Nevada bill would allow tech companies to create governments:
Planned legislation to establish new business areas in Nevada would allow technology companies to effectively form separate local governments.
Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak announced a plan to launch so-called Innovation Zones in Nevada to jumpstart the state's economy by attracting technology firms, Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Wednesday.
The zones would permit companies with large areas of land to form governments carrying the same authority as counties, including the ability to impose taxes, form school districts and courts and provide government services.
The measure to further economic development with the "alternative form of local government" has not yet been introduced in the Legislature.
[...] The governor's economic development office did not respond to questions about the zones Wednesday.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday February 07 2021, @02:15PM (2 children)
Good point. A company like Google probably can do vastly better running their own housing rather than depending on crazy California to do it for them. We might see Nevada eat California's lunch, should this become law.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 07 2021, @02:58PM (1 child)
California is screwed either way, as remote work is now the "new normal" for white collar jobs. Who wants to live in a city when you don't have to, let alone with a housing bubble so outrageous?
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday February 07 2021, @03:47PM