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He credits Sandler for nudging him to the political right, and he is not shy about voicing his disdain for California’s current path. Schneider told WND he is frustrated that red tape in the policies of Gov. Jerry Brown forced him to move his vitamin business out of California. It became too expensive and time consuming for him to comply with state regulations. Although the best production staff, hair and makeup people are in California, he has not done a film in the Golden State in seven years. Brown and the supermajority of Democrats in the legislature, Schneider said, have...

California may have solved its fiscal crisis, but at a painful cost: Rob Schneider has renounced his Democratic allegiances. In a video, the noted thespian blames Democrats for a hostile business climate whose impact is hampering his own film career: "The last time I made a movie in California was seven years ago," says Schneider, "and that’s because we’re not being competitive." It's also possible other, nonpolitical reasons are at work

PolitiChick Ann-Marie Murrell talks to actor/comedian Rob Schneider and CA Assemblyman Tim Donnelly about Donnelly’s run for CA Governor. Schneider says, “The state of California is a mess, and the super majority of Democrats is not working. I’ve been a lifelong Democrat and I have to switch over because it no longer serves the people of this great state.”