"This would indicate that communicating with their key corporate citizens is likely not very high on California officials' priority lists, up to and including Governor Jerry Brown."

As More High-Paying Jobs Leave California, State's Press Is Unconcerned

Biz exodus indicates failure by #CAGov to listen to job creators https://t.co/3VY9R7eGiT #JobsNotTaxes

— HJTA.org (@HJTA) June 11, 2016

Another major employer has decided to join the long list of companies moving jobs from California to more business-friendly states.

This time, it's $12 billion titan Jacobs Engineering, which is moving its "corporate operations," almost definitely meaning its headquarters, from Pasadena to Dallas, Texas. Press reaction, especially outside of business-oriented outlets, has ranged from nonexistent to muted to, in the case of the Los Angeles Times, a bit snarky.

One key point here is that the move appears to have taken California's governments completely by surprise...