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I relocated from the East Coast to California in 1978, and have
been a contributing, employed taxpayer since the day I got here. I
have worked in management in the Construction Industry since about
1979. This is the third recession I have experienced and yes, we
have always pulled through them, and I feel that the rest of the
nation will pull through this one too. California? I'm not so
certain, because there is something here that was never here after
the last recessions- CARB and AB32. We had 150 employees in 2007
and we now have 12. I know this isn't totally due to the
overregulation here in Ca, but I DO KNOW that it is going to hinder
our recovery. The rest of the country is steering away from the
type of legislation that California seems to be elated about
enforcing.  When I first moved here, I was the envy of everyone I
knew, because I lived in the Golden State- California, the land of
opportunity..now we are the laughing stock of the country.  As soon
as our house is marketable withuot taking a huge loss, we are
selling and out of here. We can't afford to stay here any longer.