I Left My.Well, I just left San Francisco

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I Left My.Well, I just left San Francisco

• David Myers
• Ponca City Development Authority
• October 17, 2006

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California Perceptions
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Natural Beauty
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California Style
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California Quiz

• How Often was Los Angeles blacked out in 2001?
• -0-
• Pct. of Counties Voting Democratic in 2004?
• 38
• Pct. of Californians in poverty v. National
  Average?
• Exactly the same (13.3)
• Average 2006 California SAT scores v. Oklahoma?
• Oklahoma scores were 16 higher
• The source of the vast majority of Californias
  population growth?
• Internal

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• Texas has its Swagger,
• California calls it Attitude!

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Patents Issued - 2005

• Total Per Capita
• California 19,662 1 per 1,794
• Oklahoma 429 1 per 8,026

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Real California?
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Real California Housing
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Real California Driving
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California Economic Development.The Holy Grail
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Californias Business Climate

• Location Los Angeles Suburb
• Company Manufacturer
• Offense Slight spillage of liquid product
  into the county sewer system while filling
  bottles
• Fine 300,000
• Remedy Collect and Truck 90 miles to
  different treatment station
• Response Move to Yuma, Arizona

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California State Budget

• 1999 Dot Com Boom
• 1999 10 billion surplus
• - Tax Rebates
• - Big Salary increases
• - No Infrastructure Improvements
• 2001 Dot Com becomes Dot Bomb
• 2003 38 billion deficit
• What did California Do?

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California or Bust became Californias Busted
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Oklahoma Perceptions?
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A Californians Perception of Oklahoma
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California Oklahoma Vibrant Urban Centers
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California Oklahoma Natural Beauty
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California Oklahoma Border Crossings
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California Oklahoma Outstanding Universities
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California Oklahoma Mother Natures Wrath
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California Oklahoma Leadership Styles
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California Oklahoma Beautiful People
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California Oklahoma Problem Children
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Market Differentiation Comfortable Pacific
Rim Central N.A. Workers Paradise Business
Climate Financial Acumen Environment
Creative Class Classic Americana
Housing Cost Education Education
Global Business Transportation Coming
Home Room for the Future
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What Have I learned?

• Everybody thinks theyre a stepchild
• Everybody thinks they have quality of life
• Everybody has a history and a heritage
• Everybody thinks they have a superior workforce

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What Else Have I learned?

• Everybody has a brand
• Everybody wants to hold onto their kids
• Incentives come in many different forms
• Economic Development is far, far more than just
  Business Attraction/Recruitment

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Bottom Line

• Jobs Follow People
• Magnets work better than hooks
• Economic Development is a Team Sport!
• Success is having more dreams than memories!

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Top Ten DifferencesBetween California and
Oklahoma

• 10) Oklahoma Tagging is something you do to
  your car
• 9) California Twister is a board game
• 8) Oklahoma Recall refers to memory
• 7) California The cost of gasoline is the
  leading cause of cardiac arrest
• 6) Oklahoma Run for the border means getting
  the _at_ out of Texas

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Top Ten DifferencesBetween California and
Oklahoma

• In California Tailgating is when drivers from
  Texas follow too close
• Oklahoma A drive by means getting a deer with
  that truck
• California If someone asks for Coke, be sure
  you know what they mean
• Oklahoma Wheres the beef is not a metaphor
• California Barbeque is a verb
• The Number one reason to leave California

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