GasBuddy calls on Governor Brown to obtain an EPA waiver to prevent gasoline price increases of at least 50-cents a gallon in Southern California and 30-cents in Northern California.
Decades of anti-oil-production-policies have made residents highly reliant on inconsistent supplies of oil from Iraq and oil trains from North Dakota. With supplies now breaking down, Californians are sure to be angry paying $5 a gallon for gasoline.
The International Energy Agency stated that the world is currently “massively oversupplied” with oil, mostly due to the US fracking boom. Over the July 4 weekend, the U.S. national average price for gasoline fell to the lowest level since 2010.
But while the rest of the America enjoys almost $1 per gallon in savings, California drivers on Friday in the Bay Area drivers were surprised to see gasoline up-tick to $4 a gallon, and L.A. Basin drivers were stunned as some stations posted $5 a gallon gasoline.
Californians payed some of the lowest prices for gasoline and electric rates in the nation in 1983, but state residents now pay the highest state gasoline prices and the highest retail electric rates, except for Alaska and Hawaii, at 17.35 cents a kilowatt.
http://www.breitbart...es-brown-fears/
California is dying
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Posted 13 July 2015 - 08:11 AM
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Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
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Posted 13 July 2015 - 08:50 AM
California’s war against the middle class: Massive income inequality and a lack of income growth makes housing unaffordable
California is one of the 10 worst states to make a living, #45 out of 50.
The middle class in California is being pushed inland or out-of-state. There really hasn’t been a recovery for the middle class in California.
http://www.doctorhou...f-living-wages/
California is one of the 10 worst states to make a living, #45 out of 50.
The middle class in California is being pushed inland or out-of-state. There really hasn’t been a recovery for the middle class in California.
http://www.doctorhou...f-living-wages/
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UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
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Posted 16 July 2015 - 10:25 AM
247,515 more workers left California than arrived. (2007-2013)
82.154 of those went to Texas.
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82.154 of those went to Texas.
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UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
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Posted 16 July 2015 - 11:01 AM
247,515 more workers left California than arrived. (2007-2013)
82.154 of those went to Texas.
http://ochousingnews...ion-us-web1.png
Wow! Those are impressive numbers!!!
California is losing 41,000 people per year and of those 13,000 are moving to Texas. I am astonished! At that rate, Texas will reach the current population of California in about 846 years. Wait, that's wrong because California will continue to lose people so it will be more like... Aw, forget it, this is just too mind-numbing stupid to waste any more time on.
But keep us updated on the migration. Could you break it down to monthly? What is that a little over 1,000 per month? Might be able to calculated that by standing at the border and counting by hand.
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Oh, forgot the illegals. Texas might be leading California in illegals arriving from Mexico but I doubt it. Hard to count those anyway. They tend to hide out so you'll just to have to make up those numbers out of thin air as usual.
Good luck to you. I know this is a big task but keep up the good work.
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Posted 20 July 2015 - 02:03 PM
More than half of the new driver’s licenses issued in California during 2015 have gone to illegal immigrants.
http://www.breitbart...gal-immigrants/
San Francisco deputies attack their sheriff for the Steinle murder.
In the merry-go-round blame game being played by San Francisco officials as to which party is responsible for letting loose illegal immigrant Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, who murdered Kathryn Steinle on July 1, the latest salvo comes from San Francisco sheriff’s deputies, who filed a complaint against Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi.
http://www.breitbart...steinle-murder/
http://www.breitbart...gal-immigrants/
San Francisco deputies attack their sheriff for the Steinle murder.
In the merry-go-round blame game being played by San Francisco officials as to which party is responsible for letting loose illegal immigrant Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, who murdered Kathryn Steinle on July 1, the latest salvo comes from San Francisco sheriff’s deputies, who filed a complaint against Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi.
http://www.breitbart...steinle-murder/
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UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
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Posted 27 July 2015 - 07:09 AM
The Late Great State of California
The state budget depends on capital gains. A bear market will implode state finances.
The middle class has been driven out and replaced with aliens, legal and illegal.
They are aggressively destroying their agricultural sector.
They are aggressively destroying their energy sector.
What will be left when the teckno-toy bubble bursts?
The state budget depends on capital gains. A bear market will implode state finances.
The middle class has been driven out and replaced with aliens, legal and illegal.
They are aggressively destroying their agricultural sector.
They are aggressively destroying their energy sector.
What will be left when the teckno-toy bubble bursts?
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UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
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Posted 04 August 2015 - 06:09 AM
San Bernardino: Broken City
San Bernardino, once a sturdy, middle class "All-America City," is now bankrupt, the poorest city of its size in California, and a symbol of the nation's worst urban woes.
Of the 100 biggest cities in the U.S., San Bernardino, 60 miles east of Los Angeles, was ranked the second-poorest in the nation in the 2010 census, behind Detroit. Two years later it filed for bankruptcy.
When the recession hit, San Bernardino’s foreclosure rate was 3.5 times the national average. Only 46% of San Bernardino’s working-age residents have jobs — the lowest figure in the state for cities anywhere near its size.
Even as the economy unraveled, the police and fire unions kept shoveling money into council members’ campaigns.
