Brit Reacting to Why California Has So Many Problems

[@julieb3996]

I live in California and work with many homeless people directly, through my church. All of them have drug alcohol or mental issues. One lady I know has been on the street for almost 20 years. They are unwilling to go to a shelter, (maybe for a day or two if it is raining or they are ill) yet unable to care for themselves in a way that would enable them to get off the street.

[@TattleDelta]

I live in Oklahoma, but I'm from Cali, and the homeless between the two states are like a different species. Most of the homeless living here in Oklahoma, like if you saw them walking around town, you'd never guess most were homeless. They actually take care of themselves here. California is just one big stereotype and that includes the homeless there lol.

[@four_20hitman___97]

I was a homeless addict in Massachusetts. A lot of us would stay on the streets because of the rules. In at 7pm with one cigarette allowed after right before lights out. Up at 5 and out by 6 with all your stuff. No drugs or alcohol. So if u were sick youd stay out so I could get well, if I had drugs you’d stay out so u can do them and other then that if it’s not freezing or raining hard it’s more convenient to be on streets where you live on your time.

[@MamaBear-ud8xm]

Homelessness is created. It is a dilemma formed intentionally and is one of the highest funded social program in the US. It’s political purpose in CA is the ultimate goal of splitting the state so they can gain additional senate house seats and votes and a permanent Democrat majority.

[@Carlos559Caps]

As someone that lives in the state, there is soooo much more to California than SF, SD, and LA. I love living in a small beach town on the central coast!

[@maine18]

Do tell them 😆

[@romemedina4712]

Being in a cold area really helps with homelessness. Only 3 months when homeless people can sleep outside without getting hypothermia. Theft, assault, trespassing, drug issues all rise for that time.

[@gregweatherup9596]

The little islands off San Francisco (Farallón Islands) are a wildlife refuge. The islands off Los Angeles are the Channel Islands- 5 are part of a national park, 2 have navy bases only, and only 1 has a civilian population- Santa Catalina island with a population of just over 4,000, most in the city of Avalon.

[@kathleenchilcote9127]

Not fair because the house of representatives is by population of each state. The more populated, the more representatives. The house actually hold the purse for the federal government. They decide how and where money is spent.

[@paulinesoares3594]

Everyone wants housing for the homeless but not in their neighborhood

[@Jdoom13]

Exactly. They are so progressive out there.

[@GotoHere]

Exactly, Democrats of Martha’s Vineyard won’t take them either, how progressive.

[@tymiller176]

@@GotoHere because they aren't progressive, they are neoliberal

[@Yuki_Ika7]

@@GotoHere same with many republicans too

[@grilledlettuce1845]

@@Yuki_Ika7 yes. But many more Republicans rather have them grouped up and sent to live in prison forests. Too much waste of tax payers money to house them and add more people onto food stamps

[@TheZoenGaming]

Anytime that a millionaire politician pushes for something, you can be sure that he stands to profit from the idea.

[@nicolejamieson35]

Yep.

[@Labyrinth6000]

I find it funny how the most “tolerant” rich people of California claim they want less homelessness and than get REALLY MAD when plans to build new apartments and a homeless shelter are in their city, which would increase traffic, crime, and lower their property worth. 😂

[@Gray-soul_81]

As a Californian, can 1000% confirm. Doesn't matter which way they vote.

[@knightwolf3511]

@@Gray-soul_81 my brother who live sin Colorado sees many California's moving there, they get about 25k each year of people moving from California

[@coyotelong4349]

Yes, thank you for pointing this out. Many of California’s problems AREN’T because of government dysfunction or lack of ideas or of interest in solving problems on the government’s part They have the solutions. But many wealthy NIMBY California residents don’t want to see these solutions in action if it inconveniences them in any way Yet they’ll still complain endlessly about the homelessness problems, etc, and wonder why they aren’t getting fixed 🤔

[@coyotelong4349]

@@Gray-soul_81 Indeed, I think many Californians will vote Democrat just to feel like they’re “doing their part” but then when the rubber actually meets the road and an affordable housing complex is supposed to be built in THEIR neighborhood, they’re up in arms

[@kirikayumura6015]

@@coyotelong4349 I agree.. I just tried to say this in a different comment but didn't express it clearly. 'NIMBY' thinking really gets in the way when trying to implement change.

[@beesnort3163]

You sausages! 😂😂😂 I’m dying! That might be my new phrase.😂😂😂😂❤

[@erickvillegas8327]

In regards to natural disasters, major earthquakes hardly ever happen, wildfires occur primarily in the forests that are usually really far away from cities, and floods happen mostly in areas that do not have flood control measures in place, like in the central valley or small towns. In LA, we had flash flooding but that only happens while rain is coming down by the next day the streets are no longer flooded.

[@julieb3996]

The CA city I live in had a deadly flood in the 1950's, and since then our local river has been widened and paved over at least two times. For insurance reasons, our location from the river is considered a flood zone. It has more to do with a dam that overflowed than the amount of rain in one day. Many of the houses built from the 1940's to 1960's are built about 2 feet off the ground, they have a crawl space underneath.

[@carymac941]

It’s so expensive to live here. There’s no way I could live in California after I retire

[@kirikayumura6015]

I try not to think about it. Because it scares me. I'll be working until I'm over 80.. and if I'm not physically able to work, I'll be in some unpleasant nursing home that has a very low standard of care and quality of life. Well unless something changes drastically or I die early.

[@HyperWolf]

Most of the homeless people I’ve met in California aren’t from California though. There are a bunch from Illinois, Texas, and Wisconsin. Apparently it’s much nicer to sleep outdoors in specific areas in California (where the homeless concentrate) than almost anywhere else. And they get offered train tickets to CA if they leave those areas. I think if California somehow manages to find a solution to homelessness, it might not work as well since we’ll still keep getting homeless from out of state. The majority of Californian homeless I have met tend to be the ones staying in hotels or in RVs/cars.

