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Title: 84 companies added to ‘leaving California’ list
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OC Register
URL Source: http://jan.ocregister.com/2010/07/1 ... leaving-california-list/41399/
Published: Jul 16, 2010
Author: Jan Norman
Post Date: 2010-07-16 13:10:36 by Badeye
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Views: 3814
Comments: 13
84 companies added to ‘leaving California’ list July 16th, 2010, 4:00 am · 55 Comments · posted by Jan Norman, small-business columnist A list of companies moving out of or expanding outside California has grown by 84 since the start of the year, says Joe Vranich, Irvine consultant who specializes in relocating companies. He includes 25 Orange County companies – including Kyjen Company (Huntington Beach to Centennial, Colo.) and MotorVac Technologies (Santa Ana to Ontario, Canada) – that have expanded outside California or moved completely. But he excludes companies like Irvine Scientific of Santa Ana, which is building a production facility in Japan, because it’s tied to a global expansion strategy, not California’s business environment. Here are the Orange County companies on Vranich’s list: •Bazz Houston Co., Garden Grove, moving jobs to Tijuana •CB Richard Ellis, Newport Beach, moved IT jobs to Texas •Ditech, Costa Mesa, moved most work and jobs to Fort Washington, Pa. •eEye, Irvine, expanding in Phoenix where the executive team is •Imperial-Newton Inc., Huntington Beach, moved to Centennial, Colo. •InsulTech LLC, Santa Ana, moving to Evanston, Wyoming •Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc., Irvine, expanding to Malaysia and Singapore •Kyjen Company, Huntington Beach, moved to Centennial, Colo. •Lennox Hearth Products Inc., Orange, moved jobs to Nashville and Union City, Tenn. •Maxwell America, Santa Ana, moved to Hanover, Md. •MotorVac Technologies, Santa Ana, moved to Ontario, Canada •Paragon Relocation Resources, Rancho Santa Margarita, moved to Dallas •Pixel2Canvas, Lake Forest, moved to Las Vegas •TriZetto Group Inc., Newport Beach, moved headquarters to Greenwood Village, Colo. •True Games Interactive Inc., Irvine, moved headquarters to Austin, Texas •U.S. Olympic Committee, Irvine, moved international relations office to Colorado Springs, Colo. •US Airways closed maintenance station at John Wayne Airport •Workforce Management, Irvine, moving to Chicago. Vranich has been compiling his list since July 2009, and every time he gives a speech to business groups or appears on talk radio, such as KFI’s John and Ken show, he says people call and e-mail him with rumors, tips and news of departures he missed. He verifies each one before adding it to his list. The 84 in six months of 2010 compares to 44 in all of 2009 and 35 from 2006 through 2008, he says, adding that the moves represent $4.7 billion in capital shifted out of California. “The exodus of capital and jobs has reached such an alarming point that California ought to declare a state of economic emergency just as we have emergencies resulting from floods, fires and earthquakes,” Vranich says. “Raising taxes or creating new regulations should be out of the question.” He has long insisted that most of the moves are related to California’s “high taxes, undue regulations, excessive fines and fees, high workers’ comp (insurance) costs, a legal environment stacked against businesses and lengthy permitting requirements.” But on the other hand, we have nice weather. The list is imperfect and incomplete, Vranich says. “Critics ought to be careful that I’ve painted a too-bleak picture…There is no state agency that keeps track of enterprises that move out of California or elect to expand out of state.” Many companies, especially smaller or privately held companies don’t publicly announce their departures. Just Thursday he added: •eEye Digital Security of Irvine moving most executives, sales, marketing and finance functions to Phoenix •TriZetto Group, moving corporate headquarters from Newport Beach to Greenwood Village, Colo. •Globalstar Inc. leaving Milpitas for Louisiana “Business leaders (who) want to keep operations in California ought to begin speaking up more forcefully against those hostile voices in Sacramento and … Los Angeles City Hall and make a stronger case for the value that commercial enterprises make to this state,” Vranich says. Click here to read about Vranich’s 84 additions. Click here to see he previous list of 140 companies.
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#1. To: Badeye (#0)
Couldn't happen to a better state. The place is a third-world, socialist cesspool.
'They're California's! Let em Burn!' Still the funniest political graphic I've ever seen.
DON'T SHOOT, THEY'RE CALIFORNIANS, LET THEM BURN!!! BURN MOTHERFUCKER, BURN!!!!
#8. To: Nebuchadnezzar (#6)
THATS IT! Thanks.
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