in this video we're going to look at 20 alarming stats and facts about California right now there
are all kinds of videos blog posts articles that will explain how bad a shape California is in
right now they usually come with a story or are presented in some form of documentary I decided
to make a to the point video with information that would paint the picture of a present-day
dumpster fire my old state California before I get going the golden state has some great things
and some horrible things just like every state today's video is just focused on the negatives
about California got it get it good let's take a look number 20 California has the highest poverty
rate among children in the country in 2021 18.8 percent of children in California live below the
poverty line compared to 16.1 percent of children Nationwide 19. California has the highest housing
cost burden in the country in 2021 the median household income in California was 79 533 dollars
but the median home price was 795 000. when you factor some of the other housing costs California
has this means that the median household in California needs to spend more than 30 percent
of their income on housing which is considered to be a high housing cost burden 18. California
has the highest unemployment rate in the country in 2021 the unemployment rate in California was
7.5 percent compared to 6.3 percent of Americans Nationwide now that one was in 2021 I'll update
this one currently the unemployment rate as of March 2023 is 3.5 Nationwide 3.5 percent
in California it's 4.4 percent which still puts them in the top ten 17. California has the highest
Energy Efficiency standards in the country the state's Energy Efficiency standards require
new homes to be built to so much have a higher standard than homes in other states this makes it
more expensive to build a new home in California land prices already high in this state number 16
the high highest environmental regulations in the country the state's environmental regulations make
it more expensive to do business in California number 15 the Golden State also has the highest
Regulatory Compliance costs in the country the state's Regulatory Compliance costs is
another thing that makes it incredibly expensive to do business in California my entire family has
owned businesses in California and they've been complaining about that since as far back as I can
remember number 14 California has the highest weed tax in the country the state's current tax on the
weed is 15 percent which is more than double the national average right now number 13 California
has the highest plastic bag taxed in the country yes there's a plastic bag tax the state's plastic
bag tax is currently 10 cents per bag which is more than double the national average of 4 cents
per bag now that's in 2021 I don't know if they went ham and cheese with more plastic bag taxes
but that was 2021. number 12 California has been been voted the worst state to do business for
32 years straight I mean that's obvious when you take into consideration the highest environmental
regulations the highest Regulatory Compliance costs taxes plastic bags and currently they're
looking for ways to raise taxes on businesses still number 11. California is losing population
for the first time in its history that's right California has been a state since 1850 172 years
they've never had one census so a Whole Decade where they lost population a lot of states will
let's say lose population two or three years and then the rest of the decade they will gain
population so at the census they come up in the positive that happens all the time California
has never had one single year where they lost population until 2021 and 2022. and the 2020
census was the first time they had single digit growth most decades they are above 20 and below 60
number 10 California has the highest car registration fees in the country now this is
the average from 2021 and I'm sure if you watch this in 2023 or 2024 the prices will change and
they're probably going to go up the average car registration fee in California is 454 dollars
which is more than double the national average of 200. I had been to the DM the DMV in California is
just a nightmare not just in cost how long you got to wait just a nightmare that it is Dennis
Miller described the California DMV perfectly one time he said it's like everyone that works in that
building is going through a really bad divorce I'd go a little further than that to me it seems
like everyone at the California DMV always seemed like they were going through a nasty divorce while
getting audited by the IRS and they're at work with a rash number nine California has the second
highest annual CO2 emissions in the country they put 360 metric tons of carbon dioxide into the air
every single year the only one that beats them is Texas with 705 metric tons number eight California
is ranked 50th in the nation for opportunity now this is by U.S news and it's a stat they give to
put it simply opportunity is a bunch of different stats they bring together that rank your chances
of moving out of the class you were born in like if you grew up in a middle class home you'll
probably stay there as an adult in California did you grow up in a poor neighborhood chances
are you're gonna stay in that neighborhood in California now that's an average and all that and
I'm sure some of you have made it out of wherever you grew up and all that and I we all know that
that does happen this is just the chances that you staying there in California are the highest number
seven California has the highest sales tax rate in the country the sales tax rate is currently
7.25 percent which is right around double the national average great go in California number
six California is one of the highest income tax rates in the country the top marginal income tax
rate in California is 13.3 percent which is more than double the national average of 6.2 percent so
in California they just don't want to screw you a little bit more than the other states they want to
really you number five California has the second highest water rate in the country the average
residential water rate in California is 77 a month that's more than double the national average of 37
a month and they want to raise your rate while having you cut back they'd like you to cut your
water usage in half in California but they still want to charge you the 77 a month just so you know
the state with the highest water rate in the country is West Virginia for some reason isn't
there water filled with coal residue number four California has the fourth highest electricity rate
in the country the average residential electricity rate in California is 17.2 cents per kilowatt hour
which is more than double the national average of 8.5 cents per kilowatt hour you know every state
has charges it costs to live you know that's how the world works but when you're concerned
consistently at the top of the Heap for the highest fees and highest rates it sucks and
that's one of the biggest reasons so many people leave California that's why I left number three
California has the second highest gas tax in the country whatever the gas price is you're paying
an extra 51 cents per gallon of gas in California Most states keep it between 15 and 30 cents per
gallon the absolute worst is Pennsylvania 58 cents number two California has the highest
rate of homelessness in the country it's next so impossible to get an accurate number of how many
people are living on the streets every January the federal government conducts a point in time count
on the nation's homeless population now other organizations do this too and they all come up
with their best guesstimate of how many people are living on the streets living the van life whatever
the case may be it's safe to say it's somewhere around 150 000. some organizations say it's much
less at 115 000 and then the US government said it could be as high as 233 thousand and that's in
2022. now California is a big state with really good weather so it makes sense if you're going
to be homeless why not do it in place with really good weather but when I say they're leading the
pack and homeless they are really leading the pack California like I said has around 150 000.
next in line is New York they have 92 000. then there's a massive drop down to Texas with about 27
000 and Florida with about 30 000. and I know it's talked about a lot on different things even
in the comment section of my videos but Oregon doesn't have that many it's a smaller State than
most States but it only has 15 000 and a majority of them are in Portland now this should have been
probably the number one on this list but I thought I'd save number one for something that's kind
of happening right now or is about to happen but before we get to that if you haven't subscribed to
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number one and number one California's proposing charging different rates for utilities depending
on your income that's right they're going to have a tier system doesn't matter really how
much you use when it comes to electricity you're going to get charged more if you make more money
now some of the things that are being said about this might be true might not be true but one of
the things they're trying to push forward is even if you don't use electricity you still get that
charge like it's almost a new tax that you have in California so if you go through all that effort
to get your solar panels and everything else on your house and your off the electrical grid you're
going to have to pay that bill I hope that one's not true because that would be the worst thing
possible to go through all this effort to make everyone get solar panels and whatever else you
could do to save electricity and now the electric company still want to make a profit so they got
to find a way to charge people that aren't getting electricity it's a great business model if you can
handle it I mean I'd like to get a cut of every one of the people that watch a Mr Beast video
sure you didn't watch my videos or you don't use the electrical service but you still got to pay up
all right that's today's video hope you guys enjoyed it hope you got
some information now go out have a great day and be nice to each other