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Please, do an interview with 🇺🇸🙏🏻Denice GARY PANDOL,she is running for Senate and she has real solutions for California ❗ please she needs some exposure ❗
It was demonetized because RU-vid deemed their content as misinformation and hate speech. There's an episode where they briefly mention that. Anyway I see the regular comment thread has been overtaken by Bots. I wonder who owns the channel and if they notice the trend? I see this exact same conversation by a team of people on so many videos now. It's definitely some type of virus. And if you read it it seems like people are all responding and mentioning the numbers and talking about whatsapp. But it's all spam, all of it. It's so weird that this content is so unbelievably good and then gets attacked by Bots after they get demonetized because of their content. I think RU-vid is pretty messed up.
I am a 61 year old woman of color. I was born in and lived in Southern CA for 56 years. I grew up in one of the poorer sections of Los Angeles and never lived more than 30 miles from where I grew up. Nevertheless, after high school, I got a good job, graduated from local universities debt-free, and earned a good income over the years as I progressed in my field. What should have been the CA dream was something far different. High taxes, ridiculous housing costs, failing infrastructure, high cost of living, escalating crime, unbelievable traffic congestion, high gas prices, failing public schools, decreasing essential services, rolling blackouts, over development, and other short-sighted political decisions made CA living, particularly in the metropolitan areas, far from desirable. I didn’t see improvement on the horizon, and certainly not as I aged, so it was time to go. When I retired in 2017, despite having no one here (I am the last known living member in my family’s line) or knowing a soul, I picked up and moved to TX where things are far more affordable and seemingly better run despite the more recent political developments. During a lengthy visit to CA in 2021, things had only become worse with the demands resulting from increased social challenges. The image of CA as the golden state no longer seems applicable. To regain its luster, CA must bring the political pendulum back toward the center if there is to be any hope for long-term improvement. A successful path to improvement will have to start with a re-examination of those who sit on local government city councils, county supervisory boards, and those who sit in the governor’s chair and in the state’s legislature. Sadly, what made CA the great golden state has now been tarnished…hopefully, just not irreparably. Thank you for presenting this reasonably balanced assessment of my home state’s true condition.
The other thing that is killing California is that they devalued trade jobs in comparison to tech. Victor has talked about this before but I think is very important. Electricians, plumbers, carpenters landscapers, welders etc are viewed as only necessary burdens to pay in construction. Extremely competitive bidding an an influx of migrant work keeps wages down. The tech people are willing to throw billions at utopian ideals but want to pay the absolute bare minimum for skilled labor. Those of us who get our hands dirty for a living are looked down on as second class citizens.
Sad but true. The odd thing is we tradesmen do valuable things, necessary things. Very often the people that treat us like "useless eaters", to use one of their phrases, actually ARE useless eaters. They offer nothing of value to society. Gavin Newsom being a prime example. He brings nothing of value to society, he is a dead weight bearing on the rest of us.
You're not wrong. In the case of techies from India for example, they are used to paying a much lower working class to do everything for them for dirt cheap. It's a cultural thing, and I wouldn't vilify them for it. They ultimately learn that quality doesn't come cheap, and the good news is that they learn quickly. Keep all techies in the loop about the process and you'd be surprised at how they're willing (and relieved) to pay for quality work. They love details, and soon realize quality work is cheaper in the long run. IOW, it's basically a sales job.
While I do not blame people for leaving, I agree with VDH. If we want to save California, we need to stay. And certainly looked to our Mexican American neighbors who have embraced the American dream. I find over and over again that this group is the most patriotic group that I interact with and will fight the hardest to save our state.
The problem with staying is you're still contributing to the problem with your tax dollars. You are effectively subsidizing what they're doing by staying there.
As a lifelong Californian, I’ve always said we never needed a high speed trail! For what?!? I’ve also always said we need more reservoirs and better water management and more nuclear smaller plants!!!! Here we are years later, and we still don’t have a high speed train and what is it needed for since everyone works from home and don’t need to go to poo-poo show SF!! We are in a constant drought and may need to deal with lower amounts from the Colorado (though we got a brief reprieve from all the storms this past winter). And now we only have one nuclear plant even though it’s one of the cleanest forms of energy production. But we let the lives of fish, turtles, and birds and endless environmental impact studies, environmentalists, and lawyers (i.e. the FEW) run the lives of MANY!!!! As always, I’ll get plenty of thumbs down, but like I always say, you can’t drink, bathe and water crops with trains and trains won’t keep keep you warm and the food cooked!!!! I went to UCLA from 1986-1991 and was able to pay the tuition with PART-TIME JOBS!!!! Try doing that today‼️🙏🏾🤨😢
Great comment. I've been talking about the reservoir shortage for 20 years. Drought wouldn't even be spoken about if they would build reservoirs to store our water instead of letting it flow to the ocean. Let's make smarter choices where we invest for our states long-term future.
