A friend of mine recently moved to Utah. I asked her what was biggest difference? (Besides the obvious reasons for leaving California.) She said, “People are friendly and when you call a government agency they answer in two rings and they’re happy to help.”
Gift your California corporation to a homeless person and walk away. Do not reply to any correspondence, other than to give them the name of the homeless person.
I find it puzzling that you moved to the People’s Republic of Washington. The Leviathan of the Democrat cabal is as voracious in its brain-eating and wealth extracting behavior as it’s southern role-model (New PRC).
Meanwhile, I admire your work and am pleased you are a neighbor. Misery loves company. 😎
Sadly, many leave blue states due to high taxes, excess regulations and restrictions, etc. only to vote for Democrats in the states they move to. Go figure!
When I departed California after living in the Valley for 30 years. I sold several items I would no longer need, a 2 & 1/2 ton truck ,and a 30 foot boat. The truck was no problem, the Boat became an anchor. I sold it almost a year before I moved, after relocating I began receiving "Tax Due Notices" I responded by Identifying the Buyer but still kept receiving these notices. All taxes were paid up to the Date I sold the Boat, apparently the new owner ignored the Taxes, so I did the next best thing, after sending the new owner all the Tax Due notices. I Ignored them also and they finally stopped Bugging me.
UGH, I'm a relatively new resident and took me 1.5 years to deal with Dept.. of Housing and Community Deveopment to get name change on title (due to divorce) on my manufactured home. Snail mail ,email, fone calls, day trip on Southwest fly into Sacramento, etc. It made me think "this is what it must have been like in E. Europe in the 70's"! I keep telling myself I'm just here for the weather and the scenery (the desert)
I still live in the Sacramento area, Chris. Our family lives with us and it very elderly, so we're not going anywhere, but we're now having conversations with our teen daughters about how we will ensure they don't start their professional / working lives here. Some people save for a college or wedding fund. We've also been saving for a relocation fund. I suspect there are lots of CA parents doing the same.
Just moved out of CA this year. Here is one BIG difference I saw immediately: auto registration for our vehicle in CA: $660-new state registration: $184. Love reading your articles Mr. Rufo!
AB 1078, introduced by Assemblyman Corey Jackson, will prohibit school districts from removing books from their libraries and instructional materials unless they receive the approval of the California State Board of Education. Currently, school districts have local control over the process for removing materials from school libraries and the curriculum in classrooms. This bill will give the state control over this process and involve the state in the local school district’s decision-making process.
Apr 23, 2023·edited Apr 23, 2023Liked by Christopher F. Rufo
We're doomed for the moment and sorry, but I blame white affluent female progressives who would rather stick a hot poker up their noses before voting for a very competent white man over even a cupcake. As their victim status diminishes, they cry out for acceptance, but it will never come. Many Americans of Hispanic decent and Asian decent would accept a conservative alternative that meets Californians where they are. But the CA GOP is tragically incompetent. We get what we deserve because we don't push back. California is worth the fight. There are millions of conservatives in the State that the conservative movement has abandoned.
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
A friend of mine recently moved to Utah. I asked her what was biggest difference? (Besides the obvious reasons for leaving California.) She said, “People are friendly and when you call a government agency they answer in two rings and they’re happy to help.”
Gift your California corporation to a homeless person and walk away. Do not reply to any correspondence, other than to give them the name of the homeless person.
I find it puzzling that you moved to the People’s Republic of Washington. The Leviathan of the Democrat cabal is as voracious in its brain-eating and wealth extracting behavior as it’s southern role-model (New PRC).
Meanwhile, I admire your work and am pleased you are a neighbor. Misery loves company. 😎
Sadly, many leave blue states due to high taxes, excess regulations and restrictions, etc. only to vote for Democrats in the states they move to. Go figure!
When I departed California after living in the Valley for 30 years. I sold several items I would no longer need, a 2 & 1/2 ton truck ,and a 30 foot boat. The truck was no problem, the Boat became an anchor. I sold it almost a year before I moved, after relocating I began receiving "Tax Due Notices" I responded by Identifying the Buyer but still kept receiving these notices. All taxes were paid up to the Date I sold the Boat, apparently the new owner ignored the Taxes, so I did the next best thing, after sending the new owner all the Tax Due notices. I Ignored them also and they finally stopped Bugging me.
California is evolving into a Communist bureaucratic country where successful citizens know the right people to bribe.
UGH, I'm a relatively new resident and took me 1.5 years to deal with Dept.. of Housing and Community Deveopment to get name change on title (due to divorce) on my manufactured home. Snail mail ,email, fone calls, day trip on Southwest fly into Sacramento, etc. It made me think "this is what it must have been like in E. Europe in the 70's"! I keep telling myself I'm just here for the weather and the scenery (the desert)
"California has sought to entrap them in a bureaucratic net."
Truer words were never written.
I admire your tenacity in dealing with this, and your decision to leave.
Your situation ( mirroring all our futures) is more Kafkaesque than Kafka. 😢
I still live in the Sacramento area, Chris. Our family lives with us and it very elderly, so we're not going anywhere, but we're now having conversations with our teen daughters about how we will ensure they don't start their professional / working lives here. Some people save for a college or wedding fund. We've also been saving for a relocation fund. I suspect there are lots of CA parents doing the same.
Just moved out of CA this year. Here is one BIG difference I saw immediately: auto registration for our vehicle in CA: $660-new state registration: $184. Love reading your articles Mr. Rufo!
It is like leaving NY. That's why I am now in FL.
AB 1078, introduced by Assemblyman Corey Jackson, will prohibit school districts from removing books from their libraries and instructional materials unless they receive the approval of the California State Board of Education. Currently, school districts have local control over the process for removing materials from school libraries and the curriculum in classrooms. This bill will give the state control over this process and involve the state in the local school district’s decision-making process.
We're doomed for the moment and sorry, but I blame white affluent female progressives who would rather stick a hot poker up their noses before voting for a very competent white man over even a cupcake. As their victim status diminishes, they cry out for acceptance, but it will never come. Many Americans of Hispanic decent and Asian decent would accept a conservative alternative that meets Californians where they are. But the CA GOP is tragically incompetent. We get what we deserve because we don't push back. California is worth the fight. There are millions of conservatives in the State that the conservative movement has abandoned.
All they gotta do is conjure up an evil Republican bogeyman and all the residents fall in line and vote blue as they're told.