[@shezdina7611]

I think a "Sanctuary City" has something to do with it. You don't have to be a rocket scientists to figure that out.😊😉😊

[@wojecire]

I left California in 2018, I was in Southern Cali and there was just waaay too many people and the roads couldn't handle it so going any distance during rush hour was insane and the public transportation was shit so no one used it unless they're going into LA daily from 50-100 miles east. It's the most amazing place as far as climate, geography and pop culture, which is why so many people are drawn to it and why so many people stay. But it's not for everyone and it definitely wasn't for me. Some of my favorite places I've ever been to are in California. I could go on for hours writing about my favorite places in California, but I would never live there again.

[@Subiwu]

Some people live on some of those islands near LA. San clemente I think is for the military and Santa Catalina has people. I’ve been there last year

[@BTinSF]

The circled islands are the Farallons and nobody lives there. They are wildlife reserves.

[@cherylhoneycutt7553]

I have lived in northern and southern CA and I love this state. I'm 10 minutes from the ocean and 2.5 hours from the mountains. Yes, we have our problems but I also lived in Florida and saw homeless people there where it was 1000 degrees. The weather is absolutely fantastic in CA and you never run out of things to do or places to go.

[@nicolejamieson35]

I lived in Florida too and was miserable there. Same with Vegas, Montana, and upstate NY. Won't ever leave California again.

[@Labyrinth6000]

Skid row on street view maps shows homeless people for miles

[@nicolejamieson35]

It's actually a very calculated section of blocks in downtown LA. Look up the history of Skid Row. It goes back like a century when the planners designed downtown. Terrible the way people were treated and sectioned off.

[@sftrick]

Keep in mind that one reason there are so many homeless camps in LA is that the city was sued in Federal Court and there is a court order that restricts how LA city can "interact" with the homeless...Cities like Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, for example, are not part of the lawsuit, and those cities can prevent the homeless from camping there, meaning more people end up camping in LA where the city has its hands tied by the federal court order. I always think the city of LA should have moved the homeless camps to the federal judge's home :)

[@gwgux]

Yeah, California is complicated. I've seen many videos on the problems they're facing out there and from an outsider's perspective it basically boils down to California won't get out of its own way to fix the problems they have. They know what they need to do, but they refuse to let it get fixed for..."reasons". TBH, I really don't know how long this can go on for before the state has a world class massive economic crash that'll send shock waves across the rest of the country and the world. Eventually, something will happen over there whether they manage to fix things or a big crash happens. I'm really hoping for the former, but it'll likely be the later and when that happens, everyone will be mad at California, not just the Californians.

[@nicolejamieson35]

You're obviously not from here. It's very easy to criticize when you don't have all of the information.

[@kirikayumura6015]

@@nicolejamieson35 I'm from here and I agree with most of what OP said. The only thing I don't fully agree with is, we "know what [we] need to do, but [we] refuse.." For some big problems such as the homelessness one spoken of here, I don't think we know what we need to do. Well lots of people think they do but I've never heard a viable long term comprehensive solution proposed. I strongly agree with the sentiment that we get in our own way though. I see many in CA arguing/fighting about things instead of discussing. I see a lot of resisting ideas just because of political class, economic class, etc. divisions rather than trying to work together to find an improvement. I see a lot of selfishness and self-centered / localized thinking - for example, "If an issue isn't affecting me directly or someone I personally know then it isn't a real problem". One could argue though, that that is something that affects the US as a whole and not just unique to California.

[@AmericanEnglishman]

While California does have problems (cost of living and natural disasters at the top), it's easy to sit and point fingers from afar. I have lived on both coasts and in the middle of the US. This entire country has serious, serious problems. The internet provides information and skews peoples perspectives of things they know little about. Come visit California for yourself and develop an opinion.

[@aerotechify]

I lived there for four years, and I can definitely confirm that it's an awful place for a number of reasons, but it's not for the ones mentioned in this video.

[@prodigalbrock]

California is the nicest place you'll never wanna live. I had to use an app to track where the human feces was... skid row was supposed to be 1 street maybe 2, though when I went to Venice Beach I a dude slumped against one of the trees with a needle hanging out of his arm by muscle beach while his friend was half passed out with half a tourniquet was between both of them. It was super sad to watch what California was when I saw it only 2 years ago.

[@ViolentKisses87]

Idk it seems simple to me Politicians create Needless regulations to create false housing scarcity >thus earning money Politicians promise solutions for tax dollars while to only providing services and weakening police/criminal law encouraging homelessness further. > Thus earning money

[@Q2bFF]

@@prodigalbrock can’t even he through the bad airports. San Diego’s airport was no different. Except when I told the police about the guy in the bathroom shooting up they didn’t care.

[@timothyreel716]

@@aerotechify Would Gavin Newsom be one of the reasons?

[@jerrykinworthy9225]

Lucky, I live in simple quiet Indiana. Where the biggest problems are where the next people trails are going to be built.

[@craiglortie8483]

that and the fact that allergies can be killer at harvest time! grew up in the n.e. corner and now live in new hampshire. if it wasn't living cost being lower when we came; i'd go back in an instant.

[@Kenyon712]

Homeless leave other states to go live in Cali. Would you be homeless in Mississippi or Cali?

[@wdubduece8913]

Ya, a homeless guy has the money to travel from Mississippi to Cali smfh

[@lucioordo3647]

​@@wdubduece8913 Trains.

[@Kenyon712]

@@wdubduece8913 Yep. Easy to get a bus ticket from a charity or church.

[@duitk]

​@@wdubduece8913 state governments actually give free tickets to Cali, there are interviews of the police officers that work in skid road and they claim that a big chuck, close to half of the homeless are from other states.

[@n0madtv]

@@wdubduece8913 I hitchhiked across the country with a group of friends when we were like 16-17yo. We started with absolutely nothing, ended with even more friends and a place to live. It's way easier than you think.

