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State Farm General is seeking to dramatically increase residential insurance rates for millions of Californians, a move that would deepen the state’s ongoing crisis over housing coverage. In two filings with the state’s Department of Insurance on Thursday signaling financial …
Over the same period, the US has gained tech jobs (albeit at a much slower rate), thus growth in non-California tech employment has outweighed all the losses within the Golden State But that means in most subsectors California's share of …
Unintended Consequences: The amount of plastic bags Californians threw away increased by approximately 50% since the ban became law. Now, California lawmakers are eyeing stricter bans to address the problems that the original ban may have created n 2014, then-California …
by confoundedinterest17 Where the jobs aren’t! Calfironia under Gavin Newsom and their Marxist elected officials. Based on the most recent release of the early benchmarks, payroll jobs declined by 32,000 from September 2023 through December 2023. On the contrary, the preliminary monthly reports showed a solid …
In an alarming trend between 2020 and 2022, California witnessed a dramatic population decline, with a staggering 700,000 residents fleeing the state. This mass exodus, primarily to Texas, marks the largest state-to-state migration in U.S. history, as reported by U.S. …
California’s Share of Unemployed: California currently accounts for approximately 20% of the nation’s jobless claims, which is significantly higher than its 11% share of the labor force population. This indicates that a disproportionate number of unemployment claims are coming from California. California in a jam …
Check out the article about how California has 6 of the 10 counties nationwide with the highest risks of home-price declines. California’s high-risk counties are less-populated regions to the north. Their prices may have been pushed out of economic balance by remote …
A California-based millennial earning six figures says he’d need to triple his income to feel “rich.” High home prices, the costs of surrogacy, and student debt have made his income feel insufficient. He shared why he’s hesitant to leave Santa Monica …
An incoming California college student and his family were robbed of all their belongings, including $3,000 and their passports when thieves broke into their rental car as he was being dropped off for school. The teen’s parents have since planned …
via Mike Shedlock On a cost-adjusted basis, California leads the nation in percentage living in poverty. Blame the Progressive oligarchs like Governor Newsom. Unemployment rates from the BLS through April. State level data lags by one month. Chart by Mish. …
https://twitter.com/GayBearRes/status/1802451948626415808 The number: California is suffering from the nation’s second-biggest drop in job openings since the Federal Reserve began hiking interest rates two years ago. The source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at job openings for the 50 states and Washington, D.C., for …
Population: As of 2023, the population of California is approximately 38.94 million and the population of Texas is approximately 30.50 million. So, California has about 27.7% more people than Texas, not 50%. Jobless Claims: As of the week ending June 8, 2024, Texas …
by confoundedinterest17 Joe Biden is a dishonest politician, so it is no wonder that he ignores actual data. Like claiming that crime is down under his leadership, when it is actually large cities like New York and Los Angeles not …
California Democrats are planning to send the state’s astronomical gasoline prices soaring even higher by strengthening a pair of decade-old climate policies. The California Air Resources Board (CARB), whose most senior members are appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom, is considering …
A California State Legislature committee has approved a bill that could allocate a staggering $800 billion for slavery reparations. This sum is more than 2.5 times the state’s annual budget. Notably, California was never a slave state historically, yet it will be paying individuals …
via Mike Shedlock Common sense returns to Virginia as California Governor Gavin Newsom Struggles to defend inane policy. Let’s start with Newsom and gasoline prices. In a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed, Newsom says “What people pay at the pump isn’t simple supply …
California’s housing market and economy is on the verge of collapse in 2024. With a huge surge in the number of people leasing the state and a rise in unemployment as a sign of things to come. California restaurants have …
Condo owners in parts of California are slashing asking prices by as much as 40 percent for their properties listed for sale on Zillow, according to data available on the real estate marketplace app. As of Wednesday morning, there were …
The cities that rounded out the top five include Newark, New Jersey (which previously held the dirtiest city title); San Bernardino, California; Detroit, Michigan; and Jersey City, New Jersey. Here’s the full top 20: Houston, Texas Newark, New Jersey San …
🚨Breaking News🚨 🇺🇸 California Wildfire Spreads, Forcing Evacuations in San Joaquin County. Footage Captures Devastating Impact as Evacuation Orders Extend from West of CA Aqueduct to Alameda and Stanislaus Counties." Tags: #CaliforniaWildfire #Evacuation #SanJoaquinCounty… pic.twitter.com/8t8ltm8y4k — World War 3 (@Worldwar_3_) …
It has begun folks. From now until Novemver will be utter chaos. Brace yourselves "We could've done a better job:" Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens says city's communication during water main breaks hasn't been the best: https://t.co/wzs5pT7tb3 pic.twitter.com/Yl4Pmp6WrH — WSB-TV (@wsbtv) …
The affluent Bay Area city of Atherton, California, which has seen a dramatic rise in home burglaries this year, is using a unique method to catch perpetrators. The Atherton Police Department recently turned about 50 homes into “bait houses,” where …
California’s gas tax will increase by 2 cents starting July 1, according to a recent notice by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. This comes as prices have already been on the rise. Sign up for our Newsletters …
California spent $11 billion of taxpayer money to build less than 1/3 of a mile of high speed rail that goes no where and nobody knows where all the money went pic.twitter.com/D7fCfnwyTw — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) May 26, 2024 Can …
via MSN: California’s recent hike in the minimum wage to $20 an hour has sent shockwaves through the fast food industry, particularly affecting McDonald’s franchises. Franchise owners are grappling with the unprecedented impact of the wage increase, which has led …
In a bold move towards fiscal adaptation, California pioneers a controversial car tracking initiative to plug the budgetary holes left by waning gas tax revenues. As the state braces for an electric future, the debate over privacy versus necessity reaches …
Cue Health has reached the end of the road. The San Diego-based medical tech company announced Monday that it’s laying off its entire staff. The company once had 1,500 workers, thriving during the COVID-19 pandemic with sales of its test …
It takes a special kind of stupid to mandate electric vehicles that many people can’t afford, charged on a power grid that can’t support them. But beyond even that, it takes a special kind of magical thinking to mandate electric …