California’s got the beaches… but that’s about it. The days of ‘California Girls’ by the Beach Boys is long gone. Want attractive women? Go to Texas instead. Unless you have a thing for blue hair, I guess. Let’s take a walk through the modern day reality of The California Socialist Republic and discover 50 reasons why California sucks!
If it isn’t enough to be surrounded by hostile politicians and communists, you also have the luxury of dealing with all of these issues discussed below.
(*Side-note: I originally got the idea for this article from an TheEconomicCollapse article by Michael Snyder. That article was written in 2012, and many of the facts are no longer accurate [such as some unemployment metrics] – so I felt such a legendary article deserved an update. This is the modernized version for 2017-18. I am also going to continually update this throughout 2018, and maybe longer if it stays popular!)
50 Reasons Why California Sucks
1. California ranked dead last in Chief Executive magazine’s annual Best and Worst States for Business survey in 2016. Oh, and it also was ranked dead last for every other year that the survey has been conducted.
2. In 2015, the state of California ranked 50th out of all 50 states in new business creation.
3. According to a recent study, California is the worst-governed state in the entire country for two years in a row!
4. Even after Proposition 30, California still boasts the highest state income tax rate in the nation.
5. Even though California continually (Prop 55) raises taxes dramatically on the wealthy, state revenues are falling like a rock and debt is still adding up.
6. California has the highest sales tax rate in the United States.
7. California has the 9th highest corporate income tax rate in the country.
8. California has the highest “minimum corporate tax” in the country. It is the only state where a corporation must pay money to the state even if a corporation does not make a single dollar of profit.
9. California has the 5th highest gas tax in the country. And don’t worry – if you drive an electric car they’ll still charge you a $100 annual fee for “offsetting your gas taxes”.
10. California is the only state in America that taxes carbon emissions.
11. The state of California issues some of the most expensive traffic tickets in the nation. It is actually the highest when you count in the insurance premium hit.
12. California has historically had the third highest unemployment rate of any state, and has the highest under-employment rate.
13. California scored 45th on “The Nation’s Report Card” for public school test scores, indicating significantly sub-par scores on Math and Reading and generally poorly educated students.
14. The state of California requires licenses for 198 different occupations (the most in the nation). The national average is only 96.
15. California teachers are the 5th highest paid in the nation, but California students rank 46th in math and 49th in reading.
16. California accounts for 12.15% percent of the U.S. population, but a whopping 30% percent of Americans that receive TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) and MOE live there. This amounts to almost 7 billion dollars per year.
17. California now has the lowest credit/bond rating in the entire country (Yes, it even surpassed Illinois).
18. Including unfunded pension liabilities, the state of California has more than twice as much debt as any other state does. Their total state debt (w/o unfunded pension liabilities) is second only to New York.
19. Average pay for California state workers has risen by 100 percent from 2005 to 2012, and 120 percent from 2012-2015. That is awesome news for those state employees, but it is terrible news for the taxpayers that have to pay their salaries and their pensions (Which we already have mentioned are currently unfunded).
20. California has the worst healthcare system in the country. This occured because of illegals using the healthcare and not paying for insurance or services, hospitals closing down, and increased costs on providers.
21. Since 2007, the number of children living in poverty in the state of California has been steadily increasing.
22. Sadly, an astounding 58.6 percent of all students attending California public schools now qualify for free or reduced-price school lunches. To qualify, the family income must fall below 185% of the poverty line.
23. The American Tort Reform Association has ranked the state of California as the second worst “judicial hellhole” in America, and the worst state-wide “judicial hellhole”.
24. Absurd regulations in California have been increasing in number and scope, while also becoming significantly more problematic for operating businesses within CA.
25. According to the Milken Institute, operating costs for California businesses are 23 percent higher than the national average.
26. The state of California had the worst “small business failure rate” in America in 2010. It was 69 percent higher than the national average. They also have 4 out of the 5 cities in the category of “Top 5 Worst Places For Small Businesses“.
