Why California Is Bleeding Tech Jobs

Why California Is Bleeding Tech Jobs

Vance Ginn, The Daily Economy Silicon Valley isn't dying — it's decentralizing. Tech firms are expanding in lower-cost states and taking jobs with them.

Why California Is Bleeding Tech Jobs — Decline Is a Policy Choice

For much of the last half-century, California benefited from a powerful first-mover advantage. Dense networks of talent, capital, and research institutions allowed the state to absorb policy mistakes that would have crippled competitors. High spending and taxes, restrictive housing rules, and regulatory complexity were treated as nuisances rather than binding constraints, because growth could outstrip their costs. That margin of error has narrow…