Employees of the Police and Fire Departments could retire at 50 years old and their pensions would give them 3% of their final pay for every year they had worked.
By 2012 the city was spending 72% of its general fund on the Police and Fire Departments, mostly on salaries and pensions —
http://graphics.lati...san-bernardino/
San Bernardino, once a sturdy, middle class "All-America City," is now bankrupt, the poorest city of its size in California, and a symbol of the nation's worst urban woes.
Of the 100 biggest cities in the U.S., San Bernardino, 60 miles east of Los Angeles, was ranked the second-poorest in the nation in the 2010 census, behind Detroit. Two years later it filed for bankruptcy.
When the recession hit, San Bernardino’s foreclosure rate was 3.5 times the national average. Only 46% of San Bernardino’s working-age residents have jobs — the lowest figure in the state for cities anywhere near its size.
Even as the economy unraveled, the police and fire unions kept shoveling money into council members’ campaigns.
Employees of the Police and Fire Departments could retire at 50 years old and their pensions would give them 3% of their final pay for every year they had worked.
By 2012 the city was spending 72% of its general fund on the Police and Fire Departments, mostly on salaries and pensions —
http://graphics.lati...san-bernardino/
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Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
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Posted 04 August 2015 - 11:03 AM
San Bernardino: Broken City
San Bernardino, once a sturdy, middle class "All-America City," is now bankrupt, the poorest city of its size in California, and a symbol of the nation's worst urban woes.
Of the 100 biggest cities in the U.S., San Bernardino, 60 miles east of Los Angeles, was ranked the second-poorest in the nation in the 2010 census, behind Detroit. Two years later it filed for bankruptcy.
When the recession hit, San Bernardino’s foreclosure rate was 3.5 times the national average. Only 46% of San Bernardino’s working-age residents have jobs — the lowest figure in the state for cities anywhere near its size.
Even as the economy unraveled, the police and fire unions kept shoveling money into council members’ campaigns.
Employees of the Police and Fire Departments could retire at 50 years old and their pensions would give them 3% of their final pay for every year they had worked.
By 2012 the city was spending 72% of its general fund on the Police and Fire Departments, mostly on salaries and pensions —
http://graphics.lati...san-bernardino/
Not just California but the whole west coast
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Posted 04 August 2015 - 02:32 PM
As Crime Surges, LA Downtowners Worry
The crime statistics released this month by the Los Angeles Police Department were sobering; all manner of law-breaking shot up.
Specific categories in Central Division saw skyrocketing increases. Aggravated assaults rose 77%, with 461 reported so far this year compared to 260 at this time in 2014. Robberies spiked 51%, from 255 last year to 385 this year. Rapes rose 22%, from 50 to 61.
http://www.ladowntow...9b56f2b0c8.html
Car Break-Ins On The Rise In Frisco; ‘This Is The Worst Neighborhood I’ve Ever Seen’
Neighbors have taken to sharing images of the break-ins on Twitter and Facebook.
“In San Francisco, you definitely have this tale of two cities. You have a lot of very rich people. The top 5% have a median income of $350,000. And then you have 23% of the population at poverty levels,” Adachi told the L.A. Times. “When you have income disparities like that, you’re going to see crime rates that may reflect that. “
http://sanfrancisco....-san-francisco/
The crime statistics released this month by the Los Angeles Police Department were sobering; all manner of law-breaking shot up.
Specific categories in Central Division saw skyrocketing increases. Aggravated assaults rose 77%, with 461 reported so far this year compared to 260 at this time in 2014. Robberies spiked 51%, from 255 last year to 385 this year. Rapes rose 22%, from 50 to 61.
http://www.ladowntow...9b56f2b0c8.html
Car Break-Ins On The Rise In Frisco; ‘This Is The Worst Neighborhood I’ve Ever Seen’
Neighbors have taken to sharing images of the break-ins on Twitter and Facebook.
“In San Francisco, you definitely have this tale of two cities. You have a lot of very rich people. The top 5% have a median income of $350,000. And then you have 23% of the population at poverty levels,” Adachi told the L.A. Times. “When you have income disparities like that, you’re going to see crime rates that may reflect that. “
http://sanfrancisco....-san-francisco/
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UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
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Posted 10 August 2015 - 08:41 AM
Los Angeles County is least affordable place to buy a home in the entire United States: Latest research catches up to least affordable place to rent as well.
Wait, isn’t San Francisco or New York more expensive? Absolutely but households earn more so their ratios aren’t as in insane as in our all hat and no cattle beach paradise.
The average renter in the L.A. area devotes 47 percent of his or her paycheck toward housing.
In 2011, Los Angeles was ranked number one with the worst peak-time traffic in the country.
http://www.doctorhou...nty-affordable/
Wait, isn’t San Francisco or New York more expensive? Absolutely but households earn more so their ratios aren’t as in insane as in our all hat and no cattle beach paradise.
The average renter in the L.A. area devotes 47 percent of his or her paycheck toward housing.
In 2011, Los Angeles was ranked number one with the worst peak-time traffic in the country.
http://www.doctorhou...nty-affordable/
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UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
Defenders of the status quo are always stronger than reformers seeking change,
UNTIL the status quo self-destructs from its own corruption, and the reformers are free to build on its ashes.
