Californians are leaving California because housing is terribly expensive, and beggary and poverty are everywhere on the streets. Inequality is toxic: the state has the most billionaires and the most homeless people in the US.
Tens of thousands of residents of Nevada and Arizona are seeing their housing prices soar as a result of the arrival of these Californians, and are being displaced outside the cities.
California’s housing crisis is spreading to neighboring states — and could sway their voters – Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2024-04-10/californias-housing-crisis-is-spreading-to-its-neighbors-essential-california
Arizona and Nevada see their natural water resources captured by industrial farms in Southern California. Colorado water unions sell water rights to California farmers. Water is too expensive for the inhabitants of these states.
Let’s talk about the biggest cause of the West’s water crisis. The Colorado River is going dry … to feed cows. – Vox: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23655640/colorado-river-water-alfalfa-dairy-beef-meat
Housing and water are human rights necessities. This situation is unacceptable and is creating legitimate anger among the people of Arizona and Nevada.
When Donald Trump was president, he did nothing to change the situation. He’s more concerned with his own personal interests and those of Vladimir Putin.
California is governed by a Democrat, Gavin Newson. Kamala Harris is a Californian and former Attorney General of California. They should do more.
Housing and water prices should not be left to the market. Prices should be controlled, as Kamala Harris proposes.
We can hope that Harris, who comes from a modest background, understands the situation of these people more than Trump, who is a billionaire.
The Biden-Harris administration has already agreed to begin ceding federal lands to Nevada.
Let’s not forget that California became prosperous thanks to huge public investments, paid for by American taxpayers. For example, Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory financed all the major technology companies in the 1950s and 1960s, when Silicon Valley was still just farmland with almond groves.
We need to give power back to the people, so that public services and redistribution are available to all.
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