Consumer
advocacy for
dignified and
economic
end-of-life
choices
What is the Funeral Consumers
Alliance of Humboldt?
Consumer advocacy for dignified and economic end-of-life choices
It is a non-denominational, non-profit consumer organization, incorporated in California in 1965, to educate its members and the public about State and Federal funeral and cemetery regulations, and to assist in providing access to simple, dignified, economical mortuary services.
It is NOT a pre-payment plan, and it does not sell insurance and services.
It is a member of the national Funeral Consumers Alliance, with more than 100 affiliates around the U.S.
Our group assists in keeping the cost of death as low as feasible, while respecting your wishes.
Its officers and board serve without pay and are elected at the annual meeting where each member is entitled to vote.
If you believe that pre-planning is preferable to making funeral arrangements under stress, and if you wish to relieve your survivors of making difficult decisions while grieving and emotionally vulnerable, then consider joining and using the FCA of Humboldt.
NEWS UPDATES
National FCA Meeting
State FCA Meeting
Board Membership
Contact Us:
P.O. Box 856
Arcata, CA 95518
707-822-8599
Arcata Cemetery
On a grave from the 1880s in Nantucket, Massachusetts:
Under the sod and under the trees,
Lies the body of Jonathan Pease.
He is not here, there's only the pod.
Pease shelled out and went to God.
GOVERNOR SIGNS LEGISLATIONCalifornia Governor Jerry Brown has signed SB 658, which changes the law regulating funeral establishments to mandate that they post services and price information on their websites. Although State law requires the State to reimburse the costs of mandated local programs, this bill provided that NO reimbursement was required. There was no cost to the taxpayers. Section 2 required that the website provide a link marked "prices for goods and services" conspicuously located on the home page. Violation of the mandate -- not posting -- was termed a "misdemeanor." The Board believes that this will aid consumers in planning for affordable funeral services, and educate consumers prior to the need to make funeral arrangements. Consumers should be able to review prices and services in the privacy of their homes during times of bereavement, without pressure or persuasion. |
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