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Nearly a dozen local business owners are scheduled to testify at a Nov. 13 hearing designed to spotlight the myriad local and state regulations that make it difficult to do business in California.
“California has lost 523,500 manufacturing jobs, representing almost 30 percent of the state's industrial base, since 2001,” read a statement from Assemblyman Dan Logue's office. “In December, 2000, there were 12.5 million private sector jobs, which declined to 11.9 million, according to a February, 2009 report. Overall, the state has lost nearly 600,000 private sector jobs.”
Logue, whose district includes western Nevada County, is hosting the Nov. 13 “fact-finding” session at the Rood Center (county administrative building) from 10 a.m. to noon. He said Congressman Tom McClintock plans to join him at that hearing.
The Republican assemblyman cites a recently-released study on the high costs of doing business in California as the primary reason for those job losses. In that study, contracted through California State University, Sacramento, California was ranked among the least business-friendly states in the nation. It concluded that 90 percent of all businesses in the state are small, with fewer than 20 employees, and that “legislative and regulatory mandates” often result in practices that raise the cost of doing business.
In fact, that study determined that in 2007 various local, state and federal government mandates and regulations cost the average small business more than $134,000.
“California is experiencing an unemployment crisis as tens of thousands of our neighbors have lost their jobs,” said Logue. “This is a state of emergency and it is critical that we, as a Legislature, take the steps necessary to once again make California an economic powerhouse.”
Among those business leaders slated to speak at the hearing include Jeff Pardini of Hills Flat Lumber; Lowell Robinson from Robinson Enterprises; and Brian Walsh from TNT Enterprises. Logue said he also expects several local city and county elected officials to be on hand.
“Each of the businesses will have six minutes or so to speak and then we'll leave at least 30 minutes to hear from the public,” he said. “I know why many businesses have left the state and now I want to find out how those businesses that have chosen to stay are doing.”
To contact Editor/Publisher Jeff Ackerman, e-mail jackerman@theunion.com or call 477-4299.
“California has lost 523,500 manufacturing jobs, representing almost 30 percent of the state's industrial base, since 2001,” read a statement from Assemblyman Dan Logue's office. “In December, 2000, there were 12.5 million private sector jobs, which declined to 11.9 million, according to a February, 2009 report. Overall, the state has lost nearly 600,000 private sector jobs.”
Logue, whose district includes western Nevada County, is hosting the Nov. 13 “fact-finding” session at the Rood Center (county administrative building) from 10 a.m. to noon. He said Congressman Tom McClintock plans to join him at that hearing.
The Republican assemblyman cites a recently-released study on the high costs of doing business in California as the primary reason for those job losses. In that study, contracted through California State University, Sacramento, California was ranked among the least business-friendly states in the nation. It concluded that 90 percent of all businesses in the state are small, with fewer than 20 employees, and that “legislative and regulatory mandates” often result in practices that raise the cost of doing business.
In fact, that study determined that in 2007 various local, state and federal government mandates and regulations cost the average small business more than $134,000.
“California is experiencing an unemployment crisis as tens of thousands of our neighbors have lost their jobs,” said Logue. “This is a state of emergency and it is critical that we, as a Legislature, take the steps necessary to once again make California an economic powerhouse.”
Among those business leaders slated to speak at the hearing include Jeff Pardini of Hills Flat Lumber; Lowell Robinson from Robinson Enterprises; and Brian Walsh from TNT Enterprises. Logue said he also expects several local city and county elected officials to be on hand.
“Each of the businesses will have six minutes or so to speak and then we'll leave at least 30 minutes to hear from the public,” he said. “I know why many businesses have left the state and now I want to find out how those businesses that have chosen to stay are doing.”
To contact Editor/Publisher Jeff Ackerman, e-mail jackerman@theunion.com or call 477-4299.
