The first thing that must happen: California voters unite to elect a Republican Governor and break the Democrat veto-proof supermajorities in the State Legislature.

There are currently 60 Democrat and 20 Republican members of the State Assembly. To break the supermajority we need to increase the number of Republicans to at least 27. In the State Senate the split is the same: 30 Democrats and 10 Republicans. We need to elect at least 14 Republican Senators. Numerically it’s less challenging, but as State Senators serve 4 instead of 2 year terms, only half will be running for reelection this year.

How do we start attracting jobs and economic opportunity and stop losing the jobs and business that are still here? The answer seems obvious. In the movie Patton, George C. Scott is facing the German army for the for time at El Guettar. As he watches his pincer move destroy German tanks and infantry, he looks across the battlefield to where he imagined his chief adversary might be and says: “Rommel! You magnificent bastard! I read your book!”.

In reality, Rommel was ill and had been recalled to Germany, but the point is still the same. Study your chief adversary’s playbook, then craft your plan. Our chief adversary is clearly Texas, so we must learn from their leaders.

That will help us develop a winning plan, but without the support of a majority of California voters the special interest groups that oppose it will use their Democrat politicians to stop this disaster in the making.

If elected, I will introduce a bill designed to stop the flow of entertainment industry jobs out of California through tax incentives for companies based on the entertainment job increase achieved over the prior year. Existing California Creates Tax Credit and New Employment Credit are helpful programs. My Hollywood Job Growth Tax Credit will be complimentary and targeted to help rescue the industry which has propelled Los Angeles’ success for over 100 years.