to close here in California and, once again, lawmakers have let Californians down. Why? There is a fundamental issue that has been hurting our great state for many...
View ArticleThe Most Crucial Small Business Saturday is Coming
Small Business Saturday on November 28 is this event’s most important in its 11-year history because of what the pandemic has done to small businesses and their workers. Now with an upsurge in...
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