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California drove Toyota out of state: Torrance Mayor
CNBC.com ^ | 4/29/2014 | Jaewon Kang

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]

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Drip, drip, drip......
1 posted on 04/29/2014 2:04:05 PM PDT by Beave Meister
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To: Beave Meister

No problema.
The CA politicians will just increase taxes
for everyone else (except Democrats and criminal illegals).


2 posted on 04/29/2014 2:05:58 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Beave Meister

Toyota say “fuzakeru na” (stop being stupid)


3 posted on 04/29/2014 2:06:33 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Beave Meister

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.


4 posted on 04/29/2014 2:08:22 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Beave Meister

Adios, Los Angelinos...


5 posted on 04/29/2014 2:11:40 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: Diogenesis

Change you can believe in...


6 posted on 04/29/2014 2:12:08 PM PDT by Beave Meister (Die Hard Cubs Fan.....if it takes forever.)
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To: gaijin

The film industry has already been increasingly saying goodbye to Hollywood.


7 posted on 04/29/2014 2:13:13 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: gaijin

It says they’re moving their headquarters, so there may be no machinery to move. Do they even make cars in Cali?


8 posted on 04/29/2014 2:13:41 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: gaijin
Exactly. Toyota was here more than 30 years. Heavy manufacturing plants are not easy to move and that probably give the California politicians the gall to keep plucking them.

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.

9 posted on 04/29/2014 2:14:39 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Beave Meister

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”.


10 posted on 04/29/2014 2:17:02 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
It says they’re moving their headquarters, so there may be no machinery to move. Do they even make cars in Cali?

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.

11 posted on 04/29/2014 2:21:35 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Beave Meister
The CARB tax is the latest CA job killer. The mantra out here is green jobs....green jobs...green jobs. Repeat another thousand times and you might actually believe it's going to happen.
12 posted on 04/29/2014 2:21:56 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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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.


13 posted on 04/29/2014 2:22:00 PM PDT by forgotten man
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Do they even make cars in Cali?

Tesla, for the very rich.


14 posted on 04/29/2014 2:22:40 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Beave Meister; All
it appears; the CA Dems, are as stupid as the (the stupid party) RNC.

15 posted on 04/29/2014 2:24:34 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Bathhouse/"Rustler" Reid? ;-)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

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.


16 posted on 04/29/2014 2:26:37 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Huskrrrr

Toyota manufactures four door Toyota Tacoma in Baja California, near Tijuana.


17 posted on 04/29/2014 2:27:55 PM PDT by forgotten man
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To: Beave Meister
Stick with communists Democrats and see what you get. When will Californians learn.
18 posted on 04/29/2014 2:30:11 PM PDT by Logical me
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“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.


19 posted on 04/29/2014 2:30:56 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Beave Meister

20 posted on 04/29/2014 2:32:00 PM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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