[@eddietorres1000]

I lived in California for 18 years 88 to 06, I lived in the San Francisco Bay area in a city called Concord it was cool place to live but then it started to get bad and Moved back to Texas And I haven't Looked Back.

[@joesmith701]

alright at 18:18 the video is mistaken on how the government in the US works at the Federal level. The Senators are not for "the people" but for the State government with all States getting 2 as per the compromise for little states to stay as part of the US at the founding. It wasn't until much later after the founding that the States allowed it's citizens to vote for who their Senators are Federally as originally it was up to the State Legislator to pick them for Congress. The Representatives are broken down by population size so places like California have more Representatives than say Colorado.

[@sandysmietanski688]

The cost of living there is just not sustainable for many people. I’ve lived in Arizona most of my life and every year more and more people from california move here, which also has a very high cost of living, but hey, it’s considerably cheaper than california. Also, many of my friends moved to california post high school but either moved back to Arizona or moved somewhere else because of the costs.

[@MykaelLogic]

Bro if you're wondering about how many people live off west coast islands look at the east coast. North Carolina for example. Just zoom in on its coast. It's essentially a border made up of islands

[@RoamingThePNW]

Couldn't pay me to live in California.

[@brianatippens3010]

As someone born and raised in CA…I love this state! We have our problems sure like any other state, but it’s home. The things like earthquakes and fires haven’t really affected me like most people would think. And did this man just say GOP talking points might be right? Lol…he had me until he said that.

[@sonnystaton]

Those islands are the uninhabited farallon ismands. Except for research scientists.

[@Subiwu]

Lmao no one lives on the farallon islands.. maybe scientists. It has crazy ass weather, it’s just part of San Francisco area

[@lilJJslayer]

their downfall for the most part is due to their lawmakers and the policies they put forth

[@ПруссияГермания]

I will say like I think about 118 years ago there are earthquake In San Francisco, California That was really bad for the people living there.

[@tonyr9389]

Damn bro!! I love the content and consistent uploads, but bro you gotta get outta that room! You have been sick all fugggin year dude. Get some fresh air.

[@Rancidtimes]

I'm sure someone has motioned this in the comments, But if you live in San Fransico and make less than 110,000 a year your considered poor.. That was from a poll from a couple of years ago.. Sadly its working its way up the state for rentals and what not.. That is why so many people are leaving the state, even big teck companies are leaving the state due to its increasing tax laws

[@catcountry0099]

26:02 lol🤣😂 the way the narrator and music made it feel like he was going to say something mind blowing, just to say that. And Luka's reaction😂

[@TrenchToast]

Start addressing the drug problem in cali and seatle and you'll help the homeless problem..

[@TexArizocan]

Drug and mental health problems everywhere that will help homelessness everywhere

[@Kenyon712]

Anyone with questions should wonder why Cali has been the most popular state for many decades. Still has near 10 million more people than Texas at no 2.

[@BTinSF]

And CA housing still costs several times what Texas housing does. If you believe in the law of supply and demand, lots of people who can afford to live in CA are still willing to pay high prices to do so (and, yeah, those who can't are leaving).

[@Kenyon712]

@@BTinSF Exactly. Demand and desirability keep prices high.

[@erickvillegas8327]

California is definitely a great place to visit. It is beautiful, has amazing climate, great food, and many entertainment attractions in pristine condition. Living here on the other hand is a struggle if you are not already rich or have a good job that will lead you away from poverty. I think I've said it before. If you have a social safety net of reliable people around you that can help you then you should be fine, but if you try to live in California on your own you'll probably end up homeless sooner or later. It is just not feasible. Anyway, great reaction Thurston. Keep em coming.

[@tcalvinm1981]

Saying if you try to live in California by yourself and you'll become homeless tells me you don't understand that California is a large state. If you mean San Francisco, that still is not a given, but it will be more challenging to accomplish. There are almost endless smaller cities and towns where the cost of living isn't bad...at all. Also, I am not rich but I don't struggle in San Diego....sooo, it tells me you made a biased determination and are just going to stick to it.

[@erickvillegas8327]

@T Calvin M Sure, I made a biased determination and have lived in many cities in both northern and southern California for upwards of two decades now. Rent is much more affordable in smaller towns like Visalia, Merced, and even Bakersfield (to some extent) than in the LA metropolitan and San Francisco Bay areas. I saw people managing by themselves in those towns if they had good paying jobs, but I also saw homelessness which tells me that even in small towns, you can become homeless if you are not prepared to handle sudden financial woes. I love California and do not plan on leaving it, but we have to acknowledge the reality that when people face hardship after hardship, in California, more so than in any other state, the likelihood of you becoming homeless is higher especially when substance abuse is involved. You saying you are not rich and do not struggle while living in San Diego does not prove anything. I'm sure there are hundreds of thousands of people who also live in San Diego and are struggling. I live in LA and do not struggle. The idea that I could claim that because I do not struggle that no one else should struggle is preposterous. Attempting to use anecdotal evidence to supplement a claim should be discouraged since it can easily be invalidated. Sorry, Thurston (if you read this comment).I usually try to leave more positive comments on your videos.

[@BTinSF]

Odd. I've been living in CA on my own for over 40 years and I have many friends doing the same.

[@erickvillegas8327]

@BTinSF That's great. You're not trying to live in California. You're already living in California. I guess I was referring more so to those individuals who are trying to move out of their parents' place or who have just entered the market to purchase their first home. Trying to do that alone can be quite challenging.

[@tcalvinm1981]

@@erickvillegas8327 I'm glad you admit your bias but using absurd logical leaps doesn't really do you any favors. Furthermore, you are going to claim those who live in California struggle more than anywhere else with finances while the highest rates of poverty exist in Calif...whoops, not California, actually it is in the south. You now try to pull out "anecdotal evidence to supplement a claim", a fair claim if you were beginning from a point of a logical argument, but instead start with "you'll probably end up homeless sooner or later". Essentially an appeal to extremes: "a proportion of the population struggle financially in California and become homeless, thus you will likely become homeless!". Using a logical fallacy does not require a serious retort. We absolutely can, and should, acknowledge our issues and try to fix them, but trying to go full dystopic panic about it, claiming that no where else in the US struggles as much is just not born out in the facts.

