California Is Everything Wrong With Society
Summary
TLDRCalifornia, once a symbol of the American Dream, now grapples with a surge in crime, homelessness, and economic turmoil. Proposition 47, which downgraded certain crimes to misdemeanors, inadvertently fostered serial shoplifting and drug use, exacerbating societal issues. Despite high taxes and a push for rehabilitation, the state's approach has failed, leading to businesses and residents fleeing to more affordable and safer locales. The script calls for a reevaluation of California's policies to restore its former glory.
Takeaways
- 🌴 California, known for its Mediterranean climate and beautiful landscapes, has historically been seen as a paradise, attracting people from all over the world.
- 📉 The state's largest cities are now facing economic chaos, a surge in crime rates, and a growing homeless population, turning the once-paradise into a living nightmare for many residents.
- 📖 Proposition 47, enacted in 2014, reclassified many felonies as misdemeanors, including thefts under $950, effectively decriminalizing certain crimes and contributing to a rise in shoplifting and drug use.
- 🛒 The law has led to an increase in serial shoplifting, with criminals exploiting the $950 threshold to steal from shops without significant punishment.
- 🏪 Small businesses have been severely impacted by theft, with many losing significant revenue each month and some being forced to close down due to the financial strain.
- 🏭 The rise in organized crime, such as smash-and-grab heists, has added to the pressure on small businesses and has contributed to a sense of lawlessness.
- 💊 Proposition 47 also decriminalized the possession of hard drugs, leading to normalized open drug use and a rise in overdose deaths, particularly in San Francisco.
- 🏙️ The homeless crisis has worsened, with over a quarter of the US homeless population living in California, and the state's efforts to address the issue have been largely ineffective.
- 🏠 High housing costs and strict regulations have made it difficult for people to afford homes, contributing to the homelessness problem and the exodus of residents from the state.
- 🔄 There is a growing bipartisan support to reform or repeal Proposition 47, reflecting public dissatisfaction with its outcomes and the desire for change.
Q & A
What has been the impact of California's Mediterranean climate on its population?
-California's Mediterranean climate has attracted people from around the world for centuries, with many moving to the state to build a new life, contributing to its population growth.
What was Proposition 47 in California, and when did it come into effect?
-Proposition 47 was a controversial change to state laws in California that reclassified many felonies as misdemeanors, particularly for thefts under $950. It came into effect in late 2014.
How has Proposition 47 affected crime rates in California?
-Proposition 47 has been linked to a rise in serial shoplifting and organized Smash and grab heists, as criminals realized they could steal under a certain amount without facing serious jail time.
What was the rationale behind Proposition 47, and how has it differed from the actual outcome?
-The rationale behind Proposition 47 was to ease the pressure on police by focusing government efforts on rehabilitation and education rather than punishment. However, the actual outcome has been an increase in crime, with fewer arrests and less effective policing due to underfunding and bureaucratic hurdles.
How has the increase in shoplifting affected small businesses in California?
-Small businesses in California have been hit hard by the increase in shoplifting, with many losing between $500 to $2,500 in products every month, leading some to face bankruptcy or be forced to close down.
What measures have been taken by businesses to combat shoplifting in California?
-Many businesses in California have resorted to keeping most of their products behind protective glass, treating all customers as potential criminals, which has not been entirely effective and has negatively impacted customer experience.
How has Proposition 47 contributed to the homelessness crisis in California?
-Proposition 47 has contributed to the homelessness crisis by decriminalizing drug possession, making it easier for people to get trapped in addiction, and by failing to effectively allocate resources towards solving homelessness, leading to an increase in the homeless population.
What has been the impact of Proposition 47 on drug use and overdose deaths in California?
-Proposition 47 has been linked to an increase in open drug use on the streets, normalization of drug possession, and a significant rise in overdose deaths, particularly in cities like San Francisco.
Why has the housing crisis in California worsened despite efforts to address it?
-The housing crisis in California has worsened due to high costs of construction, strict regulations, and mismanagement of funds allocated for building shelters and affordable housing. Additionally, the state's high taxes and living costs have made it difficult for many to afford housing.
What are some of the recent developments in California's approach to Proposition 47 and its associated issues?
-There is growing bipartisan support to reform or repeal Proposition 47 due to its failures, and it is set to be on the ballot in the November election. Additionally, there have been recent laws introduced to combat serial theft and efforts to clear homeless camps, although critics argue these are more about appearances than substantive change.
