----The Availability and
the Rising Cost of Health Care should not be combined in
same question.
----Fraud,
reducing costs of medical and wc ; integration, 24 hour care
other administrative streamlining.
----Developing a re-localized economy in energy, food and
materials is a very important agenda to mitigate the
unavoidable future
energy shortfalls.
----Are we too small for your survey?!
As a sole proprietor, there was no real way for me to answer
the questions about health
insurance since we have no employees.
----Well done survey . I am interested
int he results
----Problems finding qualified people -
skilled people - who can AFFORD to live in San Francisco!
----I wish there were more opportunities and possibilities,
such as tax breaks, provided by California government for
the smaller businesses with incomes lower than $100,000
annually. It is very hard to survive, let alone grow with
income lower than $100 K
especially in counties like Monterey.
---- Illegal Immigrants need to be deported, send all jailed
illegal alien felons back to their home countries.
Immigration laws need to be enforced, reviewed, and updated.
----Do something to get our manufacturing base back to
Calif. We are a Ratheon Supplier, but they have cut back
because all the Washington money is going to Iraq. And
General Dynamics have sent our panel drawing prints to
Mexico. Let us do the
manufacturing in California. Then we will be prosperous. We
have downsized all we can and still stay in business. I get
Faxes almost every day asking us to buy manufactured goods
from China. We need to "Buy American", or we will all soon
close our doors.
----Reclassify workers' compensation system to more
accurately classify artisan businesses. At present, artisan
size businesses are being classified with manufacturers and
paying a much higher rate than is fair. Politically,
this is a penalization of the very small businesses in
California and contributes to the difficulty in the success
of these businesses in the economy. This unfairly penalizes
many women and minority owned businesses and discourages the
development in California of these vital and necessary
companies.
----I feel strongly about the energy industry being a key to
economic growth and I feel strongly that the current budget
cuts need to hit police, fire, prison guards, etc...all much
harder than education for the state of California. It costs
$26K for a world class year of college education including
room/board and it costs $216K for a year in jail. It does
not take a CPA to figure out that investing money and
resources in and around schools will pay off for California.
We just need a leader with enough guts to think about more
than today!!!
----I cannot emphasize enough how the
impact of the "underground econonomy" is affecting our
profitability as we are competing against other employers
who are cheating the system on a daily basis.
----Employee wellness is a major issue, but all the
proposals that we hear about are for health insurance. Just
having everyone insured does equate to health. Universal
coverage of insurance would make it even more difficult to
get service, as there are a
finite number of professional health providers. To achieve
good health for our nation it is necessary to educate more
professionals and at the same time educate the public to
take responsibility for their own health. Sales Tax
equity is extremely important. CA (and many other states)
are not enforcing current state law regarding internet sales
tax. Internet-only companies are avoiding collecting sales
tax, giving them an unfair price advantage and robbing the
state's coffers. NY has recently agreed to enforce their
current laws, and CA must, too.
----You do a wonderful job of keeping on
top of issues affecting small business and keeping us
informed through emails. I appreciate it very much and thank
you for your ongoing commitment to small businesses
----The funding of the Community College
system
----minimize the legal paperwork
-----The issue of safety effects small
business. Every commercial district in Oakland should be
provided with a foot patrol officer. It is not how to
pay for medical care , but the horrendous costs charged by
Pharmaceutical companies as well as Doctors and Hospitals.
There has to be a curtailment on Class Action Lawsuits
.There has to be a limit as to Jury awards for individuals;
Possibly $5,000,000.- .The losing party should be saddled
with the legal cost of litigation to cut down on frivolous
suits. Billions are spent by the medical professions
for unnecessary tests just to protect the industry from
Lawyers. The global warming game will have us face
sky-rocketing costs and accompanying inflationary costs with
negligible results,if any. Earth is coming out of its
third Ice age ,and we are privileged to witness some of the
process.
----Forcing everyone to carry insurance will not solve the
health care problem. Forcing me to buy insurance for medical
services that Ivery seldom use anyway would only make me
angry and frustrated. Big government, get out of the way!
The insurance companies are already controlling people's
medical car way too much and hampering the effective care of
their insured. That is a system that is 'broken' and in need
of an overhall. Also, it is the medical system that is
charging incredible amounts for their services, some of
which are not even needed. The focus should be put more on
prevention and alternative healthcare remedies rather than
the "attack the germ and remove the offending organ" theory
presently used by the medical system. If
alternative/preventative remedies and services were included
for reimbursement by insurance companies, there would be an
incredibly lower cost needed to keep each one of us healthy.