It's pretty sad when when CA wants to invest millions into things like the High Speed Rail and raising taxes on the us, but we are not even willing to save our own people out of poverty. The new homeless person is the guy with a job.
My goodness, as a half-Mexican born here, I can say that this couldn’t be more correct: 43:21-45:04. Actually this whole program was pretty spot on. This guy should be President.
Are you suggesting that those who dump trash illegally in the US are limited to immigrants? I suggest it's more likely those below a certain poverty level, many of whom could be US citizens.
My best friend and his wife are working dentists . Both of them have over $600,000 total in student debt . They both work in different practices in San Francisco California. They get paid a lot of money but they have state and federal taxes to pay . They can’t even afford to save money to buy a house because the cost of living is way too high . Next year they are moving to Arizona where it is affordable… that tells you everything right there
Read that $600,000 in student debt. This was not caused by California but by their own irresponsible borrowing. They will underwater anywhere they go anywhere in the USA.
@@user-pn8dq6vt4sthen they shouldn't be complaining about their economic situation. You get what you pay for. They certainly cannot afford to be dentists if they are bellyaching over 600K
I remember when gas almost hit $8 a gallon last year, I almost lost my mind. The homelessness was always bad, but after and during the pandemic, I noticed a boom of homelessness. The median home in my area is about a million. Sucks because a lot of my friends got fed up and moved out of Cali. I know if I stay in Cali, I'll never own a home unless I'm out in the boonies. It's no wonder why the sheriff made a statement saying LA is not safe for tourists. Crime is up and Cali in general is just not sustainable. The working class has been priced out
About a million bucks? Doesn't that make you wonder where all of these illegals are getting that kind of money? They're buying up So Cal houses/property (with cash in hand) like hotcakes. I got suspicious when my seemingly poor, crybaby neighbor, recently told me that his son got a full college ride while he shelled out $800k (cash) to purchase a second property next door. Word gets around about cartel associated cons. Jokes on US...
From seeing this video I think the elites bought the government, I have always seen more conservatives here than liberals, never understood how California became blue, til now
The same idiots then wake up one day and say "WHAT happened?" Morons did this to themselves, then want to leave the nest they stinked up and do the same thing somewhere else.
Victor Hanson could not have explained it better. I'm one of those who left 2011.I lived in a sweet little 100 year old cottage in Santa Monica about 500 square feet My rent was 2k per month, definitely overpriced and when I left it went up to $3400 Per month. BTY I lived next store to Rent Control (where the Landlord looked the other way as most were Sublet), And Section 8 who were able body people in their 40's, bragged about 'playing the system' and would have a yard sale to supplement their income every month. Also, because they were born in Mexico they explained that they were privy to playing the system more so than someone who was born in this country. And they really knew how to play it. I personally witnessed how the incredible State imploded over the years and really had No choice but to leave..as many others have. As difficult as it was to leave, I now look back at it as a blessing and thank God I got out in time. Enjoy your show. Keep reporting the corruption and absurdity.
Don’t you need a social security # to qualify for welfare??? So if you are undocumented that means you don’t have a social security #… correct? And do you know that it’s whites who have the highest numbers on welfare? I find it interesting when they say that it’s blacks and undocumented people on welfare when undocumented people can’t even apply because of the lack of a social security # and blacks don’t have the same high numbers as whites…
That's the beauty of the US. 50 choices of states, and CA seems to have peaked at 39 million. Things will surely improve with less density. Which state will be the next big thing?
@@eptsd7584 Are you saying that, if unchecked, other states will follow suit? Or are you saying the state of CA will expect tax dollars on money earned in CA (or earned on property in CA) even if you no longer live there?
As a faculty member in a private teaching university here in Los Angeles, I can attest to Victor Hanson's statements (40:41) about college students who are not prepared. I am constantly forced to water down the material, at the expense of students who are prepared to learn and ready to be challenged, so that the majority of the students won't fail the courses. Even after doing that I still have to further curve the grades at the end of the semester so that only a few students won’t get a passing grade. The students would complain to the Dean of the college and the department chair about how the tests are too difficult even when the tests are from the homework assignments that I have spent hours going over in class. The dean and chair always blame the faculty members who insist on upholding the higher academic standard for not being a caring teacher. A case in point is what the dean of my college said about a student's complaint: "The students complained that you don't respect them. You own it, do something about it, otherwise your department would be considered a less desirable one for the students."