[@Rusty6450]

Interesting video and I left the Los Angeles area in 1990 and I would never live there again.

[@Peractorius]

If California leaves, I am signing up to crush that rebellion. You. Don't. Get. To. Leave. We decided that in the civil war. Politics be damned. Use the ballot, not the gun.

[@tymiller176]

People blow things out of proportions. Yes, they have a runaway cost of living and housing costs. But its a state that is still better than most. Still better than any southern state I've lived in. And California is so much more than LA, SF, and SD. Its a huge state with tons of diversity.

[@jchristif]

Naw. California is on the way out. Texas is moving up. People are sick your corrupt politicians robbing the poor to feed the rich.

[@tcalvinm1981]

Agreed. There are numerous issues I want to work on in the state, but these grand, sweeping accusations are just...tiring. Also, everyone who claims to be an expert on the matter from out of state seems to believe California is only made of up San Francisco and Los Angeles apparently.

[@pc2555]

@@tcalvinm1981 The problem I see from being out of state and also from a similar place in Canada which I had to leave to kentucky for the same reasons (victoria, BC). The entire state government is controlled by the big cities and surrounding suburbs. As in they have so much population that the state government is determined by how they vote. And when the cities are that screwed up, the rest of the state is at the mercy of those terrible policies. It'd be different if there were city-issued bans on assault weapons, banning gas cars by 2035, etc but they are implemented as 'state-wide' which means some small town in central cali that relies on gas machinery and vehicles has to comply with largely the cities' ideas. I know cost of living is lower in more rural areas and smaller towns but if the cities weren't THAT degenerate in their policy, the rest of the state would be more liveable. Cost of living would be lower, homelessness would be lower, all the ridiculous regulations wouldn't need to be followed. There wouldn't be rolling blackouts and not enough water among so many other issues. All of those problems are caused by the cities and their dumb politicians that run the state government. Similar thing with oregon where most of the state is conservative but just the coast and portland have enough influence that democrats are elected every single time as a majority. I highly doubt any place east of portland wanted to decriminalize heroin and cocaine but they have to deal with it because portland's politicians said so.

[@tcalvinm1981]

@@pc2555 I always have to caution people with a simple axiom when talking about "most of the state" a lot of the time: Land doesn't vote, people do. It's the silly maps that show huge amounts of red when talking about the country but when a population map is used, oops! The red really shrinks! Now, I don't condone minimizing people's votes at all, but these claims that conservative "TRULY" rule the country if not for them meddling cities is quite absurd. I am also amused I keep being told the things that are apparently happening to me in and others I know in California such as brownouts and we can't drink enough water because it is a dystopia. Can it happen? Sure. Is it something I have to plan my life around...uh, no. Kentucky has a lot of lovely things about it but when it takes over double the federal money for every dollar given in tax, it is not exactly a paragon of prosperity and utopia. I'd rather (not) care about an assault weapon ban than deal with, you know, women not given the freedom of their own bodies and stuff.

[@SneakyShelf00]

​@pc2555 the problem is that banning "assault weapons" or gas powered cars by a certain date won't really improve much of anything

[@MrAlexSan00]

"This looks like hell" Anyone NOT living in Stockton, Central Valley, Oakland, Central LA, or the Mohave Desert: "Eh, it's all right. Work needs to be done" Honestly, there is a huge anti-California push. Visit here, see the good, see the bad, decide for yourself. I'd rather be struggling here than any other state in the South.

[@psychobob35]

It’s become a culture war issue for right wingers

[@SuperLOLABC]

I’m an immigrant who came to the 🇺🇸 in 2018. Initially I lived in Delaware and Philadelphia for 3 years. Then I moved to the Bay Area for work. Other than the crazy prices, the only thing I hate about it are the homeless. There were homeless people in Philly too but they weren’t as brash or loud as ones here. I might just be paranoid but I’ve been shouted at 10X more in Bay Area than in Philly and I genuinely feel scared to walk at night, even though im a 6ft male. Just my 2 cents

[@Kenneth_James]

🤯The UK has a higher percent of homeless in the country than the US. UK 0.405% and US 0.175%. People from the UK think we have some insane homeless problem in the US or something. California🏖 has a the weather is so perfect that people on drugs or down on their luck can ⛺live perfectly comfortable all year long outside. The UK has twice the percent of population suffering from homelessness. 😇0.175% or 580,466 homeless in the US out of 331.9 million US citizens. 🤢0.405% or 271,000 homeless in the UK out of 67.03 million UK citizens.

[@robbieh.chafin6202]

All of the demacratics cities look like this. Don't ever visit a Demacratic city, that would be blue. Some of these people are leaving fast to Red states, Republican states are completely different. They are pretty, safe clean.

[@ChromeOfTheFuture]

Republicans and conservatives love to crap on California because of how progressive it is and how much more money it pulls in. It definitely has problems but every single place in the world has problems. A lot of people will say that they would rather deal with California’s problems than any other state’s problems, I think this is because even with all the hardship we have a lot of programs and support to help people. Imo I also believe California is one of the most empathetic states filled with people who actually want to create a sustainable environment for themselves and future generations.

[@Labyrinth6000]

Because it is true

[@BTinSF]

The good news is this video doesn't seem to do that much.

[@adancer3592]

They have the same problems that the rest of the country. Fact is they are the most successful state with the fifth largest economy in the world . The highest cost of living is actually Boise Idaho

[@squidwarddiesel8462dannyantrim]

Hahah

[@squidwarddiesel8462dannyantrim]

Both are 🗑 florida is way better

[@Kenyon712]

@@squidwarddiesel8462dannyantrim Florida has a lower GDP than Los Angeles. Florida is a featureless pasture with a coastline.

