Transcript OMG: How Generation Y is Redefining Religion, Identity

June 5, 2008
California Foundation for
Commerce & Education
May 2008 Internet Survey of
California Business Executives’ Attitudes
Survey Methodology

1,113 California Chamber of Commerce members participated in the
Internet Survey

Online interviews were conducted from May 12 – 21, 2008

The survey has a margin of error of +/- 2.83 percent
Generally speaking, do you think that things in California are going in the right direction, or do you feel things have
gotten pretty seriously off on the wrong track?
Right – Wrong = -53
Right Direction
23
Wrong track
77
How would you currently rate California's economy?
60
59
40
23
20
18
0
0
Excellent
Good
Just fair
Poor
What is your outlook for California's economy over the next year?
Get Better - Get Worse = -35
50
46
40
44
30
20
10
10
0
It will get better
It will stay about the same
It will get worse
What is the outlook for your own business over the next year?
Get Better - Get Worse = +15
60
57
40
29
20
14
0
It will get better
It will stay about the same
It will get worse
Would you say it is easier or harder to do business in California than in other states?
Easier – Harder = -62
My company
only does
business in
California
29
Harder
63
1
6
Easier
About the Same
What would you say is the single biggest challenge to doing business in California? And what would you say is the
second biggest challenge?
1st Choice
42
31
Too much government regulation
28
14
Hiring and maintaining a qualified workforce
28
11
High cost of health care
High labor costs
10
High cost of housing
10
21
9
20
High state and/or local taxes
Competition within a challenging
marketplace
26
5
11
High cost of energy
4
11
High cost of rent/facilities/office space
4
10
Access to capital/getting a loan
2nd Choice
12
0
10
20
30
40
50
What would you say is the single biggest challenge to doing business in California? And what would you say is the
second biggest challenge?
1st Choice
38
18
Quality of life
37
20
Access to large and lucrative markets
Culture of innovation/research &
development
11
9
California's ethnic and cultural diversity
25
18
Availability of qualified and skilled workers
5
14
Transportation and logistical infrastructure,
including
4
14
Supportive state government
52
32
Climate/weather
2nd Choice
0 1
0
20
40
60
Overall, has your company added or reduced jobs in California over the last year?
38
Added employees
Added non-employee
contract jobs
3
33
No change
Reduced non-employee
contract jobs
3
30
Reduced employees
0
10
20
30
40
Does your company plan to add or reduce jobs in California over the next year?
31
Add employees
Add non-employee
contract jobs
4
51
No change
Reduce non-employee
contract jobs
2
16
Reduce employees
0
20
40
60
Here is a list of issues that people would like our elected officials in state government to address. Please select the
ONE issue you think the elected officials in Sacramento should be paying most attention to? And which issue do
you think the elected officials in Sacramento should be paying the next most attention to?
1st Choice
2nd Choice
19
The state budget deficit
24
24
23
22
19
12
The quality of public schools and higher education
11
The economy and job creation
Energy and gas prices
12
Illegal immigration
12
8
The increasing cost of health care and health insurance
Labor regulations governing overtime, wages, rest periods
and benefits
12
6
10
5
The mortgage and foreclosure crisis
9
4
Taxes
Physical infrastructure, such as roads, bridges and levees
2
Environmental issues, such as protecting the air, land and
water
2
The cost and supply of housing
2
Access to health care for the uninsured
2
Crime
1
0
33
8
5
4
4
3
10
20
30
40
As you may know, the state currently faces a very large budget deficit. How serious a problem do you think this is?
46
Extremely serious
89
43
Very serious
10
Somewhat serious
1
Not too serious
1
0
Not serious at all
0
20
40
60
Do you think California state government should deal with the budget deficit through spending cuts, through tax
increases, or through a mixture of both?
28
All spending cuts
60
32
Mostly spending cuts
37
Micture of both
3
Mostly tax increase
4
1
All tax increase
0
20
40
60
The largest areas of state government spending are K-12 public education, higher education, health and social
services, and prisons and public safety.
What do you think should be the highest priority to protect from budget cuts?
Higher
educati Health
and social
on
services
7
Prisons
13
and public
12
safety
K-12 public education
69
Which of these reforms would be your top choice for dealing with the California state budget?
1st Choice
With approximately half the state budget going to education, reform our
schools and how education dollars are spent by providing essential skills to
students so they can succeed in the workplace, cutting bureaucracy and
strengthening financial management, expanding teacher training, and paying
higher salaries to teachers who improve student performance.
2nd Choice
45
25
Ensure that whatever mix of new taxes and spending cuts is adopted, the end
result is a balanced budget.
40
24
Eliminate annual program funding and salary increases in the budget that are
automatically linked to inflation.
33
16
Ensure that any tax increases are temporary, broadly-based (not focused on
any single industry or group of taxpayers), and least harmful to the state's
economy.
13
Reform labor regulations governing overtime, wages, rest periods
and benefits to provide more flexibility for employers and
employees in the workplace.
13
Ensure that one-time revenues can never again be used to finance
ongoing state programs..
31
27
25
8
0
10
20
30
40
50