Support the immune system, keep your attitude about life
healthy, love your neighbor and yourself; these things
are what makes for healthy, happy people.
----Repeal smoking regulations as that
should be the decision of the business owner and customer
that chooses to partonize a particular place or business. It
is not appropriate for Government to regulate what customers
a business can cater to.
----The cost of operating a small business in California is
becoming a burden. Increase in wages, taxes, licenses and
fees, energy costs, it is next to impossible to make a
profit. Every agency requires their portion of fees. With
the problems within each City, it is even worse. The economy
as a whole doesn't help either. It is somewhat depressing to
see the current state of the economy. Most agency enact
policy or requirement without really understanding how it
affects small businesses.
----Crime, parking, graffiti
----Our association use to be able to
quote insurance from several providers, but are now only
able to quote from Kaiser. Small businesses need to be able
to compete w/large businesses as far as insurance.
----Less regulation, Less Government
intrusion.
----Fear by the state to tax for NEDDED
PROJECTS is otherwise burdening our state with interest and
higher property tax bills.
----If health care is to be made to the citizens of
California it must be available on a statewide basis with
healthy persons as well as poor risk persons so the cost of
providing the health care is spread over a large census. To
provide insurance only to the high risk census will bankrupt
the system while the private insurance companies take in all
the profits. In addition, there must be programs
established to promote well being and provide preventive
care by having people take regular
examinations or tests to detect medical conditions at an
early stage which will dramatically reduce the overall
medical costs. Other items such as a medical savings
account may be started for the healthy or younger persons so
the program will reduce
costs as time goes on. If you would like to see such a
program, review the Kaiser Permanente example. It is not
perfect but it certainly has performed
very well.
----Growth IS the problem, not the answer. Distribution of
wealth is the where the answer's are. We CANNOT keep growing
on a finite planet without destroying it and us. Stop
working for growth! Start working to reverse growth and
improve wealth distribution.
----Legislation regarding lead content
in faucets is a joke. Most of the brass has no contact with
the water. It has been fine since the days of the Roman
Empire, what changed?
----Nothing on solar energy credits.
Nothing on global warming. Nothing on flex time work
schedules. Nothing on the deficit and its impact. what
should be cut?
31 Get government out of business and health insurance. Go
back to a constitutional government.
----To many out of state chain business
with lots of resources make competition very unfair to local
small business
----My three biggest headaches. Fuel,
Liability Insurance, Health insurance. Insurance costs are
driving me out of Business.
----Governmental regulation, workers' comp and taxes make it
very difficult to turn a profit. In Siskiyou county there is
a 10% a year personal property tax on business equipment. Is
that legal? If I have a $100,000.00 in business equipment I
am expected to pay the county $10,000.00 a year for the
privilege of doing business in a county with fewer people in
it than a small neighborhood or township in Sacramento
(45,000) who does not have to face a tax like this? Happy
Camp has about 1000 souls. The business I do with them won't
support a tax like that. So I am forced to buy used
equipment, repair it myself and limp along because of
unreasonable taxation. And you ask about an
underground economy.
-----Government is generally a burden
rather than a help to my business
----truancy in schools, loitering and
crime in shopping areas, offer more vocational trainig in
high school
----Put technical training back in high
schools, do more to educate the young that are not collage
bound, there are more not going to
collage than are.
----Siskiyou Countyjust received Economic Developement
Status. How can I get information on benefits to my company.
I am opening a coffee house in Happy Camp.
Thank you
-----Support the immigrants legally here
NOT the illegal immigrants who abuse our social funds and
services.
----Excellent survey - Assistance to
small business start-ups in this challenging economy.
----business climate in CA is anti
business. costs imposed by the state are wiping out any
profit margins for small companies.
----Commercial Rent Regulation and 1
year Tax Moratorium for Startup businesses from date of
inception.
----The internet. No tax applied to
sales of merchandise shippend into California. This no tax
HURTS my business!
----In your question about single payer health insurance you
neglected to point out that the first $7,000 of earnings is
exempt from the employer/employee health tax. That means the
effective tax rate can be less harmful then it first appears
plus the program in general is very beneficial since
security is achieved as a proportion of earnings for every
resident of the state. There is no requirement for general
fund subsidies for low income people so they can achieve
some protection for personal injuries and health from
private insurers.
