• CABIA on FoxNews discussing Newsom’s Wage Attack on small business

    CABIA on FoxNews discussing Newsom’s Wage Attack on small business

    They cherry-pick their data to make the wage hikes appear harmless on paper… BUT small business owners are living the nightmare! Government price-fixing and wage-fixing are brutalizing California’s small & mid-sized businesses. We won’t take the blame for Sacramento’s brain fog.

  • NEW STUDY: PAGA Lawsuits Linked to Layoffs

    NEW STUDY: PAGA Lawsuits Linked to Layoffs

    As Labor Day approaches, California is now leading the nation in mass layoffs. With 3 million WARN notices issued in FY 22/23 (a mandatory notice when businesses plan to layoff 50+ employees) there seems to be no sign of slowing down. CABIA recently conducted research comparing the relationship between California employers who have issued WARN notices…

  • The FAST Act’s new makeup – the Industrial Welfare Commission

    With the help of California’s fourth branch of government, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2023-24 budget has a line item to resurrect the state’s Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC). The IWC – which was defunded in 2004 – comes with troubling power, and the ability to sidestep public opinion against unpopular, anti-business…

  • The Four Branches of California Government

    The Four Branches of California Government

    The California Business and Industrial Alliance placed a full-page ad in the Sacramento Bee ahead of the California Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the Fast Food Franchisor Responsibility Act — or A.B. 1228. The ad refers to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) as California’s fourth branch of government as they continue to pull the strings, affecting businesses…