Millions are fleeing California to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. They are also fleeing to Texas because that is one of the states without state income tax. You may disagree with the tax policy, but I don't see how this is ruining California. And every state government needs money to run. What they don't charge you in one department, they will charge you in another department. For example, Texas has the seventh highest real estate tax rate in the country, while California has the thirty-sixth highest real estate tax rate. Also, if Elon Musk is fleeing your state, I'd say good riddance.
Homelessness is high in California, but Texas ranks fifth. Florida, another bastion of the GOP ranks third in homelessness. If I was fleeing a state due to the high homeless population, I'd definitely not flee to Texas. Homelessness is a complicated issue, and not easily solvable.
Newsom did not defund the police. This is the most laughable of your arguments. It's another Faux News lie. During his tenure, Newsom has requested more funding for police. Some cities or counties in California did decrease funding slightly, but state wide, the overwhelming majority had funding increases between 2019 and 2022. In nearly half of the cities or counties, funding increased by more than 10%.
Newsom is on record as saying he disagrees with the policy of not prosecuting certain crimes. While his office can certainly make suggestions and provide guidance, ultimately, it is up to the individual prosecutors offices to prosecute or not prosecute certain crimes. I'm certainly someone who wants to be hard, but fair, on crime. But this is the local prosecutors declining to prosecute. So again, another false argument.
You could go on and on, but none of what you stated so far shows Newsom is ruining California, and most of it is false narratives. At best, you show areas he could improve. But we can say that about every person, whether they are a governor or just an everyday worker walking down the street.
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