----WE NEED AN IMMIGRATION AMNISTY OR
REFORM
----Many small businessmen regard
Sacramento legislation like a hurricane; just endure.
Actually organization CAN influence for the
better.
----Cal.osha consultation could use more
personnel. The underground economy is hurting all
Californians. We must address the immigration issues, so
that it is a win /win deal for all of us.
----non lic. contractor bid. against
contractor w/ lic.
-----SF City and county initiated a NINE DAY sick leave
program, in Feb. 2007, which costs our company
significantly. We have already given 11 holidays, five sick
days, 3 weeks vacation after 5 years, bereavement leave,
jury duty leave etc. etc. and the
additional four days negatively impacts people showing up
for work. In small companies, when people don't come to
work, it makes everything else harder, for those of us who
ARE here. We think it may be necessary to move a portion of
our company, out of SF and possibly out of the state, to
remain competitive.
-----Thank you for this thoughtful
survey! I liked having my input making a statement to our
legislators.
-----"Small business" needs to be better defined, for
example in determining monies paid into a state funded
health care system. A 4- person business cannot afford 4%
surtax, or be expected to pay 'required' premiums just
because they are a business. We're struggling just to get by
and would rather keep the employees we do have in whatever
benefits structure we can afford. Without exception we'd all
like better health insurance and a reasonable cost. The most
simple (and most difficult to achieve) solution to the
problem would be to set pricing for all procedures,
medications, etc to be one number - not a negotiated amount
depending on
what carrier you are with, what hospital is caring for you,
or what doctor is treating you. It's ludicrous to expect a
person who is uninsured to pay full price (of 5% cash
discount) for the same services the Blues/Medicare get for
peanuts. Fix this, and you'll
reinvent healthcare as we know it.
-----We need to dramatically reduce the
size of state and federal governments, and reduce the tax
burdens on all of our citizens...not
just the top 3%.
----(illegal aliens)
-----Questions too general. Not enough
information nor options available.
-----All business large and small in
respect to the ADA requirements should be given at least 60
days to retrofit any deficiencies to eliminate frivilous
lawsuits in this area.
----Small business advocates are
useless. Purchasers within the state have to be incentized
in order to look for the best price and qualified firm for
the business
-----How involved should the government
be in global warming issues?
-----With regards to wage and hour
regulations, the priority should be for more flexibility for
employers and a repeal of the 8 hour workweek. It makes it
hard on parents and people who have home obligations like
care-taking for aged parents, etc.
-----Work with insurance companies
instead of govt. to establish preventive healthcare coverage
options.
-----Less government regulation.
More enforcement
----Missed environmental concerns.
Costs to upgrade facilities for the disabled should be
subsidized.
-----more funding to schools not to be
used by districts and only to be used in the classroom
----Financial, investment and political literacy is
deplorable in this state and throughout the U.S. You missed
all of the desperate need for skill training at the worksite
and CTE/VocEd at the high school level with career and
character education beginning in K-8 with career academies
much more prevalent in high schools.
-----Enforcing state compliance regulation, (Strict
Monitoring) not here and there , over looking some companies
if no complaint are file. NOW, THIS IS VERY HARD FOR SMALL
BUSINESS TO COMPETE WITH ESTABISH COMPANIES . WHEN THE
SYSTEM
WORK DIFFERENT FOR THEM!! IF YOU GET DIRTY! SMALL cOMPENIES
WILL BE THE SCAPE GOATS. THANK YOU William Rodarte
-----Tax Alcohol also to generate monies
for health care!
-----The fact that small business can only carry $50,000
into the next tax year without significant tax on amounts
greater than 50K means we come out of the starting gate with
very little reserve. This then requires us to use our line
of credit and pay a boat-load of money to the bank when we
could have had our own safety cushion. This is actually a
federal issue, but the tax laws need to allow companies to
carry money over in order to build a reserve for lean times.
Banking should be looked at: when we pay more than $70K per
year in banking fees, interest, etc. and BofA can give a
junior employee earning $65K an $85,000 bonus at the end of
the year, something is wrong (real life story). Large
business has small business over a barrel! How small
businesses are taxed is another issue and the fact that
small business owners work their asses off to keep their
people employed, covered with healthinsurance, provide a
401K and stay profitable and are then expected to pay health
insurance for people who would rather spend their money on
something else is INSANE!! We could take taxes from gaming,
alcohol, tobacco and marijuana clinics and have a state
provided system. Most of the people that use the afore
mentioned products are the ones with health concerns anyway.
