The Funeral Consumers Alliance of California
P.O. Box 1945
Turlock, CA 95382
NOTE: We do not have any money for charitable donations toward funerals for
people who died without funds. We answer questions and give consumer advice.
Officers and Board of Directors
Polly Jones of Turlock..................President
Open........................................Vice President
Jan Rowen of Bayside.................Secretary
Mel Nickerson of Turlock..............Treasurer
Bob Fosgreen of Elk Grove...........Trustee
Open........................................Trustee
Arnie Godmintz of Sacramento.....Trustee
Arnie Godmintz is the Legislative Representative.
He can be reached at (916) 332-5980 or by Email.
FCA of California has an annual conference each fall at different locations in
the state. The conference in 2011 was held in Fresno on Oct. 15. The 2012 meeting
will be in the San Francisco Bay Area. Each chapter will have an
annual meeting for its region, which will be posted on the Calendar Page.
Arcata, Eureka (1,500 members)
FCA of HUMBOLDT
P.O. Box 856
Arcata, CA 95518
Bakersfield (609 members)
FCA of KERN COUNTY
(Kern, part of Inyo County)
P.O. Box 1202
Bakersfield, CA 93302-1202
661-589-7796 or 834-1778
Berkeley, San Francisco, Oakland ((1,500 members)
BAY AREA FUNERAL SOCIETY
(Alameda, Berkeley, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Marin counties)
Dormant, Waiting for volunteers
Call national FCA at 802-865-8300
Fresno (850 members)
FCA of CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
(Fresno, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, and Tulare counties)
formerly the Valley Memorial Society
PO Box 101
Fresno, CA 93707
559-268-2181
Los Angeles, Ventura Counties (15,000 members)
LOS ANGELES FUNERAL SOCIETY
P.O. Box 92313
Pasadena, CA 91109-2313
Office: 626-836-3545
Modesto (1,279 members)
FCA of Stanislaus/Merced Counties
(Stanislaus, Merced counties)
P.O.Box 4252
Modesto, CA 95352-4252
209-521-7690 or 209-577-4811
Palo Alto, San Mateo, San Jose (4,200 members)
FCA of SAN MATEO & SANTA CLARA COUNTIES
Also accepting San Francisco County and emergencies in East Bay
P.O. Box 60448
Palo Alto, CA 94306-0448
650-321-2109
Sacramento (2,200 members)
FCA of NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
(Sacramento, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Placer, Shasta, Sierra, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo, Yuba counties)
P.O. Box 60266
Sacramento, CA 95860
916-486-3552
San Diego (12,768 members)
SAN DIEGO MEMORIAL SOCIETY
13446 Poway Rd., #207
Poway, CA 92064
phn: 858-391-1267
fax: 858-391-1268
San Francisco (see Palo Alto)
San Luis Obispo (4,000 members)
CENTRAL COAST MEMORIAL SOCIETY
(San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara counties)
PO Box 679
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
Msg: 805-543-6133
Santa Barbara, Ventura (2,500 members)
FCA of CHANNEL CITIES
(Santa Barbara, Ventura counties)
Please call Central Coast Memorial Society (805-543-6133) or Los Angeles Funeral Society (626-683-3545) for service, as this chapter has no leadership. Call national FCA at 802-965-8300 if you would be willing to help reorganize it.
Santa Cruz, Monterey (1,500 members)
FCA of MONTEREY BAY
(Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz counties)
Box 2900
Santa Cruz, CA 95063-2900
Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Napa (2,400 members)
REDWOOD FUNERAL SOCIETY
(Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Mendocino, Marin counties)
Dormant and looking for new leadership
Call national FCA 802-765-8300 for help
Stockton (1,000 members)
FCA of SAN JOAQUIN
(Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Tuolumne counties)
Box 4832
Stockton, CA 95204-4832
209-465-2741 or 209-477-1328
Email Price Survey Website
TRI-COUNTY MEMORIAL FUNERAL SOCIETY
(unaffiliated with FCA of California or national FCA--serves
Orange, Riverside, southern San Bernardino Counties)
P.O. Box 114, Midway City, CA 92655-0114
714-962-1917 (mess.)
Email Website