[@0101tuber]

Boise isn't even in the top ten. All ten are in blue states.

[@squidwarddiesel8462dannyantrim]

@@Kenyon712 California's future is Tesla Nissan altima

[@kristie9144]

Our homeless issue is bad. Very bad. But a large portion is due to people coming to CA without proper financial preparation. It's expensive here and people aren't prepared for it. I've been in CA for 35 years and, while there are serious issues, I'd rather live here poor than anywhere else in the country rich. Why? Because here I still have rights to my own body, I can read what books I want, and my friends / family can love as they see fit.

[@kathleenchilcote9127]

Most are drug addicts or mentally ill. Cali doesn't help either one. In fact they provide syringes for drug addicts so they overdose. Smh

[@erickvillegas8327]

On a side note, I have seen a significant amount of new buildings being built all across LA. It seems that LA City officials are finally cooperating with county officals and the mayor's office to get a lot more affordable housing units built in various cities. They seem to follow the same format of concrete garages/commercial units on the lower levels and wooden housing units on top. Hopefully, something similar is also happening in northern California as well. Residents are not usually willing to allow affordable housing be built near where they live because they worry of how it will affect their property value. However, they come around when they are told those housing units are gonna come with additional luxury apartment units and potentially a Starbucks or Chick-fil-A on the first floor.

[@michaeltnk1135]

California is still like old California in the LA south bay

[@tcalvinm1981]

I wasn't aware I was living in hell. I have a very pleasant life and my wife and I are quite happy. We need to work on housing and homelessness, but I found many comparable, or worse, issues in other states I have lived in. I could start saying saying similar things about England because of Brexit, stagnating economy, strikes every week, etc. but it would be reductive and ridiculous to say such a thing. I love it here.

[@nicolejamieson35]

I agree 100%

[@Kenyon712]

His numbers are old. Those GDPs are higher. The population is higher than 38 million

[@sonnystaton]

The population has been falling for several years now.

[@Kenyon712]

@@sonnystaton No it hasn’t . It gained over 2 million in the 2020 census. Since covid, it’s had a loss the last 2 years, but not much. Many moved to rural areas and less expensive areas, during the pandemic.

[@sshimmy2258]

@@Kenyon712 census Lol

[@YoriichiHeeheeRunFoyolife3334]

But i live through it

[@nicolejamieson35]

California is 26th in poverty in the US which means 25 states have a larger percentage of people in poverty than California. Not sure where you heard that one, but it is a misconception. Not a dystopia in any way. -I'm not sure why our collective GDP would be an issue. -Few people live on Catalina islands. - the homeless is heartbreaking but we are also one of the 3 largest populations in the country so the percentage there is actually skewed. However, the milder climate does attract a lot of homeless who are less likely to freeze to death as in other states. -The images shown of the homeless are of Skid Row. Downtown LA, which has a seedy and nefarious origin (look that one up). The narrator seems to be leaning towards the extreme negative when talking about us building permanent homes for the homeless and we actually have a lot of shelters and charities near Skid Row. -Take this entire video with a grain of salt please. The person speaking is controlling the narrative and has yet to say anything positive about the state. One of the only states in the US to guarantee permanent breakfast and lunch for all children enrolled in public schools in the state? Yeah. We do have that. - Atherton wealthy residents putting a stop to 16 units of "desperately needed" housing? Seriously? Because no other cities in the country have rich people that do that, especially the ultra-wealthy? When speaking of the fraction of 2.0+ in some areas the comparison was Austin, Denver - cities that are not comparable. Try looking at NYC or Chicago. - the 'California Dream' with all of the footage from the 50's was actually the 'American Dream'. Not sure why he's sticking this to us from 80 years ago. - mountain lions are important and we've been infringing on their land too far. -San Francisco is the area being shown when he's talking about committees. Um, San Francisco has over 750k residents. Think about that. It is already - crowded. -Wildfires? I believe Australia also has issues of wildfires as do some Mediterranean countries. Flooding is very recent in some areas because we've been in a drought for years. -As far as taxes go - yes, we pay more and get less. I've lived here most of my life and have never heard anyone complain about poverty states getting more money/services. Where is he getting his data? - I can name at least a dozen GOP run states passing laws that undermine the Federal government in the past month - mainly Texas and Florida. - secession- the polls are of a small sampling of the population, usually a few thousand respondents - making the results deceptive. Yes, some people have tried to start movements just as some have started movements for other fringe ideas. Calling California unique then comparing it to a few other states but a lot of other countries is crazy. Whoever put this together is reputable only if they did this to 49 other states with the same negative bias, and he hasn't. Oh and stating that our politicians are terrible, the "GOP talking points might be right" and "liberal politics are structurally flawed" should explain the extreme bias this video is about. Was this released by the actual GOP or some SuperPac?

[@trey1sandoval]

It’s one of the best states in the country. Coming sadly from a Texan. If you’ve never been there yourself take what you hear with a grain of salt. All states have problems

[@prodigalbrock]

I've been all around the country. California is the nicest place you'd never wanna live at. It's such a beautiful state that has more problems than is worth putting up with. That's why more people are leaving than coming.

[@CharlieL]

Thanks I'm a happy California I'm not going anywhere, the state is getting very expensive but i would rather be somewhere where i know people are trying verses a place don't know if anybody would try

[@Jdoom13]

Lol

[@kathleenchilcote9127]

It's a shit hole...

[@mitchellquartero]

Those islands belong to calafornia

[@YoriichiHeeheeRunFoyolife3334]

Im from cali and we do have a lot of problems

[@Perfectly_Cromulent351]

No one from California calls it “Cali”.

[@YoriichiHeeheeRunFoyolife3334]

​@@Perfectly_Cromulent351 well personally i do cause its much shorter, but yeah.

