> The question is whether the 1-person remote "business" has a nexus in CA
It does; that nexus consisting of 100% of its labor force working in the state.
> and should be the treated the same as a company with a warehouse and 500 employees
That's not the question, since a company with a warehouse and 500 employees in California is not treated the same, as it is subject to a whole lot of rules and mandates that a single-employee remote-only foreign-HQ’d business is not.
It does; that nexus consisting of 100% of its labor force working in the state.
> and should be the treated the same as a company with a warehouse and 500 employees
That's not the question, since a company with a warehouse and 500 employees in California is not treated the same, as it is subject to a whole lot of rules and mandates that a single-employee remote-only foreign-HQ’d business is not.