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Not only does California have an issue with illegal immigration, thumbing their noses at Federal Immigration Law, but they are overly reliant on slave labor and illegal immigrant populations for Federal Dollars to stop it from sinking in to a cesspool it has created for itself. Once Illegals are no longer to be counted in the Census, one wonders how bad things could get for an Out of Control State lead by Billionaire and Millionaire Liberals who think they are a government unto themselves.
Trump is right -- California is out of control
According to the Tax Foundation, California has the sixth-highest state-local tax burden as a percentage of income; ranks 48th in the State Business Tax Climate Index; has the most punishing individual top income tax bracket; and is home to the highest state sales tax. After passing a $52 billion fuel tax hike last year, California has moved closer to having the highest combined gasoline and diesel taxes in the country, though it’s not quite there yet.
If all this isn’t enough to convince the rest of the country that California lawmakers are out of control, add to it legislation that regulates cattle flatulence in the name of the climate; a law that requires greenhouse gas emissions to be cut 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, even though the law’s language says it will “at least” cost “hundreds of millions of dollars” a year; and a $15 minimum wage by 2022 that Brown admitted “may not make sense” economically and will without question depress employment.
Packing up and moving out: People are leaving California in droves, including some High Desert residents
“Prop. 47 made a huge impact in our area and people are feeling uncomfortable and unsafe because crime is going up,” Sanchez said. “It’s unsettling to hear that someone was murdered last night, but in reality, this is still a very safe area compared to many places in California.”
Passed by California voters in Nov 2014, Prop.47 reduces certain drug possession felonies to misdemeanors. It also requires misdemeanor sentencing for petty theft, receiving stolen property and forging/writing bad checks when the amount involved is $950 or less.
San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said in 2017 that violent crime had risen over 20 percent in the High Desert since just a year earlier, the Daily Press reported.
With 33 murders last year in the High Desert, the area’s homicide rate jumped by 11 from the previous year, with Victorville seeing nearly half the homicides, with 15 reported. The city’s total equaled the combined number of homicides reported in the city in 2015 and 2016.
Before leaving, Christine Weisman said the couple had multiple conversations about moving because of the “worsening crime” in the Victor Valley, adding that, “You can only tell your scared kids so many times that gunshots are fireworks. ”
“It seemed like the Sheriff’s helicopter was always flying over our house, with the bullhorn blaring some kind of announcement,” Weisman said. “I think the only things I miss are my friends and the sun.”
Weisman’s said she was “surprised and blessed” when she received a call from a fellow mother who asked her about the “760 area code” on a birthday party invitation her daughter had received.
“I called her back and found out her and her husband both attended Hesperia Christian School,” Weisman said. “We go to the same church with them, our kids go to the same school and we hang out all the time. Crazy how they knew exactly why we wanted to leave the High Desert.”
A retired Sheriff’s deputy, who wished to remain anonymous, told the Daily Press “the increase in crime” in the Victor Valley was one of the main reasons he and his wife moved out of the High Desert.
“My wife couldn’t even go shopping at Winco without being accosted,” he said. “Something has to change when you don’t feel safe in public.”
Nevada sees population boost as people leave California in droves
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - With Clark County reaching a population of 2.25 million, more and more people have been moving to Nevada.
The largest group of new Nevadans are coming from California. Look at any DMV around Las Vegas, and you'll see many license plates of people moving from the Golden State.
One of those new Nevadans is Scott Feidman, a musician and comedian who left Los Angeles because it was too expensive. He's planning to drive for Uber and Lyft while he figures out his next move in Las Vegas.
"Hopefully looking to settle into something permanent and really establish myself," he says.
He says the high taxes and cost of living and taxes were his main reasons for leaving California.
And he's not alone. The Bay Area is also experiencing a mass exodus, with so many people leaving that they're running out of U-Haul trucks.
At latest check, the estimate for a rental truck from San Francisco to Las Vegas is around $2,000. But going the other direction, it's only about $120.
Trump is right -- California is out of control
According to the Tax Foundation, California has the sixth-highest state-local tax burden as a percentage of income; ranks 48th in the State Business Tax Climate Index; has the most punishing individual top income tax bracket; and is home to the highest state sales tax. After passing a $52 billion fuel tax hike last year, California has moved closer to having the highest combined gasoline and diesel taxes in the country, though it’s not quite there yet.
If all this isn’t enough to convince the rest of the country that California lawmakers are out of control, add to it legislation that regulates cattle flatulence in the name of the climate; a law that requires greenhouse gas emissions to be cut 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, even though the law’s language says it will “at least” cost “hundreds of millions of dollars” a year; and a $15 minimum wage by 2022 that Brown admitted “may not make sense” economically and will without question depress employment.
Packing up and moving out: People are leaving California in droves, including some High Desert residents
“Prop. 47 made a huge impact in our area and people are feeling uncomfortable and unsafe because crime is going up,” Sanchez said. “It’s unsettling to hear that someone was murdered last night, but in reality, this is still a very safe area compared to many places in California.”
Passed by California voters in Nov 2014, Prop.47 reduces certain drug possession felonies to misdemeanors. It also requires misdemeanor sentencing for petty theft, receiving stolen property and forging/writing bad checks when the amount involved is $950 or less.
San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said in 2017 that violent crime had risen over 20 percent in the High Desert since just a year earlier, the Daily Press reported.
With 33 murders last year in the High Desert, the area’s homicide rate jumped by 11 from the previous year, with Victorville seeing nearly half the homicides, with 15 reported. The city’s total equaled the combined number of homicides reported in the city in 2015 and 2016.
Before leaving, Christine Weisman said the couple had multiple conversations about moving because of the “worsening crime” in the Victor Valley, adding that, “You can only tell your scared kids so many times that gunshots are fireworks. ”
“It seemed like the Sheriff’s helicopter was always flying over our house, with the bullhorn blaring some kind of announcement,” Weisman said. “I think the only things I miss are my friends and the sun.”
Weisman’s said she was “surprised and blessed” when she received a call from a fellow mother who asked her about the “760 area code” on a birthday party invitation her daughter had received.
“I called her back and found out her and her husband both attended Hesperia Christian School,” Weisman said. “We go to the same church with them, our kids go to the same school and we hang out all the time. Crazy how they knew exactly why we wanted to leave the High Desert.”
A retired Sheriff’s deputy, who wished to remain anonymous, told the Daily Press “the increase in crime” in the Victor Valley was one of the main reasons he and his wife moved out of the High Desert.
“My wife couldn’t even go shopping at Winco without being accosted,” he said. “Something has to change when you don’t feel safe in public.”
Nevada sees population boost as people leave California in droves
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) - With Clark County reaching a population of 2.25 million, more and more people have been moving to Nevada.
The largest group of new Nevadans are coming from California. Look at any DMV around Las Vegas, and you'll see many license plates of people moving from the Golden State.
One of those new Nevadans is Scott Feidman, a musician and comedian who left Los Angeles because it was too expensive. He's planning to drive for Uber and Lyft while he figures out his next move in Las Vegas.
"Hopefully looking to settle into something permanent and really establish myself," he says.
He says the high taxes and cost of living and taxes were his main reasons for leaving California.
And he's not alone. The Bay Area is also experiencing a mass exodus, with so many people leaving that they're running out of U-Haul trucks.
At latest check, the estimate for a rental truck from San Francisco to Las Vegas is around $2,000. But going the other direction, it's only about $120.
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