In June 17, Small Business Majority Northern California Outreach Manager Suli Kenyatta testified in support of AB 2116. This legislation would expand the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL) to protect small businesses from abusive commercial financing practices.
Matt Rogers has spent more than 20 years as a family farmer and small business owner focusing on government and public relations. Additionally, he has worked in campaign management in California’s Central Valley, traveled the nation while working on Secretary Clinton’s presidential campaign and held a leadership position in organized labor. Over the course of his career, Matt has also worked as a senior field representative with the California State Assembly, senior consultant with the California State Senate and Central Valley Director for the United States Senate.
With healthcare and other essential costs skyrocketing, California lawmakers are increasingly focused on addressing cost of living concerns. With this important work already underway in Sacramento, Small Business Majority in May arranged for a group of small business owners to travel to the capital to help ensure that small business concerns are taken into account as new laws are being made.
February 1, 2026, the Workplace Know Your Rights Act went into effect in California. The new law requires California business owners to provide current and new employees with a stand-alone written notice outlining their workplace rights during immigration inspections and interactions with law enforcement. As increased immigration enforcement continues to impact workplaces and communities, Small Business Majority is committed to ensuring entrepreneurs have access to the information and resources they need to stay informed and compliant. To help small employers and immigrant entrepreneurs understand their rights and responsibilities, we’ve compiled an overview of the Workplace Know Your Rights Act, as well as a list of guides, legal aid and other immigration resources that can offer support.
On June 12, Small Business Majority Northern California Outreach Manager Suli Kenyatta tesitified in support of AB 2201. This egislation would help keep more California small business owners and their employees enrolled in Medi-Cal.
Research by University of Texas at Austin Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs graduate students Janet Perez Shensky, John Paul, Andre Cowan and Stephanie Mora, advised by Professor Dilawar Syed, examines how the 2025 U.S. tariff regime affected small businesses in California, Georgia, Illinois and Colorado. Using trade, employment and SBA lending data, the report finds that tariffs and policy uncertainty disproportionately burden small firms, particularly in the agriculture, manufacturing and retail sectors, limiting their ability to invest, hire and grow.
On May 11, Small Business Majority sent a letter signed by more than 100 small business owners and organizations in support of AB 1776, the COMPETE Act, which would update California's outdated antitrust laws.
Small Business Majority network member Paloma Corona, owner of Little Sprouts Language Immersion Preschool in Los Angeles testified before California State Assembly Committee on Banking and Finance to share her experience with predatory loans and ask the Committee to support AB 2116, which proposes to expand the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL) to protect small businesses from abusive commercial financing practices.
Medical Liaison and Men’s Wellness Specialist Doctress Numbiya Aziz serves as a premier medical liaison specializing in men’s wellness and vitality treatments. With a deep commitment to patient advocacy, she acts as a bridge between men seeking optimized health and the providers delivering cutting-edge medical solutions.
Candice Elliot is vice president of people and culture at Lime Technology, makers of Unraid OS. She is also a speaker and the founder of Fortress & Flourish, an HR strategy firm.
She partners with visionary leaders to design equitable, human-centered workplaces by reimagining the systems that shape how organizations hire, manage and grow talent, including the integration of agentic AI in workflows. Her work combines strategy, culture, technology and care to create organizations where people and purpose thrive.
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