Outlines
🌴 The Downfall of California's Paradise
California, once seen as a paradise with its beautiful beaches and Mediterranean climate, has become a living nightmare for many residents. The state's largest cities are facing economic chaos, a surge in crime, and a rapidly growing homeless population. The high cost of living, with rents reaching $2,500 to $3,000 a month for small apartments, is coupled with an environment plagued by crime and poverty. A controversial change in state laws, Proposition 47, which reclassified many felonies as misdemeanors and decriminalized certain drug possessions, has been blamed for exacerbating the situation. This has led to a rise in serial shoplifting, with criminals taking advantage of the $950 threshold for felony charges to avoid serious punishment. The police are often powerless to intervene due to underfunding and bureaucratic hurdles, resulting in a significant increase in retail theft and a decline in the quality of life for Californians.
🛒 The Impact of Proposition 47 on Crime and Homelessness
Proposition 47, which was intended to ease the burden on law enforcement by focusing on rehabilitation rather than punishment, has had unintended consequences. The law has led to a steep rise in organized crime, such as smash-and-grab heists, and has put immense pressure on small businesses, many of which are struggling to survive. The decriminalization of hard drugs has also contributed to the state's growing homeless population, with over a quarter of the US's homeless living in California. Despite efforts to address homelessness with the funds saved from reduced law enforcement spending, the situation has worsened, with a 30% increase in homelessness between 2017 and 2022. The proposition has also been linked to a rise in drug use and overdose deaths, highlighting the complex interplay between drug policy, crime, and homelessness.
🏙️ The Housing Crisis and Its Effects on California
California's housing crisis is a significant factor contributing to the state's homelessness and crime issues. The state's stringent regulations and high construction costs have led to a shortage of affordable housing, with rent increases pushing families onto the streets. The situation is further complicated by the state's climate, which allows for year-round outdoor living, and the provision of services that enable drug use and homelessness to persist. The state's efforts to address the housing crisis have been criticized for their inefficiency and potential corruption, with billions of dollars spent on programs that have not significantly reduced homelessness. The high cost of housing and the lack of available homes have made it difficult for essential workers to afford to live in the state, leading to a decline in the quality of life and an increase in the number of people leaving California.
🏢 The Exodus from California and the Future of the State
The combination of high taxes, rents, crime, and an unfriendly business environment has led to a significant exodus from California, with nearly 750,000 people leaving the state in 2021 and 2022 alone. Both individuals and businesses, including major companies like Tesla and Chevron, are relocating to states with lower taxes and safer cities. The state's policies, such as Proposition 47, have been criticized for their role in the decline, and there is now bipartisan support to reform or repeal the law. Despite some efforts to address the issues, such as clearing homeless camps and passing laws to move them off main streets, these are seen as superficial measures that do not address the root causes. The future of California remains uncertain, with the state's natural beauty and rich culture overshadowed by the challenges it faces.
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Keywords
💡Proposition 47
💡Shoplifting
💡Homelessness
💡Crime Explosion
💡Smash and Grab
💡Serial Shoplifting
💡Decriminalization
💡Harm Reduction
💡Overdose Deaths
💡Regulation
Highlights
California was once considered a paradise, attracting people from around the world.
Economic chaos, crime, and a growing homeless population have transformed California's largest cities into a living nightmare.
High rent costs and a surrounding environment of crime and poverty are driving people away from cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Proposition 47, which reclassified certain felonies as misdemeanors, has been linked to a rise in crime since its implementation in 2014.
Thefts under $950 are now treated as minor offenses, leading to a surge in serial shoplifting.
Police are often powerless to intervene due to underfunding and bureaucratic hurdles, exacerbating the shoplifting problem.
Small businesses suffer significant monthly losses due to theft, with some being pushed towards bankruptcy.
Organized smash-and-grab heists have increased, further pressuring small businesses to the brink of closure.
Proposition 47 was intended to ease police pressure and focus on rehabilitation, but it has failed to achieve these goals.
The decriminalization of drug possession has contributed to a rise in homelessness and substance abuse.
Overdose deaths have skyrocketed in San Francisco, with proposition 47 playing a significant role.
The lack of shelter and the normalization of drug use on the streets have made the situation worse.
High housing costs and regulations have led to a shortage of affordable homes, contributing to homelessness.
Despite spending billions on homelessness programs, California has seen little improvement and may have enabled corruption.
Calls to repeal or reform proposition 47 are gaining bipartisan support, reflecting public dissatisfaction with its effects.
