Newsom didn’t get the message

The CEO of the new Bed, Bath, and Beyond, an experienced businessperson, wrote a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom explaining why they were not going to open a brick-and-mortar store in California. In the letter, he explicitly said the decision had nothing to do with politics but all to do with the difficulty of doing business in California. He cited high wages, over regulation, and prohibitive cost of living.