Dear Orange County Register Editorial Board I want to address your article written on August 11th, entitled “Occupational Licensing Reform a Bipartisan Goal.” This article addresses the harmful effects on occupational licensing, especially the differing licenses between states. Since states had such varying expectations on what occupations should be licensed, and what should be done to get those licenses, it made it difficult for people moving to different states, like military families, to keep up a business. Although I agree that these licenses are harmful, I do not think that the main issue is among their differences between states, but in the licenses themselves. In many states, licensing is too extensive and/or too restrictive for small