-----Californians need to pay their fair
share and we need to RAISE taxes, not lower them. Education
should be a TOP priority.
----There is a difference between small business and
micro-business, and some policies affect one group more than
the other. Resources and policies that both encourage
starting businesses and provide support and training for
growing a business appropriately will be good for the whole
economy.
----Mandated leaves of Absence CFRA leave. The Number of
employees taking leave at the same time needs to be limited.
Business that have 50-200 employees are strapped when any
number of staff need the time off and qualify employer has
to grant. Meal and rest periods. Employers need
flexibility.
----Vital for San Francisco to do more to be sure businesses
can locate here and stay here ...if Chevron, Levi Strauss,
Wells Fargo and Schwab are the only SF corporate citizens
and their numbers fall this city is in big trouble
financially and in terms of cultural support and jobs and
overall economic leadership and it has huge implications for
small business. Small business needs the larger
business involvement.. We need to help business thrive
not fight it and tax it to death and be-devil it with rules
until it moves away to Nevada or North Dakota or South
Carolina or even to other counties. A city is not a vibrant
city without leading businesses! Here
in California we ought to quit voting mostly on national
political issues like war, gay marriage and pay much more
attention to our collective futures economically. National
issues are fine but we will have no influence if we are a
no-place city economically in the future. Business
makes the city -look at Seattle -whoever paid it any
attention until Microsoft was there? Who do the small
businesses serve in Seattle? often it is the bigger
businesses. Better yet, look at Silicon Valley -we had
better keep our companies living here and contributing here.
Small business is fine and important but small businesses
need to support and partner with bigger businesses for whom
they often work and with whom they should see eye to eye on
many issues. We cannot assume the big businesses just
keep bringing in money and we can suck them dry. We need to
collaborate and support big business for the good of all.
Who is doing that?
----The cost of doing business in San
Francisco is a huge burden far beyond the State
requirements.
----Difficulty finding skilled and
RELIABLE employees
-----Headquarters city (San Francisco)
extremely unfriendly and non-helpful- almost classic "anti
business" philosophies.
-----Government has become to large and
to intrusive. Also special interest and minority groups have
to much negative influence on government.
-----We need to continue to support the
small businesses in California for the economy to remain
strong.
-----Too many regulations. Spend too
much time with governement and legalese rather than doing
business.
-----Gas Prices are OUT OF CONTROL and
the GOVERNMENT is DOING NOTHING. Salary increases employees
have received in the last 3-5 years have been eaten up by
auto fuel prices.
-----Sales tax on tooling and
manufacturing equipment used on products exported from the
state. The sales tax interferes with export
industries and drives business to Arizona & Oregon, if not
overseas.
----Rental rights.
-----We are VERY CONCERNED about the impact of the proposed
statewide diesel truck and bus regulation to reduce
emissions. It will require repowering of trucks and
equipment or else purchasing new. We have specialized
equipment that takes up to a year to replace new. We are
worried about price and availability and how everyone is
going to be able to afford this and if they can't a lot of
businesses will close and there won't be enough trucks and
equipment to do necessary work in California.
----Drop the prevailing wage requirement
on state and federal building-let free economy work properly
and get the unions out of the loop!
-----Control Lobbying efforts. Initiate
action to have a bi-annual legislative sessions.
The problem with many of these questions is that if I state
that something is not working well, you have no idea in what
direction my concern lies. For example, immigration. You
don't know whether I think "All illegals should be rounded
up and bused to the border" or "We've got to bring in the
workers we need to keep the economy humming." My fear
is that you, or others, will read into my dissatisfaction
what you want to believe. In any case, I can't see how
people's answers to such unfocused questions are useful a
guide to understanding, let alone effective action.
-----The costs of conducting business in California is
substantially higher than in other states, and thus
businesses are often choose to leave and/or expand in other
states in order to complete nationally and internationally.
These “costs” are not only the highest income and other
taxes but include a multitude of costly regulations, very
complex, inefficient and expensive employment laws, great
difficulty in building new infrastructure, and extremely
high cost of housing (created by over-regulation of the
housing market that restricts supply). There are numerous
third party studies ranking California as one of the most
unfriendly states in which to conduct business as well as
surveys of corporate executives confirming their disinterest
in expanding within our state.
----the cash economy & illegal
immigration is a bigger issue and bigger threat to small
business than you seem to think
----Support initiatives for matching state funds for federal
R&D dollars for small business.
