Yada yada... California loses a factory and management gets cut by a third. http://www.cnbc.com/id/49729998
Of course its convenient timing. He forced them to hold the announcement back until after the election. http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hil...ed-martin-wont-issue-layoff-notices-this-year Aaaaaaaaaand, he made a promises to pay for workers severance in return for breaking a law he pushed for.. I didn't realize he could just spend taxpayer money without congressional approval.
It wouldn't have mattered. The layoffs could be easily dismissed as Bush's fault with help of the complicit Obama toadies in the Media.