California has become a manufacturing “job killer” bastion because of its shackling regulations, high taxes, and excessive permitting requirements. Its quagmire of government-mandate programs is accelerating an industrial exodus.
In 2009, the Milken Institute reported California lost 79,000 manufacturing jobs in just six years (2003-2007) prior to the Great Recession.
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