-----Health care is a major issue but government is not
going to solve it unless litigation is controlled. The
entire system is a trillion dollar cottage industry lacking
the efficiencies expected by businesses in the 21st century.
Throwing more money at the system is not going to solve the
problem in thelong run.
----Improving k-12 education, through
accountable charter schools
----A system that will help small
business obtain funding to help with business growth.
----Well funded "Special Interest" groups are having undue
and inappropriate affect on elected officials at all levels.
W-A-Y too much money is being wasted on election campaigns.
I'd like to see an honest attempt to "lower the bar" with
regards to the money required to run for public office. This
would reduce the influence of special interests and open the
door to more people to run for office.
----If this is going to our ELECTED
representatives - tell them to solve ANY ONE problem facing
the state. I don't care which one, but they need to know
that there is growing concern that our government is unable
to make a decision about anything of importance.
----Offer a refresher course on
Economics and the value of all business to the Legislature.
There are a "bunch" of real "airheads and dodo's" in Sacto.
It's pathetic!
-----Minimize complexity of labor laws (eg. SF Minimum
Compensation Ordinance). Strongly support legislation to
reduce frivolous lawsuits by employees using labor law
loopholes. This includes legislation to curtail union
influence in encouraging said employees to bring about
frivolous lawsuits.
-----I would like to know more about
women owned small businesses.
-----Travel gas, tax credits, give state offered
opportunities to local small businesses before going out of
state. and without all the hoops, we want to stay and
support our state, but you make it very difficult. and
buying a house or renting office space is VERY VERY
outrageously expensive.
-----parking issues were not address for
the downtown merchants
-----change the additional LLC tax on
small businesses from being based upon gross sales (no
regard for net) to flat fee.
-----vote yes on AB1762
------Too many regulations administered
and sometimes duplicated by City, County, State and Federal.
An awful lot of duplicated efforts which make the cost of
government so high.
-----We need to support and protect
small businesses since they are the major part of our
economy
-----Stop allowing "corporate welfare"
to companies like Chevron, Bechtel and PG&E. Make THEM and
others like them pay a fair share, and the budget could be
balanced without cutting school budgets and social services.
----Offer lease, medical relief in
California for people who want to start or own small
business that prove to have a good chance to last and employ
people
-----The government does not have the money to keep
developing programs to pay for things like healthcare.
Insurance companies need to "fix" the problem. Employers
cannot afford to foot the bill while trying to increase
salaries and keep prices down for the consumer. We are not
the answer! If we can afford it, we will reduce employees
and the circle goes around again. Reduce government
inefficiency, use the "found" money to do something right.
Education should be a priority, but content needs to remain
up to educators, not government. Where is the lottery
money for schools? Why is it tied to only New Programs when
it should be going to help existing ones! We need more
teachers who are paid well. Focus on the frontline!
------Economic Consideration of the
effects on Small Business should be required when an item is
put forward either legislatively or on the ballot.
-----Menu nutritional labeling should be
dismissed!
----Making sure that before measures
become law that the effects on business viability it tested
or vetted.
-----In this above sentence you have a
typo... "Please us this space..."
-----PG & E refusal to credit solar energy back to several
locations owned or leased by the same Corporation in Cal.
-----Fix the potholes, storm drains,
blackouts, graffiti. Sweep the homeless off our front doors!
-----address the under ground economy
the state is doing NOTHING about this in Inyo and Mono
Counties and wonders why it has fiscal problems. Too many
businesses are running illegally making it impossible to
compete fairly
----Being taxed, city, county, state and
federal!
----Open up a connection point helping
the small business to get in touch with investor, partners
and other joint venture opportunity.
-----Vocational training should be a top
priority for state legislators. My biggest challenge is
finding skilled applicants for my precision manufacturing
business.
-----Reform of
California's civil justice system: 1) increase limits for
small claims to $50,000, 2) require full disclosure of the
facts that are the basis for a complaint and/or mediation
before a lawsuit is filed, 3) create more incentives for
conflict
resolution without a lawsuit, and 4) eliminate incentives
that reward attorneys to file endless motions that cause
delays and make the civil justice system unaffordable for
small businesses and individuals, and by extension,
undermine trust in government.
-----A huge issue for almost all individuals in California
is the fact that their rights to determine whether they
would like to take a lunch and when is implemented
legislatively terrible. Since when do we as Americans need
the government mandating our lunch period. Looking at the
prevailing weight issues here in California taking time to
eat does not seem to be an issue that needs governing.
