Tesla, Charles Schwab — and now Chevron. Texas is having a moment as companies leave California.

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• A stampede of big companies has left California for Texas — the latest is oil company Chevron.
• Tesla, Charles Schwab, and Oracle already moved from the Golden State to the Lone Star State.
• Texas boosters say its low taxes and light-touch regulation are helping lure businesses.

The rush of companies leaving California for Texas is becoming a downright stampede.

Chevron, which has called California home since 1879 when it began as the Pacific Coast Oil Company, is the latest.