27. California has the third highest homelessness rate (Number of people homeless: 367 per 100,000).
28. Residential customers in California pay about 50 percent more for electricity than the national average.
29. The State of California has the lowest number of emergency departments per capita of any state (6.7 per 1 million people). They scored an F on the “Access to Emergency Care” Report Card.
30. Insane political correctness.
31. One California town is actually considering making it illegal to smoke in your own backyard.
32. The traffic around certain big cities in CA is ranked as the 1st and 3rd worst in the nation.
33. Los Angeles.
34. San Francisco.
35. Oakland.
36. Frivolous spending on unnecessary government services.
38. The rampant gang activity in the state gets even worse with each passing year. (Los Angeles is deemed “Gang Capital of America”).
39. California’s violent crime rate is the 13th highest in the nation.
40. Back in 2010, the city attorney of San Bernardino, California told citizens to “lock their doors and load their guns” because there is not enough money to pay for adequate police protection any longer.
41. California is incredibly lawsuit happy, coming in as one of the Top 5 “Lawsuit Climate” states.
42. They have three of the top 10 most violent cities in the US.
43. In Stockton, the police budget cuts got so bad that the police union put up a billboard at one point with the following message: “Welcome to the 2nd most dangerous city in California. Stop laying off cops.”
44. California doesn’t respect the rights of parents. (Sound like socialist utopia yet?).
45. The absolutely insane California state legislature. Oh, and Jerry Brown.
46. Wildfires, mudslides, and impending giant earthquake.
47. 1.5 out of 10 drivers in the state does not have car insurance. California also has one of the lowest minimum coverage rates. This led California to being ranked one of the “Top 5 Riskiest States For Drivers“.
48. In the past decade, over 5 million people left California with only 3.9 million moving in. This has meant a loss of over 1 million people, and a budget reduction of 26 billion in annual income.
49. Illegals control the state. Double-digit billions of dollars go to illegal immigrant aid-related expenses (such as housing, K-12 schooling, English supplementation courses, free college for the “undocumented”, healthcare, etc). This is after accounting for tax revenue they contribute.
50. California has the highest school system revenue of any state, but one of the Top 10 Lowest Per Pupil Spending.
Bonus Reasons Why California Sucks:
(Got more? Leave them in the comments!)
51. Two fault lines in California have actually been discovered to be one mega fault line, that was labelled “locked, loaded, and ready to go“.
52. BIG UPDATE: California has surpassed Mississippi in the Poverty Capital of the United States in early 2018. California now has the highest poverty rate in the entire nation. Great job, guys!
53. Prop 47 has resulted in a virtual get out of jail free card. Police are forced to “catch and release” people that are caught with heroin, meth, crack, etc. This includes people with 13 + drug charges. This has dis-incentivized treatments, because it is a lot easier to just take a ticket than 18 months of rehab. Numerous drug treatment programs and courts have closed in high usage areas, and crimes have increased because criminals realize that they won’t actually face any punishment.
54. California’s Police Use of Force Policy does not allow officers to use deadly force when the offender’s only weapon is a vehicle. So if someone is mowing down innocent people or trying to run over police, LEO’s are not authorized to shoot them.
55. Even the criminals think the California laws are ridiculous. Because of (Again, Prop 47) California laws, any theft under $900 is also a required “catch and release”. There was a the known gang member near Palm Springs who had been caught with a stolen gun valued at $625 and then reacted incredulously when the arresting officer explained that he would not be taken to jail but instead written a citation. “But I had a gun. What is wrong with this country?” the offender said, according to the police report.
56. They were rated as one of the “Top 5 Worst States For Gun Owners” for being exhaustively restrictive on 2nd amendment rights. (Yet still has the 13th highest gun murder rate per capita and the 9th lowest gun ownership as % of population).
57. You have to pay to not license your vehicle. (Courtesy of Guest Comment).
58. All dog bite cases are to be reported by the hospital to Animal Control. And if your own dog bites you, you will be fined. (Courtesy of Guest Comment).
