California must be doing something right. It's the fourth largest economy in the world and it has greatly outpaced the national average in growth.
California does not "regulate industry to death," as you would know if you used your brain. A state that regulates industries to death would not be the 4th largest economy in the world.
California does have some issues -- being rectified as we speak -- about building projects in residential areas. That's all.
Four of the six BIGGEST COMPANIES IN THE WORLD are in California and have been their entire lives. That's remarkable. The other two are based (or were based) in Washington state. What does Georgia make? I like Vidalia onions, I'll give you that.