Fresh from receiving billions from 78-year-old President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion Covid economic relief bill, 53-year-old Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom said he welcomed the homeless to California. Newsom faces a recall election Sept. 14 for his mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic, shuttering businesses, driving the California budget into massive deficits. Newsom’s out promising cash to just about everyone in the “Comeback California” tour in the run-up to the Sept. 14 recall election. Because California is a blue state with a disproportionate number of registered Democrats, Newsom will likely survive the recall, whether he deserves to or not. California received $42.3 billion from the Biden’s March 4 Economic Stimulus bill. California has about $161,000 homeless with 61,000 living in Los Angeles County, 41,000 in the city of LA. Newsom has no real plan for dealing with the homeless population.
Newsom said July 20 he plans to allocate $12 billion to deal with the homeless population around the state, requiring the state to fund massive housing projects to house the states’s 61,000 homeless. When San Francisco’s Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Sept. 20, 2018 that the homeless population could live on the streets, places like San Francisco’s Tenderloin District and Los Angeles Venice beach started to see tents pitched on public land. Three years later the state’s a homeless train wreck, with no end in sight to the eyesore and filth seen in California’s cities. With California energy prices souring together with rents and real estate values, California lost a 182,083 in 2020, with the same trend continuing in 2021. Newsom said anyone that wants the California Dream [or nightmare] is welcome. Newsom has watched the state go from bad to worse since taking office Jan. 7, 2019.
At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, with much of the state locked down under extreme restrictions, Newsom dined at Wine Country’s three-star Michelin-rated French Laundry restaurant for a friend’s birthday. Newsom antagonized enough people to drive the recall petition, gathering nearly 2 million signatures, more than the 1.4 million needed for the recall. Questioned about whether his invitation to California encourages more homelessness, Newsom touted his plan to spend $12 billion. “It’s about getting people off the streets, out of incidents of crisis, and meeting people where they are and to the extent that people want to come here for a new beginning and all income levels, that’s part of the California Dream,” Newsom told reporters. Instead of losing 182,083 residents, a state that offers real opportunity for businesses and individuals gains in population, not watching a mass exodus.
Newsom says he wants to encourage people to come for the California Dream of the highest taxes, energy and rentals in the country, especially in major metropolitan areas. With more people living on the streets in California than any other state, Newsom shows he’s out-of-touch with reality, that California has become an inhospitable place for businesses and families. With taxes higher than most states and the cost of living unaffordable, Newsom talks pie-in-the-sky about encouraging people to move to the Golden State. “We have a responsibility to accommodate and enliven and inspire, and California’s dream is still alive and well,” Newsom said, spewing absurd platitudes about the State’s attractiveness to outsiders. Newsom likes dining at the French Laundry or other toney establishments, he just doesn’t like going the LA’s Skid Row or San Francisco’s Tenderloin.
California no longer has the same appeal to young people looking to put down roots in area with a future. Few states have higher prices, higher taxes and less opportunity than Newsom’s California. Turing the state around won’t happen under Newsom or any other progressive politician, thinking they can tax the rich to finance the projects for the states indigent population. Newsom has no plan to get people off the streets as evidenced by the unprecedented numbers living on the streets. Building the necessary housing projects and shelters will take years, assuming the state doesn’t hit another recession, tossing all of Newsom’s plans to the wind. Unless the Sept. 20, 2018 Ninth Circuit is reversed, the state’s homeless population will continue pitching tents on public land, creating a nightmare for the state’s hard-working residents whose lives are threatened daily.
Newsom admitted publicly that California has an appeal to homeless people around the country. With many homeless afflicted with more than economic problems, it’s doubtful they can contribute much to the California economy. California’s losing population precisely because the high taxes, high unemployment and high cost of living discourage young families from moving to the state. “I’m proud of people from around the world looking at California again for opportunity, and that, again, that should not just be for certain people. All people should aspire to that California Dream regardless of their income level and regarding their lot in life,” Newsom said, appealing to the homeless, disenfranchised and indigent to come to California. Whatever happens Sept. 14, Newsom has no answer for the homeless or anything else, other than spewing useless platitudes to a hungry press.
