California occupies a fairly unique situation when it comes to tech companies, furries, and the regulatory environment.

If you're evaluating a company for suitability, understanding what furries - and variants such as scalies! - are working there is critical, because that will have a direct correlation to the stability of the product or service that they provide.

So it would behoove anyone who engages with such companies in evaluating them to make sure to perform a Smaug check.