[decooney]

Unfortunately - High insurance costs, multiple state regulations, CA workmans comp costs, and frustrating employee theft is what deterred me from continuting one of my previous businesses. Eventually sold the business to someone that employed their family to run the business instead. He is at least able to avoid some of the costs that I could not. I guess if there is a will there is a way, but it was very difficult to keep a small business with 12 employees going with reasonable profit (or more profit than a regular corporate job) while doing everything by the book in CA.

Somehow, if the States or Federal Government could play even a more enabling role to help small businesses (remove some of the garbage restrictions) its quite possible business could stay here.

Oh well, wishful thinking. Argh.