With only a week left before the end of the California Legislature’s 2025 session on Friday, September 12, NFIB is urging its members to reach out to their senators and assembly members and ask they stop two bills from passing:

— Senate Bill 261 would open small business up to frivolous lawsuits

— Senate Bill 512 would undermine Proposition 13, the last bastion of tax sanity for home and business owners in the state.

Small business owners are already subject to enough burdensome regulations and have frequently and fervently opposed changes to Prop 13 since it was passed nearly 50 years ago.

NFIB’s Action Alerts make it easy for our nearly 13,000 members in the state to tell their legislators to oppose SB 261 and SB 512. Click here for more information and to reach your legislator at the click of a button.

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California still hasn’t paid off or even down the UI loans it took from the federal government. The only state that hasn’t. The state expects small businesses to cover them.

NFIB members have said the added costs are forcing them to increase costs, reduce employees, forgo a paycheck, and cut spending across the board. Some have said they are considering closing shop or moving to another state. Cost increases will continue to add up as California does nothing to address the UI debt.

Click here to tell your legislators how California’s ballooning UI debt is affecting your business. Your responses will help us fight for UI funding to reduce taxes, eliminate future surcharges, and give small businesses much needed relief.