Efforts to address homelessness and crime are often more about appearances than actual solutions.
Many people and businesses are leaving California due to high costs and declining quality of life.
California's crisis affects not only those with no money but also middle-class residents who struggle with the consequences of failed policies.
Transcripts
California's sunbe Beach as
Mediterranean climate have made it seem
like a dream come true to anyone who saw
it for centuries people traveled from
across the entire world to the state
hoping to build a new life with
Hollywood pictures romanticizing life in
California its beautiful nature and all
the money circulating there makes it
seem like a paradise on Earth but today
everything seems to be changing in
California California is Paradise you
have to work really really hard to ruin
Paradise but we did it once and they're
doing again in California they did it in
the Garden of Eden and now they're doing
it in California unfortunately what used
to be paradise on Earth has now become a
living nightmare for most who live there
California's largest cities have been
decimated by economic chaos an explosion
in crime and a rapidly growing homeless
population so if you want to pay $2,500
to $3,000 a month in rent for a tiny one
bet all while surrounded by crime and
poverty then Los Angeles or San
Francisco could be the right City for
you it's a tragedy how far California
has fallen it cities always a little
rough around the edges any large city in
the US is but 10 years ago a
controversial change to state laws
pushed California off the edge and that
was called proposition 47 and it came
into effect in late 2014 and since then
the entire State seems to have been
plunged down into the dystopian Vision
now the changes it made were relatively
simple lots of crimes that used to be
felonies were recategorized into
misdemeanors in the US a felony is a
charge for a serious crime which often
leads to jail time while a misdemeanor
is less serious more like a parking
tickets the most important crimes that
got down greater with theft shoplifting
and fraud if the value of whatever was
stolen or defrauded was under $950 then
the most you could expect to see was a
fine it also decriminalized the use and
possession of hard drugs if you got
caught with any amount worth under the
$950 cut off then it was barely worth it
for the police to even take notice it
might seem obvious now how bad of an
idea this was but there was a vision
behind it the lawmakers who pushed it
through said it was designed to ease the
pressure of police by changing the focus
of government away from punishment and
towards Rehabilitation and education
they thought they could tackle the root
causes of the state's problems which
sounds great on paper with fewer people
to arrest and imprison money could then
be diverted away from the police and
towards better things like schools or
care for the homeless of course when the
law actually came into effect this
wasn't even close to what ended up
happening one of the most obvious and
destructive effects has been the rise of
Serial shoplifting in California it
didn't take long for criminals to
realize they could pretty much take what
they wanted from shops as long as each
hit didn't add up to the $950 felony
amount they could get off scoff free and
there was nothing anyone could do about
it now these were still technically
crimes but they just weren't really
punished anymore the police had been
made powerless to intervene through
underfunding and more Hoops to jump
through before a conviction it meant
that shoplifters could only get in
trouble if a security guard court and
detain them often waiting hours for the
police to show up when they did the
guard would then have to go to court on
his own time and provide evidence that
prove the crime then and only then would
the shoplifter get punished but because
it was was now a misdemeanor it usually
just resulted in a fine of around $1,000
it's hard to say how many of these fines
themselves were even enforced the
homeless people who committed the
offenses are hard to track down and then
you'd have to somehow get the money from
them which is pretty hard considering
they'd almost suddenly spent it already
this is what caused those Infamous
videos of people shamelessly looting
stores in broad daylight while powerless
customers and shopkeepers watched
helplessly and it's made it so that
California is now the top state in the
country for retail theft even despite
the fact that most shoplifting goes
unreported it's mainly because there
really isn't any point in even making
the phone call anymore small businesses
have been hit the hardest by this
they've tried to come up with ways to
stop it of course most shops in places
like San Francisco or San Diego now keep
most of their products behind protective
glass but even treating all customers
like criminals hasn't really worked 75%
of small businesses lose between $500 to
$2,500 in products every single month
because of this epidemic of theft there
have been casualties across the state
but one example comes from Clement
Street a road in San Francisco they used
to support tons of shops and small
businesses unfortunately they've been
dealing with multiple break-ins and
thefts as well as shoplifting which have
pushing them further towards bankruptcy
in an interview with local TV news one
of the business owners told reporters
that quote we just want to do our
business peacefully and we want to feel
safe when we're doing it because running
the business is already hard and we
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to another issue that comes from
proposition 47 a steep rise in more
organized Smash and grab heists gangs of
criminals will often Target entire High
