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Another Fortune 500 Company HQ Leaves California – This Time its Chevron

Another Fortune 500 Company HQ Leaves California – This Time its Chevron

August 4, 2024 | No Comments

One of the most prominent American oil companies, Chevron, will relocate the company’s headquarters from San Ramon, Calif., to Houston, Texas, beginning at the end of this year. This was a significant decision considering that in California the company operates crude oil fields, technical facilities, and two refineries and supplies more than 1,800 retail stations. A Wall Street Journal’s editorial asks a question that no Democrat in the state can answer. “Chevron on Friday joined the growing club of California corporations moving to Texas, and the wonder is it took so long. The company has been in the state for
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Top Ten Reasons Why Companies Are Leaving California

Top Ten Reasons Why Companies Are Leaving California

March 28, 2024 | No Comments

By Joseph Vranich Thirty years ago California was a friendly place to businesses of all types. Today – according to many credible sources – it’s the worst state. To cite just one study, The Hoover Institution found that businesses are leaving the state twice as fast as years prior. Businesses forced to flee are taking revenue, jobs, and opportunities with them. Consider these findings: #1 – Excessively Adversarial: Chief Executive magazine in its Ranking 2023 Best and Worst States for Business reported that companies continue to flee California because the state’s “anti-business policies have been chasing enterprises elsewhere for many
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