These "students" don't belong in a university or college. That is the problem. They are not scholars. They belong in the trades. But American TV and Hollywood were allowed to demean non-college careers.
The dumbing of AMERICA the same is happening in the high schools. The diplomas are not worth the money they are printed on. The policies in California are killing us. Five generations of my family here
"Immigrants" lol ILLEGAL ALIENS that if they have a kid, that kid is a now a "magic citizen" and in 18 years will vote dnc in hopes mommy and daddy will get amnesty
What a spot on discussion about where we are all at in California and isn't this just so very very sad? I was born and raised here and I'm old now and I see the loss of a livable life here in California all around me. Thank you for showing this to the world.
Grew up in LA 60's 70's. Worked for the City of LA 25 years. Retired and moved to the mountains in Northern California. Been there for 25 years now. I have small paid for house. Going to stay here till I die. It was a great ride. Turn out the lights the party is over.
u can run away from it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,until u run out of money,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,hope yur retirement check is still there,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,its only there if people r working,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,would u be privi to let migrants work to supply yur retirement check,,,,turncoat!
I believe him. There are a lot of programs out there and if someone is on just one, they are on public assistance. When I was younger, I qualified for the Lifeline phone program, which is a form of public assistance. It was so low income people could have a low cost phone connection in their homes. I was not on anything else but that is still being on a form of public assistance. I think now lifeline phone assistance does home phones or cell phones, depending on which you choose.
Never go down as long as we keep giving all the free stuff to people who do not contribute to society except for taking up space and causing higher taxes and fees for everything.
dont think the gov wants industry other than big tech,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,its cllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrr,,,,,,,,,,,,oh my farts smell good,like broccalli
I grew up in Los Angeles, but moved to Idaho 20 years ago. I went back to LA 4 years ago for a funeral. I was absolutely appalled. My last house (Chatsworth) was now orange and the beautiful landscaping was all dead. There were tents all over the place, beggars and I saw a man light up and smoke a crack pipe on a busy main street. I spent my childhood and teen years in Venice, California. That place now is a literal sewer.
@@lisabaltzer4190 Venice and Chatsworth are worlds apart as it is (Beach vs Valley). Even 20 years ago, Chatsworth wasn't nice and Venice has always had homeless, just not as bad as now. You have rose colored nostalgia glasses on.
@@SamsungGalaxy-nm5qt I don’t know where you are thinking of in Chatsworth, but where I lived was absolutely beautiful. Even 20 years ago, almost every house would have sold for at least a million dollars, mine did.
I'm nowhere near a billionaire. I'm lucky, though. My household makes over a half million a year. Once my youngest graduates highschool in 2 years, we're moving back to the US. And the funny thing is, we're going to buy a house with just the savings we're going to realize by not paying California's income tax. California is financially doomed.
@lenderzconstable True, but I wouldn't hang your hat on that. California's population growth rate has been, and continues to, decrease to where it's a very, very small net gain. The metropolitan counties are experiencing significant population loss since even before COVID. California has a larger portion of transplants than most, if not all, states. These people, like myself, have no family to tie us to the state. We can leave at our discretion. And many of us are. The politics, crime, taxes, cost of living, and sheer and utter stupidity of our government will eventually tank the state.
Thank you so so much for this video. I grew up in California and it's really sad what it has become lately... hope to see some positive changes soon. Many of us leaving our home state because it's just not the same anymore...
Quite simply, California is overpopulated. The state has had thousands upon thousands of migrants pouring across its borders in the last several decades and settling in the state, helping California to become a one party state.
@QueerdoLoc I think they will be. They stick together more than natural born citizens do. For one, they have lots of family and babies. I spent the past few months getting to know the Mexican workers and they're great! They accepted me into their community, even though I am not Mexican and don't speak Spanish. Many of them were born here, but don't speak English. Some of these non-English speaking citizens have grandkids. They were raised in Mexico and have houses there, though they also have residences in California, closer to work. They bought land decades ago and go back and forth between Mexico and California. They support eachother. Some of them take orders, go home and make food, then bring it the next day for lunch. The food is home made, very tasty and not expensive. They keep the money within their own community and usually their own family. You know those guys you see at intersections, with bags of oranges? In my experience, those are organic oranges that grew in one of their back yards. They are wax and pesticide free, which means they won't last as long on your counter but they are really good! Same with the lemons and limes. Green limes are unripe and sour, the way we seem to like them, but if you get yellow limes, they are less bitter, but still taste like limes. Once the war touches down, most Mexicans in California are going to be just fine. They have community.