[@manontherails4937]

Tell that to 'Transplants' from Yorki, Zoni, Tenni, Texi, Massi, Illi, Monti, Missi, Uti, Flori, Tucki, Joach, Virgi, etc.

[@Travisml3]

While it is not perfect, the effort in Texas to build affordable housing and even housing for homeless is way ahead of more liberal states like California or Illinois. I live in a high income city (175k household income) and we have trailer parks and apartments. In liberal places I lived those two things were definitely banned. The only requirement for trailers here is that they be 2005 or better I think. We also have whole apartment complexes for seniors and anyone that are based on income. This in a city where you in line at McDonald’s with Bentleys, Rolls Royces and whatever exotic car you can imagine. I am starting to think liberalism is flawed or maybe just the people who believe in it are flawed.

[@bryancollins942]

As someone who lives outside of California I don’t think I care what goes on there.

[@BTinSF]

Good because I assume I won't need to see a sign on the back of YOUR car like one I saw today that said: "Don't Californiate my Arizona". I was tempted to follow it into the mall where it was headed just to let the driver. know I was a California snowbird and didn't care at all what he thought of my home state.

[@n0madtv]

@@BTinSF If you had done that, you would have just proved him right.

[@bryancollins942]

@@BTinSF well if I put a sign on my car then that would indicate that I do care. Just like if I were to follow someone around to tell them my opinion on something.

[@kathleenchilcote9127]

​@@BTinSF you should stay in Cali then don't pollute Arizona with your Cali stench

[@BTinSF]

@@kathleenchilcote9127 If more people in Arizona felt that way, I'd spend even more time there to give them what they deserve--but the truth is the Arizona weather is unbearable during the parts of the year I don't already spend there.

[@normal-potato05]

Why I left to Georgia

[@ESUSAMEX]

The governor of California told the homeless to move to California because the government would be able to demand more money from the federal government to "care for" the homeless. The politicians just want more money and they really do not care for the homeless at all. The current governor of California spent millions trying to get people from Florida to relocate to California. But that failed royally because Florida has a financial surplus and California is broke. Moreover, what pisses California off even more is that Florida has low taxes and no state taxes on income along with nice budget surplus. If you really want to get California to be better off, you need to get all the corrupt politicians out of office.

[@BTinSF]

For anyone believing or arguing that San Francisco has a bad street violence problem because of the recent widely reported stabbing of a tech mogul, tonight it was reported that the perp was another techie who knew him and apparently had a personal beef. It was not evidence of a high level of street violence (which San Francisco doesn't have--property crime, yes; violent crime, no). It might even be argued that the city's strict gun control laws (there are no gun stores in the city nor have they yet given out any concealed weapons permits in spite of court decisions that they must) turned what might have been a shooting into a stabbing.

[@BTinSF]

Overall, this is an excellent video but I do have some criticisms: - Lots of California's homeless are from elsewhere. Not only is the weather incredibly benign for outdoor living compared to much of the country (rarely too cold or too hot), but the state offers generous benefits and its generally liberal governments hesitate to crack down on misdemeanor legal violations like camping on public property (and when they do, courts often block their efforts). - Most of the long-term homeless in CA cities are either drug addicted or mentally ill. This is not true of short-term homeless but most people who are neither mentally nor hooked on drugs find some way to get off the street within a few months. CA is incredibly accepting of drug use. In San Francisco, you can basically use any substance in public and sell many of them without being bothered by the police (and if you do get arrested, the odds are excellent a judge will cause you to be released without penalty).

[@kathleenchilcote9127]

Stop blaming homeless on other states. If they do go there it's because they know they will get free syringes, they can camp out on the streets and not get arrested and they can piss and crap wherever they please.

[@SilvanaDil]

Nowadays I dislike everything about my once beloved state except for the weather.

[@nickallain]

This video still blames the wrong thing for increasing homelessness. It's not the cost of housing as a leading factor. If that were true, all the other areas in the US with high cost of living (there are many) would have similar numbers. The issue really is hard drugs. Once you've completely nuked your brain, there's no going back. At this point, people get called mentally ill and there's no legal way to force them into treatment. In California (and most of the US), a crazed person in the middle of a complete crisis can say "no" to care. Typically they then treat their problem with more drugs. I lived and worked in some of the worst areas in and around SF, paid to have cleaning crews sweep our street and sidewalks for needles each day, and paid to have the street bleeched twice/week to get rid of the feces and urine all as a courtesy to the neighbors and so we could continue doing business without having to embarrass ourselves when clients came to the office. The needles on the sidewalk tell the story. When it comes to housing prices, Proposition 13 was the real death of affordable housing (in 1978). That means that your taxes stay the same on your house, no matter how much its value increases. So people NEVER sell their house. If they sell their house (bought for $100k in 1980 and now worth $2M), they would then buy another house at say $2M, but pay taxes on $2M instead of $100k....every year. The way California treats the rest of the US? Well, an alternate version of this video could have been: California is a dick.

[@Out-Of-Service]

When you subsidize something, you get more of it. Cali subsidizes being homeless by paying them $600 a month. No requirements to get the money. People hear about this and they come from all over. They decriminalize camping on the street, doing drugs and shoplifting. Only makes sense that you get more of it when you tolerate it and pay people to do it. Yes, they have a huge economy but they are losing tons of the large companies to states like Texas. Target, Walgreens and Walmart are closing lots of stores due to the rampant shoplifting. Cali has a budget of $2 billion to deal with the homelessness but somehow the problem has gotten worse, not better. Cali may be on top now but they are definitely heading in the wrong direction. Maybe just try to vote for something different. The politicians you have now don't seem to be getting it done.

[@thseed7]

Many of the States with higher homeless populations also have some of the best/most temperate climates in the United States. I'd rather be homeless in San Diego where it's an average of 72 degrees Fahrenheit/22.2 Celsius or Colorado where we average 310 days of sunshine per year than any place too hot or too cold. Also, most of those States are Democratic and have better funding for support systems to help people struggling with homelessness.

