• 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.

  • CAPITOL WEEKLY: The high cost of California’s minimum wage hike

    CAPITOL WEEKLY: The high cost of California’s minimum wage hike

    OPINION – On April 1, California enacted a piece of legislation that mandates a minimum wage of $20 per hour for fast-food workers. But even the legislation’s primary supporter Governor Gavin Newsom seems to know this policy is bad for business. Newsom has lauded this move as “extraordinarily beneficial” for the state’s lower-income workers. However,…

  • The Call for PAGA Reform: A California Business’s Struggle

    The Call for PAGA Reform: A California Business’s Struggle

    In a recent letter shared with CABIA, Steve McIntyre, owner of Monterey Pacific LLC, has brought to light the challenges his business faces due to the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA).  One of the core issues with PAGA is its allowance for employees to sue for minor infractions, such as a typo on a pay…

  • ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER: Congress must block Biden’s destructive labor policy

    ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER: Congress must block Biden’s destructive labor policy

    A harmful new rule from the Department of Labor that targets independent workers across the country went into effect last month. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, and Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-California, introduced a joint resolution aimed at blocking the damaging action being taken by the DOL. The rule makes it more difficult for a business to utilize independent…