streets in one night breaking into the
shops one by one and taking whatever
valuables they can find it can only add
to the massive pressure being felt by
small businesses across California lots
of them have been pushed to their
breaking points or forced to close down
Cafe International which has survived
for 35 years in San Francisco was forced
to temporarily close in 2021 to deal
with the damages in a social media post
the owner bled it on the massive rise in
shoplifting and petty crime as well as
multiple break-ins and thankfully it did
manage to survive despite the continued
assaults but other businesses haven't
been so lucky large retail chains like
taret or Nordstrom have had to close a
bunch of their stores in ell and San
Francisco because of this is this
atmosphere of fear and apathy from the
government that had California down the
sorry Road the majority of the crimes
have come from a small group of repeat
offenders but police have been prevented
from actually cracking down on them the
proposition is now widely condemned by
California's people the majority
supporting harsher punishments because
of the Spree of crime the question Still
Remains where did all of the money go if
proposition 47 was meant to free up
resources to solve these problems what
did that end up looking like part of the
plan was to put more money into
California's homeless problem which was
only getting worse in 2014 when it
passed looking at the state of things
now though it clearly hasn't worked over
a quarter of the homeless population in
the entire us live in California there's
around 180,000 of them and that's only
counting the people we know about
between 20 7 and 2022 the number of
homeless went up by over 30% and just
the year after that it went up by
another 5.7% but why is it getting so
much worse in California compared to
other states homelessness and substance
abuse go hand in hand you can't
understand one without factoring in the
other on the one hand using hard drugs
like amphetamines riats often can very
easily lead people towards homelessness
It's the final stop in a tragic Journey
the very bottom of the pit a lot of the
time though it works the other way
people become homeless because of other
reasons then they start using as a
coping mechanism it doesn't matter how
it starts though frequent use and
addiction keeps people on the streets it
traps them in a cycle of using up
everything they have to make sure they
can get the next dose by pretty much
decriminalizing both drug possession and
theft well drug legalization is a good
thing towards Liberty and it generally
makes a lot of sense proposition 47
almost makes it so that open drug use on
the streets is now normalized and it
makes it that much easier for people to
get trapped in the spiral first there's
shoplifting and petty theft which we've
already talked about now that it isn't
really punished addict always have a way
to make enough money to get their next
hit with drug possession effectively
decriminalized as well there really
isn't any need to hide it anymore the
cops don't have the time the resources
or the permission to deal with it so
people buy sell and use drugs in public
far from trying to stop this proposition
47 is actively encouraged it a large
part of the money that is freed up went
towards harm reduction for addicts and
they're generally well-intentioned
programs giving addicts access to free
healthcare can only be a benefit but
they also offer other services like
giving people access to clean needles
and even in San Francisco apparently
alcohol now if they're using clean and
sterile equipment then addicts are less
likely to get bloodborne diseases which
is a good thing and it might have helped
if that were the only dangers of drug
use but the kinds of opiates that we see
today on the streets are so potent and
harmful it doesn't really matter that
will often just kill people far quicker
than the disease Advocate but it's also
meant that any addict has everything
they need to keep using all completely
for free they have everything they need
and the police aren't putting them into
mandatory rehab programs either like
they used to and the results have been
tragic to say the least in years after
proposition 47 was introduced overdose
deaths exploded in San Francisco rising
from around 100 a year to over 500 there
were other factors of play here like the
increased potency of the drugs
themselves but it's undeniable that
proposition 47 hasn't played a major
role in New York for example overdose
deaths have increased but only by around
half the rate we just haven't seen the
same spike in other cities across the
country the last s on the coffin is the
ratio of homeless people that aren't
living in some kind of shelter around
70% of California's homeless population
Liv outside of shelters far more than
any other parts of the country first
this the problem of who they let in lots
of the money that went towards shelters
really aren't suitable for most homeless
people they often have strict rules
Banning drug use and pets which already
blocks a massive part of the homeless
population from using them California's
near perfect climate actually makes
things worse in this case as well in New
York around only 5% of the homeless
population actually sleeps on the
streets for a large part of the year
it's just too cold to survive outside
with just a sleeping bag or a tent but
that's not true in places like Los
Angeles then there the fact that addicts
have most of their needs provided for
anyway and the police really don't
interfere so why not set up your tent on
the main High Street the result of all
of this has been 10 cities and open a
drug markets that we see on the streets
of California today and they've simply
made these cities far worst places to