[@pc2555]

This is the misconception that is just naive to me. You are under the impression that most of the homeless are 'struggling'. The majority of them that cause the problems are DRUGG ADDICTS and CHOOSE to live that way. They literally leave their jobs sometimes in other states and decide to get high all the time and get freebies on the street. There are a lot of people who are in a dire financial situation who end up there but those aren't the issue. Those policies that 'help' those drug addicts are not helpign them, they are enabling their bad behavios and it encourages more people to become homeless thats why the rate is increasing. You gotta stop with this 'poor homeless people' mentality that all of them deserve empathy; they don't. Most of them are sick, dysfunctional, mentally ill and irresponsible and deliberately choose to not live life and just get high and be taken care of. The more you give them the more they will take forever.

[@deceivedzero0936]

California does not have a lot of money, they are tens of billions if not hundreds in debt

[@BTinSF]

CA has very little debt and you obviously don't know what you are talking about. The state constitution requires a balanced operating budget so the state borrows only for long term capital projects (like a person might borrow for a house or car). CA's state debt is 3.99% of its GDP (compared to the US national debt or about 100%). For the last several years, CA ran massive budget surpluses and accumulated a multi-billion $ reserve. This year, it would have about a $20 billion deficit which it could either pay for out of that reserve or eliminate with some budget cuts (or a little of both). We'll see what choice it makes. But the one thing out can't do is borrow to cover the problem.

[@n0madtv]

True. Quick google search "US States by Federal Debt" and California is #1. (Top 5 are all the main democrat states btw) They have the highest GDP, but only because of the entertainment industry.

[@BTinSF]

@@n0madtv It also has by far the biggest economy. CA's debt as a percentage of GDP, which is the only reasonable way to look at it and the way you almost always see government debt figures quoted, is quite low. Some highlights, CA is 3.99% of GDP. Arkansas, which you may approve of more, is 5.47%. Indiana is 5.95%. Mississippi is 5.65%. South Carolina is 4.60%. The average for all states is 4.98% putting CA in the lower half. The entertainment industry is NOT the reason CA's GDP is so high . . . but keep lying to yourself to make you feel better. I'm sorry you can't afford to live in such a great place like I can.

[@n0madtv]

It's not california specifically, it's the politics in some very specific cities. Also, there's zero reason for california to have turned down pipeline construction to canada, and they also have their own offshore drilling which gets heavily stifled by politics. It's almost like democrats actually _want_ foreign dependance on oil... They even strike down offshore windfarms and large solar installations because they might 'block the view'... The handful of oil drilling operations are forced to build and maintain an actual island, with a full island facade to hide the drills as much as possible. There's about 100 different political problems that directly affect this massive homeless and crime population. You can see very similar problems in cities with very similar politics. And very different outcomes in cities with very different politics. This is why you'll get hate for even acknowledging that California is a cesspool. It's 100% political. And it's not anything new, I grew up in the 80's and 90's when california was known for it's gang wars and bio-hazard beaches that would get closed from too many drug needles on the ground... LA is the only city in the US where you genuinely have to be careful to not step in human shit on the sidewalk. And I'm not talking about poor neighborhoods... The high income and GDP of California is due to 2 things. The largest "export" in the US and largest percentage of the entire US GDP comes from the entertainment industry, which is largely based in california. The rest can be accounted for with the big tech companies and generationally wealthy.

[@civilwarguy4740]

I’m sorry but you’re wrong. SF has plenty of poop as well

[@Labyrinth6000]

Don’t forget they shut down their nuclear power plants. 🙄 I find it funny how they claim to be green friendly yet chop down trees and make “green” products. 😂

[@n0madtv]

@@civilwarguy4740 Touché

[@n0madtv]

@@Labyrinth6000 And have literally no water supply yet half the countries 'organic' farms.

[@BTinSF]

What pipeline to Canada? The most celebrated one to be turned down wasn't in CA and I don't know of one that was. CA is a leader in wind farms ONSHORE and had them in its mountain passes before almost anybody else did. It also has massive solar farms in the desert however the issue there is that the shading the panels produce harms certain desert species like the tortoise. OK, so CA has massive agriculture (supplying a high percentage of the nation's fruits and vegetables), the entertainment industry, the tech industry. What more do you expect of it? Name another state with such a diverse economy.

[@kathleenchilcote9127]

Just saw a news story about a lady whose son was homeless drug addict in San Francisco. She could not find help for him and he overdosed and died. She dressed as a homeless person and went to a so called treatment center and asked for help. They said they couldn't help her but provided her with syringes and told her she could use there. Wtf....

[@TrenchToast]

I wouldn't touch Cali with a 20ft pole..

[@BTinSF]

And don't assume CA would want you to. The last thing most Californians want is more people.

[@kathleenchilcote9127]

​@@BTinSF good thing people are leaving California then! 😊

[@BTinSF]

@@kathleenchilcote9127 Indeed. Nobody misses them. The state will be a better place for those still here when it's less crowded.

[@PrettyDeadThings]

Moved from Northern California (The SF Bay area) to TN. And let me say, it's THEE best thing I've ever done. I'll sum up why California has so many issues.... you ready for this? .... here we go, and I'm sure this will get some reeeeeeeeing, but I don't care. Democrats.... < ---- the issues are strong with them. Some of the more conservative areas are okay, but local is battling against State and Local often can't do much as their hands are tied. The state is a bloody nightmare, with it's over regulation, mismanagement, open borders, taxes, crime, drugs, corrupt politicians ... ect...

[@KalEL224]

Exactly what I was expecting a classits and borderline racist excuse. So TN has become the home of bigots with its anti lgbtq laws and you think that’s good.

[@ozrilla]

I wish more people left

[@KalEL224]

@@ozrilla why don’t you leave?

[@ozrilla]

Nah I like California 🙂

[@KalEL224]

@@ozrilla apparently you don’t. Maybe some redneck fascist Christian sharia law state would do you better.

