Smaller cities across Southern California, like Santa Clarita, have discovered that being friendly to small businesses yields big rewards, especially when the mammoth City of Los Angeles is too big to care.
"Some cities are rolling out the red carpet for small businesses, trying new approaches to attracting entrepreneurs."
..." 'Those cities that get it realize that [small] businesses are not an enemy â€" they're the future,' said Jack Kyser, chief economist for the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. 'You need to find ways to generate jobs and tax revenue, or you can end up in decline â€" that's the curse of older metro areas like Detroit and St. Louis.' "
"A separate car dealership project that Sage was pursuing in the Universal City area 'has not met with the same kind of cooperation' from the city of Los Angeles, where the City Council is considering restrictions on such development."
Thanks to Laura Kranz
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