The Nightmare of Californication - Chronicles -
Derek ParkerThese days, California is
bleeding residents, and the exodus shows no sign of abating. Crabtree and McFatter track the myriad causes:
- spiraling lawlessness,
- soaring costs,
- blackouts and brownouts,
- collapsing infrastructure,
- crippling regulations,
- ever-escalating taxes,
- pervasive corruption, and a
- failing court system...
In 2023,
28 percent of all the homeless people in America were in California, even though the state has only 12 percent of the national population.
- Crabtree and McFatter cite figures showing that violent crime has spun out of control under Newsom’s watch. In 2022, homicides jumped by 33.9 percent and aggravated assaults by 25.3 percent.
- Retail thefts skyrocketed to the point that many stores simply closed up and moved away...