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Business Unfriendly: The Regulatory Burden Crushing California Enterprises

Last month, Rubio’s Coastal Grill announced the permanent shutdown of 48 of their California locations. Ralph Rubio opened his first restaurant in 1983 in San Diego with a loan from his dad. After years of effort, Rubio’s expanded to approximately 200 locations throughout several states. Traditionally, this anecdote would serve as an example of the...

By Timothy Belev, Sheridan Swanson

More Companies Flee to Texas

The Lone Star State continues to profit from the corporate exodus from California as the list of big-name businesses moving to Texas grows. Fleeing California’s highly-regulated environment, a number of companies have announced they’re moving to Texas for the state’s dynamic, growth-friendly economy. Last week, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce released a study...

By Sheridan Swanson

Lone Star Bound

Frisco, Texas — nestled in the north Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex — has been making headlines for the number of companies flocking to the city to take advantage of its business-friendly environment and rapid growth. This month, the Frisco Economic Development Corporation (FEDC) released a statement highlighting the city’s impressive 2022 track record, having welcomed sixteen...

By Sheridan Swanson

Mogul Migration

Among the most notable people taking part in the Exodus from California are the tech and finance elite. More and more high-profile business leaders are losing their patience with California’s anti-business regulatory morass, sky-high tax rate, and unreasonable cost of living. In 2017, entrepreneur and author Tim Ferriss left Silicon Valley for Texas. Ferriss cited...

By Sheridan Swanson

Move over, California. Is Colorado the new land of opportunity?

High-profile California companies continue to join the wave of businesses fleeing a highly taxed, heavily regulated California for more business-friendly environments. You can add Colorado to the growing list of states that former California employers and employees now prefer to call home. Virta Health, a biotech company that specializes in diabetes treatment, announced in late...

By Sheridan Swanson

The California Exodus Explained

Who is leaving California? A study by the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) has determined the type of people who are leaving California. While the media has been mostly focusing on the wealthiest people, the people who have actually left the state are typically lower and middle class people and tend to be under the...

By Brandon Ristoff

Listen: Episode 192: Gavin Newsom’s Theater of Pain

Latest episode of the Radio Free California podcast is out! Governor Newsom uses communities incinerated by wildfire to promote climate-change policies that will do little to mitigate the impact of decades of bad forest management, and then says he’ll make California a destination for abortion tourists. And we’ve got questions — like what does Assemblywoman...

By Will Swaim

2,000 CA jobs headed to Florida’s Walt Disney World

The Happiest Place on Earth might not be in Southern California Disney’s most recent business announcement will be a fairy tale ending for the company’s bottom line. According to an internal staff letter published by Deadline, the Walt Disney Company will move over 2,000 employees from Southern California to Orlando, Florida over the next eighteen...

By Brandon Ristoff

California Lockdown Exodus Video

As California finally reopens after a long year of lockdowns, we look back on the people and businesses that have left our state. While the exodus is not a recent phenomenon, this previous year of lockdowns have shown many more Californians the glaring problems this state has. Please read our California Book of Exoduses HERE.

By Editorial Staff

Exodus: Silicon Valley Is Getting a Breath of Fresh Air in the Rocky Mountains

California’s Silicon Valley is known across the globe as the hub of tech innovation. But some lesser known tech hubs, affectionately called “Silicon Slopes, “Silicon Mountain” and my personal favorite name, “Silicon Spuds,” are showing themselves as the Davids to the Goliath of California’s Silicon Valley. While many are talking about Texas, Florida, and Arizona...

By Brandon Ristoff

Exodus: Intel’s New Massive Manufacturing Investment Ignores Their Home State, California

CLICK HERE to find our comprehensive California Book of Exoduses Intel Corporation announced this week it will invest $20 billion in semiconductor chip fabrication plants, according to the Sacramento Business Journal. This is a big deal given the current global shortage in semiconductor chips. But also, it is important because semi-conductors will be a big...

By Brandon Ristoff

Exodus: Problems with Viral CalExodus Study and Big Opportunities in the Grand Canyon State

To access The California Book of Exoduses: CLICK HERE Sorry California Data Lab- #TheCalExodusIsHappening Recently, there was a well-publicized report by the California Data Lab suggesting the “CalExodus” that has been a major news headline over the last year, was not actually happening. While a longer critique of the article is needed (which I hope...

By Brandon Ristoff

Exodus: Digital Realty Trust, Stitch Fix, and Miami Billboards

Every week, we recognize some businesses or people that are leaving or have left the Golden State and some of the biggest stories regarding the exoduses. To access The California Book of Exoduses: CLICK HERE Digital Realty Trust On January 14, Digital Realty Trust, a $36 billion company with over 1,500 employees, announced their relocation...

By Brandon Ristoff

Exodus: ZP Better Together, Salesforce, and Dee Dee Myers

Every week, we recognize some businesses or people that are leaving or have left the Golden State and some of the biggest stories regarding the exoduses. To access The California Book of Exoduses: CLICK HERE ZP Better Together ZP Better Together is a communications company focusing on providing services for those who are deaf or...

By Brandon Ristoff