live in in their estimation 85 to 90% of
the police calls for service deal with
the homeless in some fashion most of
these crimes are committed by mentally
ill or drugged up homeless people rather
than some group of organized criminals
which is something you see a lot in LAPD
jurisdiction even though there are
plenty of facilities aimed at helping
these people the harsh reality is that
most transients are either suffering
from severe mental illness or drug use
they then went on to say that it's not
an easy fix and ultimately it needs to
be handled on a much bigger level if
we're ever going to see any progress
take the Hollywood Walk of Fame used to
be one of the biggest tourism landmarks
in the state now most people avoid it
it's known as being a dangerous area
especially according to locals who
already know what's going on there I'm
living somewhere where I don't feel safe
taking my mom for a walk I don't feel
safe sending my nieces to the store if
they came to visit me the homeless
encampments nearby make it a hostile
environment even the smell is apparently
awful the crime though is the worst part
assaults stabbings and murders are much
more common now each bad experience that
someone has chips away at California's
reputation now people do still come to
see Hollywood today but it's hard to say
how long they'll keep coming with
families if it continues to stay this
way even just recently graah Stefan
released a video about Santa Monica
showing how many shops are closing down
and how crime is through the roof there
which means theoretically you could walk
into a store steal up to 9 $150 of the
goods and then walk out without really
any fear of consequence especially when
most employees are told not to get
involved by the time the police do show
up the suspect is long gone and a lot of
the cases honestly just aren't heavily
prosecuted this is supposed to be one of
the nicest places in Los Angeles now
local governments across California have
tried to deal with this moving the 10
cities around or trying to uproot them
entirely but many of these initiatives
have failed like in San Francisco now
San Diego is often pointed to as a
better example but it's not really all
it seems recently they passed laws
allowing the police to actually deal
with the 10 cities and move homeless
people off the main roads which has
gotten them away from the schools and
the main streets but it hasn't solved
the problem at all they're still there
just in different places like under
bridges or next to the highways it's
definitely not a long-term solution in
fact it mirrors the early stages of what
could become a much larger problem
Brazil and its largest cities are home
to absolutely massive slum school for
VAs they also began as the equivalent of
10 cities large amounts of people living
packed together in impoverished homes as
they grew into permanent Shanty towns
the crime in the poverty only got worse
the environment creates gang culture and
Chaos today pictures of the faelas
contrasted with the upper class mansions
on the other side of the Hill are known
around the world and faelas is seen as
one of the most dangerous places in the
world this is potentially a future
that's unfolding right now in California
as you've got million dollar Apartments
completely surrounded by desperate
people without a penny to their name and
the results are clear to see entire
communities are now crumbling under the
pressure issues like homelessness can
seem so complicated that you can't get
your head around them but one pretty
simple reason is getting worse in
California is how expensive the
alternative has become each time the
rent goes up which has been happening
every year since 2011 it puts more
families out on the streets LA and
California's other large cities are now
some of the most expensive in the world
especially when it comes to housing if
you're living in some parts of
California earning the minimum wage
you'd need to work the equivalent of
three full-time jobs just to scrape by
it means that a lots of people working
essential jobs which society couldn't
function without and now being forced
out of the system it's completely
unsustainable but why has it gotten so
bad well a massive part of the problem
is that there simply isn't enough homes
being built California is the most
regulated state in the USA their code of
regulations the bat containing all the
administrative rules is over 21 million
wats long it means their regulations are
around 3 times stricter compared to the
average States and so building anything
here is way more expensive than it
should be the fees the permits and the
fines if you make any mistakes can lead
to building a home or a block of flats
cost 18% more than it should and then
there are the delays and it can take
years of waiting and therefore years of
legal fees to get through all of the red
tape with all of these extra costs it
makes it far riskier for construction
companies to actually build anything in
the state you can easily go bankrupt
waiting for your permit to come through
they could go pretty much anywhere else
in the country and make more money in a
much shorter time proposition 47 was
meant to help with this in a roundabout
way the money they took from the police
was meant to build more shelters and
housing to go towards solving the
homeless problem and it would go some
other way towards relieving the state's
massive housing shortage but it's the
state audit in April showed how
ineffective they've really been it was
revealed that despite throwing billions
of dollars at the problem the state of
California rarely kept track of where
the money was actually going or if it
was actually helping it's a Statewide
problem they spent $24 billion on
programs to solve homelessness between
