Opinion: California continues to chase away its population
SACRAMENTO – One Bloombergfrom October predicts that California will become the world’s fourth-largest economy, a likely improvement of one spot from its current ranking. That’s an impressive accomplishment for a single state let alone a nation – although it’s unclear whether California’s economy will overtake Germany anytime soon given the recent collapse in Bay Area tech stocks.. Gov.
, “California dominated the list with 17 cities among the top 50 – six landed in the top 10.” Two, Irvine and Santa Clarita, are in this newspaper’s circulation area.blizzards slammed most of the country, Californians enjoyed characteristically warm weather. Just as it ought to do, the white stuff accumulated only in the proper locales: on the ski slopes, not in our cities.
Yet as the New Year arrives, few of us believe California is headed in the right direction. The above-mentioned good news stories are, of course, subjective and speculative. If you want to look at the real state of affairs, ignore them and the governor’s forthcoming State of the State. Our nation’s population growth has increased post-COVID, but the distribution has been uneven. Texas gained an astounding 471,000 people last year and Florida gained 417,000, while California lost 114,000.
Let’s quickly recap the many ways California’s progressive-dominated government is failing California residents: endless regulations, punitive tax rates, untouchable public-sector unions that are ransacking budgets and opposing reforms, shoddy school systems and decrepit public services, traffic congestion, absurd housing prices, growing crime rates, failing efforts to provide basic infrastructure and a sprawlingDon’t count me among those who describe California as a dystopia.
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