San Francisco and Silicon Valley Area Companies Total Audited Earnings Comprised 87.7% of Total California Company Earnings in 2015 vs. 78.5% in 2012 ..... LA Area Companies Comprised 10.0% in 2015, Down Drastically From 18.3% in 2012 ..... San Diego Area Companies Comprised 2.3% in 2015, Down From 3.0% in 2012 ..... Rest of California Companies Comprised 0.0% in 2015 ..... California Middle and Lower Economic Classes Would Do Much Better If Company Earnings Were Spread More Equitably Throughout the State Than They Were in 2015

From a review US Company SEC filings, below here are the reported Total US GAAP Audited Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations for the most recent Annual Fiscal Year End (FYE) 2015 and for 2012 through 2014 for the 884 Publicly-Held California HQed Companies with Stock Market Capitalizations of at Least $1 Mil and and which have filed their 2015 financial statements with the SEC, with the totals broken down by California Major Metro Areas:

		Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual
		2015	2015	2014	2013	2012	2012	Earnings	Earnings	Earnings
		Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	Net	% Change	% Change	% Change
		Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income	2015	2014	2013
	# of	% Of	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	% Of	vs	vs	vs
All California Publicly-Held Companies	Cos.	Total	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	Total	2014	2013	2012
San Francisco and Silicon Valley Area	401	87.7%	180,781	180,533	164,836	130,968	78.5%	0.1%	9.5%	25.9%
Los Angeles Area	306	10.0%	20,701	30,711	31,486	30,528	18.3%	-32.6%	-2.5%	3.1%
San Diego Area	114	2.3%	4,721	7,279	6,389	4,951	3.0%	-35.1%	13.9%	29.0%
Rest of California	63	0.0%	34	504	309	293	0.2%	-93.3%	63.3%	5.3%
Total	884	100.0%	206,237	219,027	203,020	166,740	100.0%	-5.8%	7.9%	21.8%