Starting with the high Gov. Schwarzenegger and his kill the economy environmental rules, California has been in a DOOM LOOP. Gavin Newsom decided he could be President if he completed the job—and he did.
“California had 641,000 job openings in August, compared to 920,000 in August 2023, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed, the New York Post reported. “Meanwhile, the year-over-year unemployment rate in September increased to 5.3% from 5% — more than a percentage point above the national rate of 4.1% and the second worst in the US, the data showed. Only Nevada had a higher jobless rate at 5.6%.”
Since September 2022 – while Newsom had the state on full lockdown – California has lost a net 154,000 jobs in the private sector and gained 361,000 jobs in the public sector, according to California’s non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office.
Now you know why we have a REAL deficit of $80 billion—and for 2025, we start with a $30 billion deficit.
How to Kill a State in 5 Easy Steps: Gavin Newsom’s California
Expand government, raise taxes, decrease gas supply, kill-off ag, cut water supply
By Katy Grimes, California Globe, 10/29/24 https://californiaglobe.com/fl/how-to-kill-a-state-in-5-easy-steps-gavin-newsoms-california/
As California’s job openings declined 30% this year, as unemployment spiked, Governor Gavin Newsom gave fast food workers a minimum wage increase to $20 per hour. As private sector businesses and residents have been fleeing California’s high taxes and high cost of living, Newsom hired more state employees, expanding the size of state government.
California had 641,000 job openings in August, compared to 920,000 in August 2023, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed, the New York Post reported. “Meanwhile, the year-over-year unemployment rate in September increased to 5.3% from 5% — more than a percentage point above the national rate of 4.1% and the second worst in the US, the data showed. Only Nevada had a higher jobless rate at 5.6%.”
Since September 2022 – while Newsom had the state on full lockdown – California has lost a net 154,000 jobs in the private sector and gained 361,000 jobs in the public sector, according to California’s non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office.
A very worrisome trend, according to the LAO: “large and mounting private-sector job losses that have been offset by continued hiring in public sector (and publicly supported) fields. Since its post-pandemic peak in September 2022, California’s private sector has lost a net 154,000 jobs (1.2 percent) while the public sector has gained 361,000 jobs (7 percent).”
The LAO continues:
Nationally, Private-Sector Employment Continues to Grow. Compared to the California private-sector industries that have shown job losses since 2022, nationwide, these industries have continued to expand. The following figures highlight the divergence between California and national job growth in a few key private-sector industries.
But WAIT! There’s MORE!
Californians also already pay the highest gas prices in the entire country – even higher than Hawaii, according to AAA today. While Gavin Newsom dubiously claims this is because oil companies are price gougers, the governor pushed a new law to decrease the state’s gas supply, which will clearly result in even higher gas prices at the pump.
Texans currently pay $2.69 per average gallon of gas – Californians pay an average of $4.59 per gallon, and over $5.00 per gallon in many counties. That’s a difference of $2.00+ per gallon that Californians pay a premium for. That’s $40 additional per fill-up.
As the Globe has asked repeatedly, “If the ‘Big Oil’ companies are so greedy, why are they only greedy in California and not greedy in every state?”
In May the Globe reported that Gavin Newsom’s Air Resources Board is mandating an additional 50 cents per gallon be added to the price of gas in California in January.
Newsom is facilitating the real gas price gouging.
Newsom is also demanding more water conservation from urban users – residential homes, small, medium and large businesses.
Newsom’s State Water Resources Control Board issued statewide water restrictions recently. The title of their document even says this:
Standardized Regulatory Impact Assessment of
Proposed ‘Making Conservation a California Way of
Life’ Regulation
This is a non-starter because urban water use is the smallest amount of water accounted for. Restricting even more water from urban and ag users doesn’t even move the needle, but does make a lot of lives much worse off.
And here is why: 80% of California’s water supply goes to environmental uses, 4.5% is urban use, and agriculture is only 15%.
Note: the environment (and not agriculture) gets 80% of the water in the state. Urban users – us – are being asked to conserve more when we only use 4.5% of California’s water. We and agriculture already conserve water.
Newsom’s connivance to constrict the state of water is evil – especially when there is plenty to go around.
California is one of five unique Mediterranean regions in the world (with no rain for six to eight months of the year). California produces high-value “specialty crops” including fruits, nuts, and lettuces. Many of California’s specialty crops are not grown anywhere else in the country.
Newsom is killing off California agriculture when it the number 1 state in the nation for agriculture outputs: $51.1 billion in cash receipts, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
As for California’s highest-in-the-nation taxes, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he is even more giving taxpayer-funded tax breaks to Hollywood.
350 company headquarters have left California for good, and Gavin Newsom just smugly watched them go.
Gavin Newsom is killing California.
