California is losing population for the first time in the 171 years it has been a state.
It turns out many people don’t like the extremely high cost of living, high taxes, and strict COVID policies.
This is all happening as Governor Newsom is facing a recall election.
The Associated Press reports:
California leaving: State population declines for first time
California’s population fell by more than 182,000 last year, the first yearly loss ever recorded for the nation’s most populous state that halted a growth streak dating to its founding in 1850 on the heels of a gold rush that prompted a flood of people to seek their fortune in the West.
The figures released Friday followed last week’s announcement from the U.S. Census Bureau that California would lose a congressional seat for the first time because it grew more slowly than other states over the past decade. Still, California’s population of just under 39.5 million and soon-to-be 52-member congressional delegation remain by far the largest.
California’s population has surged and slowed in the decades since its founding, with notable increases following World War II and the tech boom of the 1980s and ’90s that put Silicon Valley on the map.
In recent years, more people have left California for other states than have moved there, a trend Republicans say is a result of the state’s high taxes and progressive politics. The average sale price of a single-family home in California hit a record $758,990 in March, a 23.9% increase from a year ago.
This did not have to happen.
For 170 straight years, California’s population grew. Last year, it declined by 182,000 people. Congratulations to our Governor on making history yet again.
— Kevin Kiley (@KevinKileyCA) May 7, 2021
California’s population fell by more than 182,000 in 2020. The stories about people leaving are not just anecdotal. It’s a trend.
— Amy Tarkanian (@MrsT106) May 7, 2021
The state clearly needs new leadership.
Cross posted from American Lookout.
you should make them all stay, most voted for all the left wing nut job policy–then bring that policy with them and want to install it in the new state they move to—take oregon for example-its turning into a—- sh/t hole
Some of us didn’t EVER vote for this garbage. We finally left so our vote would count. We couldn’t take the liberal nut jobs running the state anymore. Maybe check the voting record at the border and only let out those of us who fought the progressive agenda and finally gave up. I tell everyone here in NV that we are refugees, not missionaries. We bring out red vote with us.
And now with the typos fixed…Some of us didn’t EVER vote for this garbage, and we finally left so our vote would count. We couldn’t take the liberal nut jobs running the state anymore. Maybe they should check the voting record at the border and only let in those of us who fought the progressive agenda and finally gave up. I tell everyone here in NV that we are refugees, not missionaries. We bring our red vote with us.
The Guvna of the People’s Republic of Kaliforneya is not the only reason people are leaving.
It’s also because of all the foreigners he’s letting in! Kaliforneya has become a Territory of Mexico again, and they already have their sights set on the other 49 states! Just sit back and watch it happen, liberals. Then wait ’til you see how they show their ‘appreciation’!
Fine. Let’s give Kalifornia back to Mexico before that happens.
That sounds like a sound preposition; however, Mexico has already deported their undesirables. Most of the Unlawful Migrants are from OTM (Other Than Mexico), and Mexico doesn’t want them, thanks to BITE ME invalidating Trump’s negotiated agreements. When you get rid of BITE ME Biden, you still have Harris and PIGLOSI! What a hand to draw to.
The state needs voters with brains, otherwise it will never get that new leadership.
I was born in California in 1957, moved out in 1998. It was bad enough then but has just gone to Hell since.
I’m glad I got out when I did!
Sadly though, when they move they infest other places with their own even watered down liberalisms.