So many topics, so little time.   Such a world.  One thing is becoming clearer to me as I spend the hours looking up /looking for one piece of information or another:

Access to information is class & money-based.  It’s a clear message to the citizens of California that the Secretary of State does not expect plebians to be researching local corporations, not really — to find out if who is doing business with our counties, cities, etc.  (did I mention courts?) is actually a legal corporation, an actual nonprofit (as their websites declare) or is not. And whether this is a pattern or not.

Consider how many fields you can sort on in the “Business Entitites site.”  Like, ONE — the business name.

There is no way to look up by EIN# which is THE most common # among corporations, LLCS, for profits and nonprofits.  They need an EIN#.

One cannot search by active or inactive (guess that would require keeping up with the database entry on more fields).  One cannot search by registration agent, for example, to find out how many corporations are registered under C T Corporation (on seventh street in Los Angeles), in order to educate the public faster, and better

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or whether it’s a special speedy incorporation specializing in helping lawyers get set up not to pay taxes:

(I don’t know who this one is…)

Venture Capital

New businesses that need money often rely on investors who specialize in loaning money to start-up businesses. Venture capital attorneys help negotiate and document the terms of the investment, including what the investors get for their money, and how the business will be run after the investment. The investors usually want shares in the business and the right to have some input into the company’s business strategies. Structuring this kind of deal can be very complicated; venture capital lawyers know what terms are standard and what terms are negotiable. If you are starting a business and need financing, a venture capital lawyer will provide advice about how to attract and negotiate with venture capital investors.

And when it got suspended (or why):

You can only view 10 records at a time, which is fairly unique in databases throughout the land, including SOS ones.  I don’t know why — since there’s very little data (only 5 fields) showing.  You also can’t sort by date of incorporation or incorporator, which to me is just insane.

and the last one listed is still active….

If we could sort by DATE, we could anticipate what the next phase of AFCC phrases to provide the final solution to family custody disputes coming at us would be, and know (if we have an open case) to ditch whatever profession

al we are consulting currently that is using old-fashioned, tedious-titled,

commonplace, familiar phrases (or, attached to companies which users — or the secretary of state personnel — have figured out are worthless and/or scams….):

CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY WHICH WILL DO BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA AS CSC – LAWYERS INCORPORATING SERVICE

(at least 3 companies beginning with “C” at this address in Delaware under which Corporation Service Company is itself registered)

Delaware incorporation, Massachusetts registered agent, doing business in California.

Probably still . . . . (this one I think is more child-care related)

World Headquarters

Bright Horizons Family Solutions 
200 Talcott Avenue, South
Watertown, MA 02472
phone: (617) 673 8000
fax: (617) 673 8001

But back to the CSDA — the Child Support Directors Association:

The organization will receive its f:inancia1 support, fran the Countyof San Bernardino, agOVenl!reIltaulnit(hereinafter”County”),andfranthegeneralpublic.’!hesupport fran the Countyis received pursuant to the terms of a contract entered into between the Countyand the organization, September29, 1986 (hereinafter “Contract”). A coW of the Contract is attached hereto as EKhibit 3. Sl.Iptx:>frrtan the general public will be generated through direct fund raising activities. It is anticipated that the sup- port fram the Countywill initially, represent approximately 70%of the total SupfOrt, with the balance fran the general pub1ic~ It is anticipated that after three to four years, that the supfOrt fxan the general public will equal or exceed that fran the County.