So you can’t figure out why retailers stay here? Try 37 million people for openers. That said, like a lot of the rest of the so-called “laws” our bureaucrats impose on those of us who still have a job, are nonsensical and job killing. And for the record, there are states that have worse legislative records than California. Try Maryland, or maybe New Jersey.
Every time we go back to California to visit, we look at houses and think about returning. Then I read articles like this and decide I have it pretty good where I’m at.