What relevance does density have when we're talking about the general population of a particular state. Do states with higher density get more representatives in Congress? @@JamesG1126
Everyone likes cheap groceries...who's going to pull your food out of the ground? Immigration is necessary to continue to live our service economy. Regulated immigration needs to be enforced. It's not the only reason why California is shit. It's also a falsehood that everyone should go to college. Nope! Some were meant to be laborers..it is what it is.
Officially, CA population is decreasing, but the shadow population of migrants, who refuse counting, keep moving in...are the roads and fwys less or more crowded than ever!
I wish I could've stayed to fight. I left last year to Ky. So far I have no regrets. I still watch this show and hope the best for California. It was my home for 54 years.
Just remember to vote like a local there. If you vote to make it a little more like California, you'll ruin the place. Remember that you can't vote-in the good weather.
Right on analysis. I'm 2nd generation middle class and exited CA 5 years ago to a southwest state. Personally underestimated the increased quality of life at a significantly lower cost. Living retired on pensions with a higher standard of living than when was working full time in the LAX metro area. Not looking to return any time soon.
California has the best weather in the US, possibly the world. This allows the politicians to tax the heck out of citizens and treat them horribly. Fortunately, I found a solution and moved my business to Idaho 15 years ago.
The weather in Italy is the same as coastal California. I only noticed this because I went in the Winter months one year and the tour guide asked where I was from, because I was not impressed with the weather. I can't live in Italy, so I'll just stay here in California, where it gets more and more expensive each year. 🤷♀️
@@Jackietreehorn-z5e Hawaii is a 6 hour flight from LA over the ocean. So Cal has awesome weather year 'round. Nor Cal is mostly good too. Tahoe is in the Sierra Mountains at over 7,000 feet elevation.
This man has made it his life's work to pay attention to what a comparison of history to today can tell us. This goes along with with repeating mistakes from the past if you don't remember them. The elitist single party super majority in Sacramento is literally killing us. Wake up folks, you can vote out this problem and make those still in office miserable by racing the issues to them. Tell them to change or leave.
My wife and I left the SF bay area peninsula 2014. We moved to the Portland suburbs. There was no possibility of owning a decent home in SF with our incomes and cost if living was crushing. We're seeing the same movie rerun here but it's still more manageable. Woe to those having to be in the real estate market now. 😢
homes will be federally funded flop houses,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,weeeeeeeeeeeeee, ahkmed and his family of 23 moved in next door,,,,,,,,,,,,,theyr amazon workers,,,,,,,,,,,,weeeeeeeeeeeeeee
My aunt was a stay home mother raised 8 kids all educated in catholic schools bought a nice home in a nice neighborhood all with her husband’s bank security guard salary
I don't think I've seen Victor quite so glum before, possibly the 'clean up for visitors, not for citizens' was one slap in the face too many for us residents.
Victor, you're retelling my story: German trained Mercedes mechanic. 1960's Hollywood Mercedes and then opened his own shop. Comfortable home, pool, vehicles. All the kids graduated but infected Democrat into the family. That sickness spread to most, including parents. Only three survivors. They keep a low profile.
Californians need to get rid of Gavin Newsom and your new DEI selected mayor!!! Dont complain if you arent doing your part to stop it.!!! Your taxes pay for the city services and your politicians. Raise up to keep cost living down!!!!
@johnroberts3824 - actually, the recall vote was corrupted. They put a whole bunch of unknown names on the ballot, so Gruesome Newsome automatically got the most votes and win again.
@@johnroberts3824 WRONG!!! 2 million californians signed a petition and voted to recall him. Calif board of corruption changed the rules to keep newscum!!!!
California is where the human creature was made to live, where nature will send them. It was a freak of history that it wasn't filled to the brim 1000s of years ago, and people briefly experienced Arctic population densities in a greenhouse climate. No matter what you do, such places will always end up as Bangladesh.
Mr. Hanson said something I always said myself...if you see things going wrong in your country or state that includes everyone who leaves their own country should stay and save it. You may helped to damage your place of origin, stay , or you take your mindset somewhere else and the damage continues. And so it grows like a cancer.. slowly but surely. The powerful who mean harm always protect themselves.
This. It's a long video but worth every second. This is essential viewing for anyone who questions the status quo (i.e., people with intelligence) and the true motivations of the power elite. All roads back to Marie Antoinette. California is modern day "let them eat cake."
Even with California in its current condition, it’s better than most other states. People are moving back out of Austin and Nashville because those cities still pale in comparison to California.
