Posted on 04/29/2014 2:04:05 PM PDT by Beave Meister
Edited on 04/29/2014 3:40:30 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Torrance Mayor Frank Scotto blames the state of California for Toyota Motor's decision to relocate its North American headquarters from the city to Plano, Texas.
"The state of California lost Toyota," Scotto said on "Power Lunch" Tuesday.
He pointed to a number of issues in the Golden State that negatively affect companies' bottom line: tax structure, workers' compensation and liability insurance.
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No problema.
The CA politicians will just increase taxes
for everyone else (except Democrats and criminal illegals).
Toyota say “fuzakeru na” (stop being stupid)
Think of just how huge and heavy a lot of car fab equipment is —it is hugely, hugely immobile, and a move for such a company is not at all a casual thing.
If a car fab sees fit to move, then what type of move temptations do, say, GAME and NET companies feel...?
They have probably felt tempted for years, and have simply stayed mum.
Say that MOST or ALL virtual companies left California —what would happen to the place, hmmm...?
Detroit was able to run on empty for decades, but I suspect California will be different.
Adios, Los Angelinos...
Change you can believe in...
The film industry has already been increasingly saying goodbye to Hollywood.
It says they’re moving their headquarters, so there may be no machinery to move. Do they even make cars in Cali?
Plus, Japanese companies are extraordinarily patient and love the California climate.
But everyone has a point where they will put up with it no longer.
Not sure why anyone is surprised by this, Governor Brown and the Democrat Party in California have always and quite publicly maintained their goal of “Punishing” those evil, greedy businesses that exploit their workers for their own profit and self serving interests like success.
Never fear Californians, During my daily travels throughout LA and Orange counties I see more and more commercial real estate being taken up by these two huge companies, it is just a matter of time until the Help Wanted signs go up. Start scouring the internet to see if you can get one of these Jobs, the companies are called: “For Lease” and “Space Available”.
Yes, in the south SF bay city of Fremont (about 11 miles away from Silicon Valley/San Jose), until 4 years ago. It was some US/Japan venture thing, a type of partnership that went bankrupt.
I understand that made for part of what Tesla moved into.
So the answer is yes, one of the highest tech makers in the world is in California, but it is now the pet boutique project of a billionaire, which is fine, but they are not really in the clear, or anything.
I think if things keep moving in the direction I see, Tesla might one day move away.
The last automobile assembly plant in California closed years ago. Toyota North America had a large headquarters presence in Torrance, CA., near LAX. I heard Jerry Brown’s comments on the loss of Toyota. He sounds like he does not care and he assumes some other corporation will jump in and take their place.
Do they even make cars in Cali?
Tesla, for the very rich.
I’ve been noticing a lot of films have been made in British Columbia, Canada. I miss living where I did in California but I sure don’t miss California.
Toyota manufactures four door Toyota Tacoma in Baja California, near Tijuana.
“If a car fab sees fit to move, then what type of move temptations do, say, GAME and NET companies feel...?”
I dealt with a Ca VP for a company with seven plants. He told me two interesting things. They opened a plant in (as I recall) Tennessee. They offered a move package expecting that only a handful of workers would take it. He said the company was stunned when the entire staff said they’d take it. The other thing he said was any new projects went out of state. When the current projects end or the products become obsolete they’ll close those plants and consolidate until there are no operations left in California.
In general, the tech companies are there because of the magic of California. But eventually that magic will fade and they’ll move elsewhere. To many of the Californian’s I’ve met they seem to see California as the only place in the world to live. Take Google for example. If I ran the company I’d have relocated years ago. But they’re still there and putting up with the bus protesters. I believe they think they’d lose their staffs if they moved. Maybe so. On the other hand the company seems to be very left oriented and maybe they feel they should be treated like sh*t because they’re socially responsible.
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