California’s Business Reality Check | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews California’s business ranking might seem decent at fifteenth overall, but the picture gets murkier when you dig in. It leads in entrepreneurship and workforce quality, ranking first and sixth respectively, and boasts a strong seventh-place economy. But it tanks in business friendliness—30th—and cost of doing business—dead last at 49th. When averaged across multiple rankings, it slips to 27th, with states like Texas and Utah outpacing it. While California’s innovation and talent shine, high costs and red tape are holding it back from true top-tier status. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/9c1adad18b74ff66