The California 4.0 kids are not getting into our UCs because they prefer out-of-state students that pay double the tuition or outside the United States students that pay three times is more. There are so many foreign students in our UC system. That’s part of it. You are right about equity in the homes that people in here it that’s the only way you can have any wealth it’s going to get worse before it gets better look at the homeless They got evicted some of them and they cannot get the first last deposit to rent an apartment or house. So living in the tent is the only option very scary times most people are one paycheck or two paychecks away from living in a tent themselves so many people are getting laid off too. That’s not good.
My kids graduated from college. They obey the law and are hard working adults. I am an American. I am a proud American. Free to live where ever I want to live.
Oh wow so you’re blaming everything on immigrants? Yet, it’s whites with the highest numbers on welfare and probably on drugs… maybe if they got rid of welfare people will have no choice but to be responsible and get jobs…
@QueerdoLoc Reagan gave amnesty to millions of illegals which opened the floodgates. He also changed the tax codes to benefit the wealthy and punish the middle class. VDH is full of shi**!
Taxes and Regulations. My son works for Sherwin Williams. If I ask about a technique or solution he will give me the recommendations and then say, “But in California...”
Born 1937 in Hollywood so I was brought up in the fantastic era that Victor speaks about. When I talk about it the younger generation think I am exaggerating or nuts so I tell them to pull up some uTube videos of the 50’s to see how far California has gone down hill under socialism. The good news is nothing ever stays the same and the worm always turns just like in the Bible you have bad kings then they get kicked out and the good kings come in and so on. Sailed my boat down from Newport Beach 23 years ago and dropped anchor in Costa Rica got a home on the beach ($450 property tax) run around in a electric golf cart and spend time making sure my hammock is swinging properly. King Solomon who had everything said that the most important thing in life is HAPPINESS so I don’t worry for sooner or later Republicans will clean up the once beautiful state of California. 🌴😎🌴
Many retired men in the state of California and in many other states are looking at going overseas just to be able to maintain the middle class lifestyle that they are used to . Many say it has to do with rampant feminism but in reality it is economics that is pushing this growing trend . I personally see people who retired 10 years before me living like trolls and just existing and not living. Many are disabled and because of the system they were forced to spend their retirement savings just to survive before their disability was approved. Inflation is pushing more and more of these disabled people into the streets as they make to much to qualify for government programs and don't make enough to keep up with rampant inflation. The COLA increases aren't keeping up with rampant inflation so you either pay for your medications or starve. Commercial rental properties are allowed to raise rents 10% every year whether they do any improvements beyond normal maintenance or not and this pushes up property values which pushes up property taxes . It's all about the money and the people who are in effect our employees are screwing us . Wake up California.
No wonder the rich in California keep getting richer and the poor/ middle class end up in their cars or on the street. I've been here 33 years and anytime I could be out in the street being accused of being a freeloader. When my whole life I worked my ass off but ended up not in the rich class. Too old to get the jobs to make lots of money. That's my fault for not knowing how to invest or make better choices. If I loss my apt. who knows what will happen. The only thing that is really scary being homeless when you are getting to old and sick. I like the idea of living in a nice Van. But now they are expensive and my driving isn't the best. This is the new retirement plan.
The cost of living in California is not going to come down until the voting habits change. The government is one of over taxation and regulatory abuses that cause the cost of living to be ridiculous
I understand Victor's frustration with people leaving but if given a choice between tyranny and freedom, I will choose freedom any day. I chose to leave California baring some unforeseen change at age 8 after realizing the things I wanted to do were being slowly outlawed for the previous 15 years before I was even born. The state didn't get better when I hit 25 and was ready to leave. Add to that all of the incredible mismanagement of state and local funds it's mind boggling. Victor put it well, the state with the most of everything squandered almost all of it.
You should move to Alabama, Texas or Florida. I'm sure the Republicans have done wonders for the quality of life in those, and other Red State hellholes.
@@satan6548 I did move to Alabama and it's been wonderful for the most part and the stereo types of the state have reduced the number of people who want to spread California politics here.
I grew up in California and left 23 years ago and as far as the way you describe the leftist mentality on living you described my teachers in the Santa Cruz city schools in the 80s and early 90s perfectly, virtue singling big time and they were always complaining about money but yet shopping at high end stores .
I truly wondered why there were so many potholes throughout Los Angeles County neighborhoods or was it a way to create some sort of job security. Thanks for both of your Clarities...
Someone mentioned this man for the presidency, I'd say, he'd probably be a better choice for Governor of CA. Victor Davis Hanson in 2026!. He seems to have an overall grasp of what's going on in CA.
