Rob Bonta will have to own it if Paramount leaves

California Attorney General Rob Bonta wants you to know that it’s not his fault if Paramount leaves as he tries to block their merger with Warner Bros.“There’s nothing about this case that requires that — or would cause it.It would be their choice and their choice alone.

They’ll have to own it,” he told MS NOW.That’s the kind of indifference that California’s elected leaders have shown as thousands of companies have left the state for places that don’t treat business like the enemy.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story It’s not a new problem.It didn’t start with Gavin Newsom.

It began more than a decade ago, as California began ramping up taxes and regulations.Then-Gov.Jerry Brown admitted the problem in 2014, but mocked the companies that had begun to leave.“We’ve got a few problems, we have lots of little burdens and regulations and taxes,” he said.

“But smart people figure out how to make it.”California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!So if you leave, you’re just too stupid to figure out how to overcome the obstacles that the State of California keeps throwing in your way.Bonta’s latest comments are in that same vein.On the one hand, he says that Paramount is free to do what it wants.On the other hand, he’s suing Paramount to stop it from doing what it wants.Bonta also claimed: “There will be 5,000 to 10,000 jobs that could be lost, billions of dollars in economic activity lost because of the merger.”But LA County experts believe that ten times as many jobs co...