[@williambranch4283]

Big state big problems. You choose a state on where your family lives or where you find work (not always the same). It isn't a tourism choice. Moved out of Cali twice. Every place is nice if you live in a mansion with servants ;-)

[@Perfectly_Cromulent351]

California doesn’t even have the worst homelessness rate. For the past couple decades, Hawaii has been the worst, but in 2020, NY passed them to become the highest at 46.6 per 10,000 people. California’s homelessness seems to get more attention because 1. It’s more obvious with huge communities in SF and especially in Skid Row in LA and 2. It’s conservative propaganda. The entire country struggles with homelessness and most state’s solution (looking at you Texas) is to round up their homeless and ship them to California where there are more sympathetic policies regarding the treatment of the homeless population. Also, many homeless people move to California on their own because of said policies (which are still abysmal, but are generous when compared to the rest of the country) and because they won’t be at the mercy of uncomfortable and dangerous weather. Also, most of the criticism in regard’s to California’s homelessness is done in bad faith because it mostly comes from conservatives and Republicans who don’t actually care about the well-being of the population - they just wield it as a weapon against California because it represents everything they’re against both economically and socially. And let’s not forget that it’s conservative policies, like Reagan’s defunding of mental institutions, predatory healthcare costs, and unregulated housing policies, that drive most people to homelessness. None of these critics have any real plans to help these people. They just want them to stop existing.

[@Kenyon712]

California is our greatest state. Republicans hate it for that. They constantly try to say it’s the worst state while their states of Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, West Virginia, etc exist. Cali has a 3.6 trillion GDP. It has the best weather. It is the most beautiful state. The problem is all of that is highly desirable and it drives prices up. It’s very expensive because people will pay alot to live there.

[@jaxonw1292]

In my opinion our greatest state is Texas. And please don’t bring politics up on KZbin. California is not perfect it no where near there is a lot of homelessness is California and many other things. For being the most beautiful state is also not always true it just depends on people’s opinion. The weather gets too hot a lot of the time and there are many forest fires in California then there is the pollution there too. Then there is the crime and just how expensive it is to live there, and actually many people are moving out of California. Also Texas’s GDP is catching up to California’s and Texas has its problems but not nearly as bad as California.

[@Kenyon712]

@@jaxonw1292 Califirnia destroys Texas in every category and I’m a native and current Texan.

[@wdubduece8913]

*California is the prettiest state. Which is still debatable. Democrats destroyed Cali but dems won't admit they voted for it to be the way it is.

[@Labyrinth6000]

@@jaxonw1292greed! Find it funny how Californians hate Texas the most, yet TONS of them are choosing to move to Austin. 🙄

[@d2ndborn]

I was born in California and lived there until 12years old, I still have family there. But would never move back. The taxes, expense of living there, crime and the woke government is a mess!

[@kathleenchilcote9127]

Businesses are leaving California as are people...they lost a Congress seat last census and I'm sure more to come...

[@darylsledge1456]

California, the State has a larger GDP than the UK. If she were a sovereign nation, she would be the fifth largest economy. it would push India to the number 6 spot and push your country to 7th spot. That's how many problems Cali has.

[@prodigalbrock]

California is hell

[@BTinSF]

The sort of hell people are willing to pay 3+ times as much to live in as in most other parts of America.

[@Jdoom13]

We need to figure out how to fix California because what happens in California happens 5 years later in the rest of the country.

[@holysab7]

It's awful, nice nature though

[@holysab7]

Also Cali seceding would be so freaking epic. My bet is they'd team up with Chinese and kill a bunch of Americans in a war of aggression but the USA prevails in the end

[@dannykavhchong126]

California is okay. Everywhere else has similar problems. We have the welfare issue with taking care of outta state homeless etc.

[@sonnystaton]

Only someone not from & living here could talk about succession. Look at the election by county of which countries voted for Trumps. The north & inland counties that have all the water are conservative Trump supporters. As well as many central valley counties with the food. San Francisco & Los Angeles would starve to death if they don't die of thirst first.

[@bombyouup62]

California the woke capital.

[@ChromeOfTheFuture]

What does that mean

[@bombyouup62]

@@ChromeOfTheFuture You'll figure it out.

[@ChromeOfTheFuture]

@@bombyouup62 it’s okay if you don’t know

[@memsurs]

This video seems like a Republican Party propaganda piece.

[@psychobob35]

The thumbnail is more inflammatory than the video

[@MrAlexSan00]

Wendover is very balanced imo, and I gave the video a view. It' critical, but not bashing.

[@ronaldoberne4221]

Someone A big liar, California is one best state in America. I don't live there, also. Only Problem they have is Corrupted Corporations that operate within the state.

[@wdubduece8913]

Lmfao there is way more problems than that. It rhymes with Democrats.

[@dicerosautismambient4894]

honestly this guy was pretty light

[@kathleenchilcote9127]

As you can tell, I'm not a California fan..lol been there once and don't plan on going back.

[@0101tuber]

Self-destruction by choice.

[@geraldarmstrong5646]

California has a NIMBY problem

[@spaceshiplewis]

This is ignoring how big the state is. Big state equals big numbers. It's also a popular state with lots of cities. Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Wyoming, and Tennessee also have horrible problems but they are smaller states, have less population, smaller cities and less social and economical influence. Texas, a state more comparable to California also has a lot of low class and homeless people and huge economic problems of their own. California Democrats actually acknowledge the homeless and thus that's why they are in the spotlight. Other states ignore them or worse criminalize them while making the situation worse.

[@grevensher594]

Not a serious video. Dude spent so much time talking about California secession and not mentioning where they will get their water from. 😂

[@TheOnlyOneStanding8079]

Not every part of California is going through ruff times...Its not like Detroit or Philadelphia. CALIFORNIA is still a great place to visit and live🌅🌄🌁🌁🌉 If I were homeless, I rather be homeless in California than any other state 😮😮😮