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A representative of California governor Jerry Brown came to Mojave to learn about the commercial space industry there and to get some feedback on how the state could help: Mojave Air and Space Port Gets a Little Love From the State - Parabolic Arc

XCOR CEO Jeff Greason told him:
"California can have either all the regulation or all the business, but it can’t have both."

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http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/04/27/mojave-air-and-space-port-gets-a-little-love-from-the-state/

Mojave Air and Space Port Gets a Little Love From the State
Posted by Doug Messier on April 27, 2012,

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David Knudsen of the Governor Jerry Brown’s Office of Economic Development visited last Tuesday, meeting with airport officials and the heads of the some of the NewSpace companies operating at the desert spaceport located 100 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.

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Witt said that Knudsen told him he had no idea how much was happening in Mojave, and that he would report his findings back to the governor’s Cabinet. However, Knudsen warned that there’s only a limited amount the state can do given current fiscal and policy constraints, Witt added.

The fact-finding visit is a result of Witt’s campaign to get the state government to become more supportive of the space industry. His wish list includes regulatory relief, tax incentives, infrastructure funding, and “informed consent” legislation that would protect spacecraft operators from lawsuits for injuries or deaths except in cases in which they are grossly negligent or intentionally inflict harm on customers.

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New Mexico, Virginia, Florida and Colorado have all passed similar liability protections. The governors of those states have personally lobbied Mojave companies to relocate, Witt said. He fears that the commercial space industry could flee to other states in the same way that the commercial aircraft industry did decades ago.

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