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So companies leaving have nothing at all to do with how the state is run?

You don't think that the housing policy of California has any impact on companies struggling to hire because of housing costs? Because it definitely impacts the Bay Area company I work for.

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Companies are plentiful and as the fifth largest economy in the world we don’t have to fight like pigeons over our cast offs like other states do. In the time that ~700 commercial entities left, how many more do you think were created here?

Housing here is a legitimate problem but the companies that flee to Texas because of lower taxes aren’t worth keeping.

the companies that flee to Texas because of lower taxes aren’t worth keeping

Famous last words.

Are they? If so, we’ve been saying them for about the last 30 years and things seem to be fine.

There are plenty of states who were once economic powerhouses and are either stagnant (Chicago), in decline (Mid-west) or empty shells (Detroit) of what they were.

Saying "I don't care if businesses leave" seems like taking for granted that they'll always be there (or want to come to your state).

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