If anyone doubts the size, scale and scope of California State Government isn’t a drain on the economy, I think reading the background papers on the various Boards under the Department of Consumer Affairs that regulate small businesses and professions in this state will make you rethink your position.

Here is the link to that information and whether it is the education requirements for embalmers, the licensing and fee structure for cemetery owners, or the disciplinary processes used for security guards and nurses, I believe it is patently clear the legislature and executive branches have created a nightmare of administrative and legal requirements that confuse, perplex and destroy creative and entrepreneurial spirits.

http://sbp.senate.ca.gov/informationalhearings

And after reading these papers, I hope you will see the irony in the political criticism of DCA’s attempts to automate many of their regulatory functions (see previous post on BreEZe).