Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) made the following statement on Chevron’s decision to move its headquarters from Contra Costa County to Texas.
“I am disappointed, but not surprised, to see Chevron’s announcement that it will be leaving San Ramon. I have long been involved and advocated for California’s renewable portfolio standard and climate goals to protect both public health and the environment, and for years I have encouraged Chevron to be a diverse energy company investing in clean renewable sources of energy as we in California have been responsibly transitioning away from climate destroying energy and towards clean energy that protects the climate and public health. Unfortunately, these efforts have been much less successful than I had hoped and, in many ways, Chevron left California years ago. I hope as Chevron relocates their corporate facilities, they will keep California’s climate goals in mind. I’ve reached out to the city of San Ramon and I would be happy to work with Chevron, or any other company, in reaching these important energy goals and to continue to support its employees in Contra Costa County.”
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Oh Mark. I’m sure it’s more than climate goals that made Chevron want to move. I’d say the tax burden in CA has much to do with it. That proposed tax in Richmond was probably the last straw. Have you done anything to lower taxes here?
Wait a minute… Corporations in California are paying WAY LESS in taxes than they used to a few decades ago. Back in the 1980’s, corporations that reported profits paid around 9.5% in state taxes. Fast forward to 2018, where now corporations paid just 4.5% in corporate taxes – nearly HALF of what they used to. California’s state budget would have received $13.3 billion more in revenue in 2018 had corporations paid the same share as they did in 1980. So you’re asking if our politicians have done anything to lower taxes, I’d say they’ve done too much. And on top of the reduction in California corporate tax rates, Trump in 2017 slashed the federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, the largest one-time reduction in history. California gives corporations more tax breaks than low income households. You refer to the tax burden as being much to do with Chevron leaving. Are you kidding me? These guys are paying historically low taxes, while the rest of us are putting up with increased food, energy and housing cost, and nobody seems to be doing a darn thing about lowering OUR tax rate. In 2020, the expansion of corporate tax breaks amounted to a loss of $14.5 BILLION that could have been used to help Californians afford health care, child care, and housing. But no, they just keep laying the tax burden squarely on the shoulders of the lower and middle class, and let the corporate tax payers slide. Boo hoo Chevron.
Well according to Contra Costa County, Chevron is the second largest tax payer in the County, just behind PG&E. In the 2022-2023 County budget, Chevron paid $46,488,196.56 in taxes.
I’m sure $46 million is a nominal, dare I say it, a down right trivial amount of tax revenue for the economic powerhouse that is Contra Costa County. I mean we are one of 58 counties in a state that has the 5th largest economy with a projected deficit of somewhere between +$45,000,000,000 to +$48,000,000,000. It’s almost a rounding error if you want to but it into prospective.
I’m also sure the City of San Ramon and the local businesses will not miss having Chevron as tenants at Bishop Ranch. I am confident that the revenue Chevron and their employees brought to the local small businesses and sales tax revenue it generated will not be missed one iota by the City of San Ramon. Not to beat a dead horse but we are the 5th largest economy after all. Hell, I’m sure Sunset Developments have tenants chomping at the bit to replace Chevron at Bishop Ranch with commercial rents being so hot right now. It will be a windfall for them!
You’re so right Suave, Boo Hoo Chevron.
A slice of a pie is better than no pie at all.
You are part of why they left.
You and your kind drove them out by pushing your half baked fashionable at the moment green movement. What are you going to do, Mr. Politician, when all the big businesses leave the state?
California is most beautiful state in the Union but the crazy liberal left it’s in super majority is going to run out every business and every sane citizen from the state. Then all you’ll have left in California are the billionaire techies, a large welfare class. and the very poor migrants. It will probably be a real caste system with the latter being servants of the first. Wow, what a Democrat caused dystopia!
Born and raised here and finally can say I will be leaving soon!
You forgot criminals. The California democrat government and their supporters love, support, enable and encourage them.
You politicians never learn. Common sense…raise taxes, add more regulations and never asked “what if” if this happens. Good for Chevron. Mark, you’re really a jackass.
Shut up Mark.
Mark, thanks for your useless statement I’m sure it will make the 1000s of people loosing their job feel much better……NOT !
More dems BS, they want us to cut back on oil use. But biden flys out here constantly to raise money. One trip alone, Air Force one and 5 transport planes to carry everything. I’m sure that trip alone used more oil then i will in my life. If your serious stop flying so much on the taxpayer dollars.
You’re part of the reason Chevron was driven from California.
See, everything he and the Democrats do is good, it’s just that luddite Chevron that refused to throw away its most profitable source of income for money-losing green garbage. They can join Tesla, Oracle, and a ton of other corporations that have gotten the heck out of this proto-communist la la land.
California is speed running the Venezuela model. Please remember this statement of his when the store shelves are empty.
Democrats chased Chevron right out of California and Mark isn’t surprised….. and never did a damn thing to try to convince them to stay, just kept pushing that “Green” agenda.
Tell it to those who are now unemployed or forced to move.
How dare you!!!!
Mark and your party is the reason why they are leaving. Hope your happy.
Mark you are a Jackass. You fit your party just fine.
The California Ruling Politicians have done NOTHING to support the Business community… They love getting those Tax $$$, but have Little respect for the “Donors”… Just a posturing group… Willing to sell their souls for a few political Tokens..
Well a quick google search revealed that according to Contra Costa County in the 2022-2023 fiscal year, Chevron USA paid $46,488,196.56 in taxes to the county. Making them the second largest tax payer in the county behind PG&E.
This will not be an insignificant loss to the County coffers.
Chevron has been working on alternative energy long before Mark was even in office. Mark, companies have to make a profitable business not a touchy feely, liberal, sky is falling, climate crisis, loosing money business. Shareholders wouldn’t stand for it. Besides Biden said he is getting rid of fossil fuel so it should all be gone in a few months.
Mark, No one wants to work with you so stay on your soap box.
Have a town hall about it Mark. This guy and his town halls
Mark DS is clearly out of touch with Calif economics …. bet Newscum wrote that for him
I look forward to a time where any quote from this guy has ZERO comments.
This guy’s views are bent, and simply not worthy of comment.
Adios DeSaulnier, may the farce continue to be with you.
He’s not disappointed at all they are all going to Texas as very few of those employees are Democrat and vote for him anyway.
Smartest move Chevron has ever made, now maybe the stock will finally come out of the toilet before it flushes all the way down if they stayed in California.