Jack Kyser, chief economist at the Los Angeles Economic Development Corp., cited another reason why cooperation among cities is beneficial. Kyser added that although businesses aren't fleeing the region as they did a few years ago, in some ways there may be an even greater threat today because small businesses can relocate more easily. Although experts seem divided on whether the region's greater reliance on small business is a good thing, the Times poll shows that many Southern Californians are clearly comfortable with the change. Of those surveyed, half said it is better that the state is relying more on small businesses than big ones. They have to live in the community you're in.
Outsiders come here and think California is big and uncaring.
Small companies will be important in turning around that image. I have family in Chicago, Miami and New York. They think the Crips and Bloods is the entire state. They just have a negative view. They don't want to live here.