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By Assemblymember James C. Ramos, a lifelong resident of San Bernardino County, who represents the 40th Assembly District and is the first California Native American elected to the Legislature and John Kabateck, the California state director for NFIB, the nation’s voice of small business since 1943.

With state lawmakers scheduled to return to Sacramento this week for a shortened session, business groups have expressed concern about several legislative proposals to expand workers’ compensation measures.

As federal lawmakers prepare to present new COVID-19 relief legislation that is expected to include temporary liability protections for businesses, a number of California organizations say they support such measures.

You may have seen the City of Placerville made news recently when the city council considered. then put off, a decision on whether to remove

A new report from supporters of a November ballot measure aimed at increasing property taxes on commercial and industrial property in California finds that more than 90% of the additional property tax revenue Proposition 15 would generate will come from just 10% of the highest value properties.

Supporters of a hotly debated California ballot proposal to change how commercial and industrial property is taxed said the measure would generate the vast majority of revenue from only the wealthiest properties and exempt most small businesses.

As coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to spike, California Gov. Gavin Newsom closes indoor activities at restaurants, wineries, movie theaters, museums and card rooms while also ordering breweries and bars to close all operations, indoors and out.

Hotels, country clubs and restaurants are among the thousands of businesses in the Coachella Valley that received at least $385 million in forgivable federal loans awarded to provide financial aid during the coronavirus pandemic.

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Jobs Report for June showed a worsening economy with small businesses cutting employment by 0.28 workers per firm on average compared to just 0.17 workers per firm last month.

On June 30th 2020 Hoge Fenton and Frank, Rimerman + Co, LLP hosted a webinar moderated by John Kabateck, CEO of Kabateck Strategies and California State Director of the National Federation of Independent Business

The recent flurry of stories about small business woes often miss an important part of the picture: Small businesses’ role in helping fund government’s important responsibilities.

California voters will weigh in this November on whether to expand a landmark data privacy law, alter a decades-old law that limits property taxes on businesses and exempt ride-hail giants Uber and Lyft from a new state labor law.