37 Years Later, Jerry Brown Headed Back to Governor’s Office

» emptynewsroom on 11.03.10 @ 10:58 AM

Whitman may have been the most unlikable candidate to emerge on the California political scene in some time. Clearly the public was not buying her act nor were their votes for sale.

» Overtaxed Taxpayer on 11.03.10 @ 12:31 PM

The tax and spend loser is back—Brown has never had a real job like Das..

We get what we deserve..Higher taxes fee’s and bonds to support all the illegal alens, Welfare loser and Gov unions.

Hide your money—tax revolt coming soon!

» Overtaxed Taxpayer on 11.04.10 @ 04:44 PM

I know there will be many companies who will leave calif soon.The only people left will be Welfare and food stamp losers, along with over paid government union workers. oh and illega aliens and their anchor babies who will be taking over many leadership possition—just watch—Mexifornia..or has that already happen?

This state is doomed..

Chis Christie we need you..Not Moon man..

» Daniel Petry on 11.04.10 @ 08:05 PM

Oh let me count:

Abraxis Health, a unit of Los Angeles-based Abraxis BioScience Inc., opened a new plant that will create 200 jobs in 2010 — in Phoenix. This follows the company’s Phoenix expansions that occurred in 2007 and 2008.

Alliance Company moved its headquarters from San Juan Capistrano to Colorado Springs in 2009.

Alza Corp. in 2007 eliminated about 600 jobs in drug R&D while also exiting its Mountain View, Calif., HQ. At the time the company said that its 1,200-person Vacaville facility will continue to operate. But the Vacaville Reporter on Oct. 23, 2009 revealed that the plant is being offered for sale by J&J, its parent company. It’s unclear if more layoffs are in the facility’s future.

American AVK, a producer of fire hydrants and other water-related products, moved from Fresno to Minden, Nevada.

American Racing moved its auto-wheel production to Mexico, ending most of its 47-year operation in California.

Apple Computer has expanded in other states, most recently with a $1 billion facility planned for North Carolina.

Applied Materials, a Silicon-Valley company, in 2010 built its largest research lab in China and also opened a center in Singapore which will be its hub for semiconductor manufacturing around the world. In the past, facilities such as these are what helped make California a high-tech leader.
Audix Corporation relocated from Redwood City, Calif., and to accommodate growth moved to a 78,000-square-foot facility in Wilson, Oregon.

Apria Healthcare Group of Lake Forest is shifting jobs from California to Overland Park, Kansas, a K.C. suburb.

Assurant Inc. cut 325 jobs in Orange County and consolidated positions in Georgia, Ohio and South Carolina.

Barefoot Motors, a small “green” manufacturer, moved from Sonoma and will grow in Ashland, Oregon.

Basin Street Properties, a developer that owns office buildings in Sacramento, moved its headquarters from Petaluma to Reno, Nevada (possibly was in 2009).

Bazz Houston Co. located in Garden Grove, has slowly been building a workforce of about 35 people in Tijuana. In early 2010 the company said it expects to move more jobs to Mexico, citing cost and regulatory difficulties in Southern California.

Beckman Coulter, a biomedical test equipment manufacturer headquartered in Brea, relocated part of its Palo Alto facilities to Indianapolis, Indiana, two years ago. In early 2010, it’s making a multimillion-dollar investment to expand and create up to 100 new jobs in Indiana. The company said the area offers a “favorable business environment and lower total cost of operations, plus a local work force with strong skills in both engineering and manufacturing.”

» noleta res on 11.06.10 @ 04:10 PM

I think this election proves for the umpteenth time that Californians do not want some billlionaire running their state like a CEO; the public interest is not like some gizmo you can produce at a profit.

As for the list of companies leaving CA, Daniel what exactly was your point regarding the recent election? Some of those companies moved to other countries for cheaper labor, some moved to other states for a variety of reasons like fewer environmental restrictions or to enjoy looser tax laws or (probably) because our government is so dysfunctional, and some simply expanded their markets. They all have their own reasons and individual stories. All or most moved under Republican governors, and none of them moved because we elected Jerry Brown because it just happened. It’s tempting to try and claim some connection and cause, but the fact is it’s more complicated than simple right/left politics and the only thing you can say for most of them is that because of their actions Californians lost jobs.
I’d appreciate learning where you got that list, only getting up to the Bs, and what was the purpose of its creation? I’m curious.