59. California has gone so overboard on global warming/climate change that they have regulated cow farts. No, seriously.
60. California reduced KNOWINGLY transmitting HIV/AIDS to another person to just a “misdemeanor”. So be careful sleeping with anyone in Cali, they could give you AIDS and just get a slap on the wrist.
61. Hollywood sexual victimization.
62. The drug problem is so bad that state officials say things like this: “Many of the city’s intravenous drug users inject openly in public places such as parks and public transit stations, leaving dirty needles strewn about.” So what is their solution? To create “Safe Injection Sites” where drug users can go to shoot up, hang out, then leave. Maybe the drug problem wouldn’t be so bad without point #53, but Californian legislature is too stupid to figure that out.
63. When looking at Americans burdened by housing costs – California has 7 of the top 20 ‘Cost Burdened %‘ metropolitan areas for renters, including #2 on the list – LA. It also has 9 out of 20 of the worst metro locations when looking at owners of houses.
64. California was ranked dead last (#50 out of 50 states) in “Quality of Life” by a U.S. News Study published this year.
65. The state has handed out over a million drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. (Which is all you need to vote).
66. Cali’s gun laws are constantly changing and are incredibly difficult to follow. And if you try in good faith to follow them, you may get raided by SWAT and hit with 12 felonies.
67. Cali also has the 3rd lowest average IQ in the entire nation (ranked by McDaniel’s Estimated Average IQ Score on all 50 US states)
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51. It’s full of liberals
Pretty accurate. ThoughtCo listed them as #1 for “Worst Places For Conservatives” https://www.thoughtco.com/the-most-liberal-states-the-worst-places-for-conservatives-3303457
And some of the worst gun control laws in the nation
You forgot point 52. The fault line i gonna break any day now and send the whole state into the ocean… well I guess for the rest of us that’s a great thing in all honesty.
Exactly why me and my family left CA as soon as we humanely could
Smart choice Mat
All & Only White countries are bringing in millions of non-Whites.
All & Only White people are demanded to “mix” with them to prove they aren’t “naziswhowanttokill6millionjews.”
All & Only White children are expected to become minorities and eventually extinct EVERYWHERE.
So called “anti-racists” are the ones demanding these anti-White policies. It’s Genocide.
Anti-racist is a codeword for anti-White.
California is proof of how liberal policies work. California truly sucks and only an idiot would argue with that. America needs to wake up.
You have to pay to “not” license you vehicle.
California is the 6th largest economy in the world, GDP of 2.5 trillion, yet rape the middle class with any tax or fee you can imagine. Some, if you knew about, you would laugh and cry at your helplessness.
California has so many regulations, they can’t police them all so it advertises for people to tell on their neighbor and Californians are happy to do so. ie: during the drought, ads that said if you see your neighbor washing their car call this #, or if you suspect your neighbor is repairing their house, call the planning department to make sure they have permit. And so on…… Remember Hitler encouraging citizens to tell on Jews?
*compares Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party to drought management* we have a winner boys.
Oh lest we forget 3 more reasons Cali really sucks… Pelosi… Waters… Schaffer… Y’all can have em!
Oh how can I stop…Hollywood liberals… Perhaps the epitome of the word hypocrites…
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The number one saddest reason why California sucks is that Native Californians think it’s normal to be this way because they have never felt the freedom of being on the outside. For that reason, it will never change.
It’s really disappointing, such a beautiful state! I just hope as more Californians move out to escape the terrible governmental structure they have setup, they don’t also bring the same problems with them (As we’ve seen in Oregon and now we’re seeing in places like Austin, Texas)
Not true, for me anyway. I am here because of my children, and I can hardly wait to get out of this hell-hole state when the time is right!
Native Californians are nothing like what you people are talking about. They can’t stand the SoCal attitude, are pragmatic, and are completely unrecognizable to the transplants and tourists who come to California from points East after watching one season too many of Entourage and quite literally, BECOME the Californians the rest of the country equates with Native Californians. So when you want to talk about what you hate about Native Californians look in the mirror and realize the people you hate came from where you are and now they play Californians in the streets.