----SBC should strongly support only
those laws and regulations that reduce the scope of federal
government, lower federal and state spending and taxes, and
promote a free market.
-----There just seems to be so much rampant idiocy on all
levels of government. Laws put into effect without the full
consequences considered. A forced march through economics
with the concomitant mandatory increase in the cost of
living. Business's are and will be compelled to support vast
social programs that make no allowance for capitalistic
competitiveness. Consequently, there is no equal stage for
business to compete on a global stage. Our own Department of
Labor refuses to support manufacturing here in the USA. On a
a local note if San Francisco's health care mandate is
allowed to stand then ERISA is meaningless and all fifty
states and every community in the country will have a mish
mash of laws that will burden business to the point of
failure. Idiocy here in Sacramento for instance is the water
measures. If one was a farmer in the 18th century and did
not have a cistern you would fail for rain falls only in a
few short months and not year round. Yet, California
bureaucrats have
allowed wholesale coverage of the ground with vast housing
projects and mandated no capture of water where it hits the
ground and still allows grass to be grown as if we will
always have more than enough water! We live in a semi-arid
desert. We need government to live within its means not
spend more than it has.
-----Rural areas with resource based economies face
difficult times if funding ends from 'Secure Rural Schools
Act.' The end to sharing federal timber receipts with
counties due to reduced timber removal created harsh
economic times in rural
areas.
-----95% of our employees work in other
states and only 5% in California!
-----The questions I did not answer were too personal. Any
questions regarding race perpetuates racial tensions in our
society. We are all human and equal and should be treated
that way. Hiring an employee should be the skills not race
an individual has.
----Why do we keep trying to saddle small business or
business in general with paying the cost of health
insurance? (this includes managing it) Why don't we tie it
to sales tax? This way everyone pays whenever something is
purchased. Set it up so only a percentage can be spent to
allow funds for times when the economy is suffering and
sales tax income is down.
----Too small to qualify for a group
plan that will cover my fifteen year old son who is a type 1
diabetic. He is excluded for pre-existing condition so only
a "large" group is forced to take him.
----- Zoning of eastern industrial areas
of San Francisco is being re-designed to discourage modern,
clean, tech jobs. Environmental protection laws are
ignored. Very concerned.
-----The state needs to cut programs that help the non
employed and make schools start performing at a higher
standard while cutting costs. Pay teachers by performance
rather than their education level. Just because someone is
educated
doesn't mean that they can teach or have a good job
performance. I have worked in schools, teachers forget that
the student is there customer and if they cannot serve their
customer thye shouldn't be paid. That's what happens in the
business world.
-----Illegal immigration and underground
economy is destroying honest construction businesses.
Why is this difficult to get contracts from the public and
private sectors?Contracts should be smaller, provide access
for opportunities, and forecast in order for a small firm to
build capacity in order to do regional, national and global.
Small
business definition of less than 100 ees and less than 100M
should have another level, less than 25 M and less than 25
ees. CA general services have the stats. Minorities
businesses have been shut down by prop 209 - there is a
study that proves this. By containing or squashing minority
businesses, they are not able to produce the revenues,
social programs proves this. By containing or squashing
minority businesses, they are not able to produce the
revenues, social programs
and funds that the CA needs. All fortunate 1000 Corporates
should do at least 25 percent with minorities businesses and
give 2 percent of net revenues to nonprofits to educate
business owners. Minorities are the new majorities of CA.
Small
businesses create economical, educational and social wealth.
History lesson, where Japan learned this decades ago. Where
is the Greening of CA issue? Energy companies are not doing
their share on energy saving info. Lower gas prices
is important issue. Lack of updated technology for small
business owners is another issue. Goggle, Microsoft, Kaiser,
Chevron, ie are not helping small businesses. If CA dictate
them, they will move to another state. Need to work with
other states in order for Fortunate 1000 Corporates give
back to small businesses. CA is not an island and has made
mistakes. example. Energy companies from other states
"cherry pick" and left. CA companies need protection from
hostile takeovers or benefit from these mergers. example the
banks. There should be encourage for companies to mover
their headquarters to CA. Health care cost could have a
state fund, where a corporate does business in CA or has a
business in CA pays into it. Why, should a small
business pay for the health care, where he/she can barely
make any money? Of course, a Corporate headquarter outside
of CA should pay more verses being an absentee landlord.
There are some of the issues that I have.
Hi to Scott.