2018 and 2023 in the same period the
homeless population swelled by 30,000
more people and it's really bad on just
an individual City level as well San
Diego spent over 2 billion on
homelessness programs between 2015 and
201 22 it's really confusing how they
could spend so much money while the
problem still gets worse but it makes a
lot more sense when you look at what
they've actually been buying with that
taxpayer money recently Santa Monica
officials gave the go-ahead for building
a set of basic Apartments to house
homeless people in you might think that
it's a step in the right direction it's
better than them living on the streets
at least but the twist is that each of
these units will cost over a million
dollars to make an insane amount for
basic homes especially considering the
city already owned the land itself
contracts like these are probably the
only reason any construction company
stays in California anymore it all
stinks of corruption billions of dollars
have disappeared the state doesn't even
write down where it all went and they've
been putting scams like this for years
it's not going to fix it they're
bankrupt this state is bankrupt because
they're incompetent they're not going to
become competent if you give them more
money you know it's just they've they've
managed the money that they got very
poorly they already have high taxes
there's a 13.5% state income tax here in
California and the place is still [ __ ]
up in 2022 the city of La spent over 50
million on buying a 50 story luxury
apartment building to move homeless
people into it already seems like an
awful decision to begin with but over 2
years later and they still haven't
filled even a single one of those
apartments there's no way the best
solution for homelessness was to buy
luxury apartments at Crazy Prices and
then not even use them they haven't even
bothered to hide how corrupt it all
seems this all amounts to millions and
millions of taxpayer money that went out
of the city's budget and into someone
else's Pockets it should hopefully be
clear now that California's idiotic laws
are only the tip of the iceberg they
enable the corruption that keeping
California cities incredibly expensive
while also full of homelessness and
crime it's why the recently announced
plans to scrpt the proposition 47 are a
little too late it's taken years and
years for people's voices to finally get
heard and now the damage has already
been done even now though with so much
overwhelming evidence of its failures
Gavin youum and other Democratic
lawmakers a dead set on keeping
proposition 47 in place but eventually
people couldn't keep ignoring what's
right in front of them and now there's
bipartisan support to get rid of it
there's enough support to get rid of it
that reversing the law is now going to
be on the ballot in the November
election at least that's if Nome and his
cronies can't put a stop to it first
Nome tried to get it removed completely
but he had to back down when even his
fellow Democrats wouldn't let him so
he's moved on to a different option
delaying and complicating it despite his
outward support for proposition 47 he's
now been trying to get his own water
down version of the reform onto the
ballot instead his version wouldn't
actually deal with the problems
proposition 47 as creators for example
it would only make selling other drugs
Lac with fensel a major crime rather
than actually deal dealing with fento
itself other than that he's also
introduced new laws to combat specific
cases of Serial theft now it might put
an end to the videos of people shoving
shop merchandise into garbage bags but
it wouldn't really do much else
suspiciously close to the upcoming
general election he's also suddenly been
making public appearances clearing up
homeless camps and passing laws to
finally let police move them off the
main streets the common factor is that
these are all moves designed to help
with appearances while keeping the same
moldy status quo it isn't surprising
that people have been leaving California
and drov for years now h prices rents
crime levels and taxes have taken their
toll on the people and a huge Exodus has
begun over 2021 and 2022 nearly 750,000
people left the state alone and that's
after you offset the people that moved
in with people instead moving to States
like Texas or Florida which offer far
lower taxes and much safer cities it
hasn't just been people and families
either but small businesses are getting
sick of the massive costs as a former
resident of California I had the
question whether or not these are
actually strict enough to make a
difference because let's be real for
this to really go into a fact a
shoplifter would first have to get
caught likely on camera with proof their
items would then need to be counted most
likely across counties and then the
state would have to keep proper records
of everything just to be able to
prosecute I mean why would you pay
double the rent and way more taxes just
to open a shop next to a homeless
encampment the larger companies they
used to call California home are the
same Tesla and Chevron have been moving
their factories to Texas tons of tech
companies like M and paper have
abandoned San Francisco businesses
leaving California doubled from 2012 12
to 2019 but over 30 years the state has
experienced a net loss of 177,000
businesses the study says it's high
taxes heavy regulation and generally
unfriendly business environments and
it's really a terrible shame that this
place of amazing natural beauty Rich
culture has fallen so far but today it's
clear that the only people welcoming
California either have tens of millions
of dollars or no money at all and it's
the regular people that are suffering
the consequences of this
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