The VA here hates veterans. They try to put me in prison every time I try to get medical help.
Absolutely terrible. If you have the means, hop on over to Nevada. They’re a lot more kind to veterans there.
They Totally did
Here’s another one to add to this list: We live in the liberal /illegal infested cesspool Contra Costa County. My neighbor was bitten by her toy poodle causing a small puncure wound. She when to the local hospital to get checked out. All dog bites cases are to be reported by the hospital to Animal Control per the nanny state government. The worse part of this: Animal Control was waiting at her door when she got home, and fined her $150.00 for her dog biting her.
Sadly, I wasn’t surprised reading that considering what state we’re talking about. Complete insanity.
And I thought Arizona was bad. I guess I’m staying in my home state for now. I’m not an “illegal” btw. In Arizona, “illegals” can be deported for about any reason. Mainly because of Former Sheriff Arpaio’s work. Anglos run Arizona. 70% is white. Unemployment rate is 7%. Almost all children pay for lunch. Arizona is the fourth worst state to educate your children. All the teachers are paid minimum wage ($10 AZ, $10.50 CA). The teachers in Cali are the highest paid, yet they are the worst at math and reading. Also “illegals” run the California because they want it back. “Illegals” reproduce like crazy and are on welfare. Just like black people.
Arizona is just ridiculously hot! Guess this time of year it wouldn’t be too bad though.
I believe everything was said on this topic. I couldn’t agree more. Plus illegals has audacity to drive around with no drivers license and no insurance. Stressful states and expensive. I think reason why expensive sothat we can push illegals not able to live on this state.
I lived there in 2016 and it is one of the worst places I’ve ever been to. The people are awful traffic is awful. Things are overpriced. San Francisco is full of bums who harass you. The bart is scary and the employees (government workers) let the thugs run wild on the trains.
Being a conservative from Northern California (and yes, from Northern California I mean farther north than San Francisco), I agree with all 64 items in this extensive but certainly not comprehensive list. Although to put things in perspective, we are still blessed to live in a free Country, a concept that not everyone in the World can claim. Lord willing, as a future Highway Patrol Officer and cattle rancher, I will do all within my power to remove some of these items from the list.
Thanks for the kind comment, I agree completely. Best of luck to you, stay safe out there on patrol!
yea right! I just got a ticket from one of our chp officer’s here in Jefferson state. 732.00. you guy’s are no better than the politicians.
Pretty much everything is illegal….fireworks, fires on the beach, walking a dog on or near a beach, parking too long, going for a hike without an “Adventure Pass” you seriously cannot make this stuff up….did I mention the cost of gas and vehicle fees? Ouch!!
I am from South Africa and had a California dream but not anymore!!!
dude, South Africa’s is the worst place on the Earth next to Somalia
Schiff
I can’t afford college in CA due to being middle class and not being given financial aid.
I have lived in california for most my life. I did get out about 3 years ago and took my whole family with me. Life for us now has completely changed for the good. In California I was renting a one bedroom apartment for 1000 dollars a month and now that same apartment is renting for thirteen hundred dollars in just 3 years. Now my sister called me up the other day (crying) because she can’t make it in California any more. I told my sister to pack your things and bring your kids to my house. We live in a 5 bedroom house outside of California ( it only took my wife and i three years to buy a house in oregon.) The good news is we got this beautiful house on the river for less payments than the one bedroom apartment in California. I just can’t understand why ‘anybody would raise a family in this corrupted state. My wife and all our friends agree that the Democrats have run that state right into the ground. and i got news for you ( It’s only going to get worse, .
Too many reasons to leave kalifornia for a low living state; look out for the california collapse coming soon to a theater near you.
Yeah i got a new one to the list # 66 Most people from LA are self centered bunch of assholes that think there better than everybody else, when in reality there personality sucks !