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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (54732)	5/23/2014 6:59:36 AM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By Brumar89 Respond to of 69300

and going down hill fast. Texas will be ahead of them soon, companies are bailing out of calif. the base in San Diego probably contributes half of calif economy

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (54732)	5/23/2014 7:02:24 AM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By Brumar89 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

60 Companies Have Left Calif. for Texas Friday, 04 Apr 2014 04:55 PM By Michael Reagan I think it’s time we regularized Rick Perry’s presence in California. Gov. Jerry Brown is probably not ready to grant the Republican Texas governor a Golden State citizenship, but he should at least demand he pay for a hunting license. Reporter Stephen Frank writes that during the last few days of March Perry conducted yet another California safari to hunt local businesses. On the latest trip the travelin’ guv met with job creators in Los Angeles, Orange County, and Silicon Valley, representing technology, finance, and law firms. Perry didn’t return with any more coonskins to tack on the wall of his Austin office from this trip, but it’s not for lack of trying. According to Jeff Miller, executive director of Americans for Economic Freedom, there are 60 firms from California that have pulled up stakes and moved their operation to the Lone Star State. And Perry himself never tires of relating that it costs twice as much to rent a U-Haul to move from San Francisco to Austin then it does to go the reverse direction. The reason? U-Haul has to pay people to bring trucks back to California, because almost no one will do it voluntarily. It’s an exodus caused by the economic desert that California’s Democrat lawmakers and regulators have created. And you don’t have to take my word for it. The numbers back me up. As I wrote earlier, in January, Texas added 30,000 new jobs, while in February California lost 31,000 jobs. And that’s not all. Frank points out individual taxes are so much higher in California that when people move to Texas “most get a 10 percent pay raise — due to the lack of an income tax. The companies get a 10 percent rise in profits, due to lack of state corporate tax. It is win-win in Texas and lose-lose in California.” Miller says his goal is not to damage California’s economy. He wants California’s anti-business Democrats to wake up and smell the business climate. Miller says that by cutting regulations and taxes California can level the playing field with Texas. In the meantime, Elk Grove — located outside of Sacramento — has decided to fight back. It’s “launching a counter-campaign to lure Texas companies.” That’s going to be a tough sell. The slogan: "Don’t wait for high taxes and stifling regulation to come to you, end the suspense and move to California" just doesn’t seem too appealing to me. Michael Reagan is the son of President Ronald Reagan. He is president of The Reagan Legacy Foundation and chairman of the League of American Voters. Mike is an in-demand speaker with Premiere. Read more reports from Michael Reagan — Go Here Now. Read Latest Breaking News from Newsmax.com newsmax.com Urgent: Should Obamacare Be Repealed? Vote Here Now!

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (54732)	5/23/2014 7:04:28 AM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By Brumar89 Respond to of 69300

By JAN NORMAN / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Published: March 2, 2012 Updated: Aug. 21, 2013 1:17 p.m. TEXT BY JAN NORMAN In 2011, 254 California companies moved some or all of their work and jobs out of state, 26% more than in 2010, according to Irvine business consultant Joe Vranich who has been tracking these departures since 2009. Twenty-eight of these companies were in Orange County. Seven of them moved or expanded to Texas, three to Mexico, two to Washington and one each to 16 other states, said Vranich, who has changed the name of his business from The Relocation Coach to Spectrum Location Solutions, which helps companies define their goals, find new locations and coordinate the move. The pace is accelerating, Vranich said. An average of 4.9 businesses left California each week of 2011, compared to 3.9 per week (202 total) in 2010 and one a week (51 total) in 2009. In what he calls "disinvestment events," Vranich counts companies that move jobs, facilities or headquarters out of California and "in carefully selected instances, companies making major capital investments in plants elsewhere that in the past would have been built in California," Vranich said. He doesn't count companies that invest outside the state for growth or marketing reasons. In this latest report, Vranich does not include a list of departing companies by name. "Hassles arise when it becomes known that a company is going to move and politicians call to try to persuade them to change their mind. That includes calls from Gov. Brown's office," Vranich said. "In effect, I've added fuel to a fire that had started to simmer down. I don't want to make life more difficult for other people in business so I'm no longer naming the companies." But based on news reports, here is a sampling of companies that moved partly or completely out of California in 2011: Some are well known: Dunn-Edwards Paints in Vernon; and eBay Inc. in San Jose which will add 1,000 high-paying jobs in Austin, Texas, after receiving government incentives to locate there. The new owner of Claim Jumper and Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurants moved the headquarters for both chains to Houston. Hyundai Capital America in Irvine transferred 71 jobs to Georgia and Texas. In addition, Rockwell Collins in Irvine moved its electromechanical systems work to Mexico and Florida. Tickets.com in Costa Mesa closed its Concord office and moved the call center and customer service work to Texas. Wells Fargo Bank moved 59 jobs from Orange County to India. Here are some of the Orange County departures in 2011: Legacy Electronics to South Dakota EDM Laboratories to Texas Ossur Americas moved knee-brace manufacturing from Foothill Ranch to Mexico, laying off 109 people in Orange County MVM Technologies moved from San Clemente to Washington D.C. The company was also wooed by economic development staffs in Oregon, Texas and Ohio. Kairak closed its Fullerton plant and moved the work to Fort Worth, Texas. LeMaitre Vascular Inc., based in Massachusetts, closed its Laguna Hills factoryAccentCare, a home healthcare provider, moved its corporate headquarters from Irvine to Dallas. 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