California Business Minute™

Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.

The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) released its 15th annual
rankings of the states according to their public policy climates for small business
and entrepreneurship in the "Small Business Survival Index 2010: Ranking the Policy
Environment for Entrepreneurship Across the Nation." 

The rankings measure the costs and burdens of government on small business, and policy
areas that enable their competitiveness and growth. The Index measures which states
are truly friendly to small business, and which are not in terms of public policy
decisions.  The factors included in the Index - taxes, various regulatory costs,
government spending, property rights, health care policies, energy costs, and much
more - matter a great deal to the competitiveness of each state and to the well being
of small business.  The 2010 Index has been expanded to cover 38 major government-
imposed or government-related costs affecting small businesses and entrepreneurs. 
The measures are added together for an overall rating.  

Unfortunately for California this Index has never painted a flattering picture.

The Top 10 States
1) South Dakota
2) Nevada
3) Texas
4) Wyoming
5) Washington
6) Florida
7) Alabama
8) South Carolina
9) Ohio
10) Colorado

The Bottom 10  States
42) Minnesota
43) Massachusetts
44) Hawaii
45) Rhode Island
46) Maine
47) Vermont
48) California
49) New York
50) New Jersey
51) District of Columbia

I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.

To see the report, go to the  website  http://www.sbecouncil.org