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[Legion]

Do you have a cite about California leading the nation in poverty and homelessness?

I do, Brad.

One in five Californians live in poverty, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report. Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure, which accounts for regional cost-of-living, the average poverty rate in California from 2014 through 2016 stood at 20.4 percent, the highest among the states and second only to the District of Columbia’s 21 percent average. The national average over that period of time was 14.7 percent.

Despite boasting one of the largest economies in the world, California has consistently topped national rankings of poverty. While the state only accounts for about 12 percent of the national population, for example, Californians comprise one-third of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families beneficiaries.

This situation, which also contributes to California’s unfortunate distinction of being home to approximately 22 percent of the nation’s homeless population, has imposed significant hardships on millions of people across the state, and exacerbated California’s high poverty rate.



https://www.ocregister.com/2017/09/25/california-leads-the-nation-in-poverty/

 

[canceled.2021.3]

Do you have a cite about California leading the nation in poverty and homelessness?

Did I make that claim Jarod

 

[Jarod]

I do, Brad.

One in five Californians live in poverty, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report. Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure, which accounts for regional cost-of-living, the average poverty rate in California from 2014 through 2016 stood at 20.4 percent, the highest among the states and second only to the District of Columbia’s 21 percent average. The national average over that period of time was 14.7 percent.

Despite boasting one of the largest economies in the world, California has consistently topped national rankings of poverty. While the state only accounts for about 12 percent of the national population, for example, Californians comprise one-third of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families beneficiaries.

This situation, which also contributes to California’s unfortunate distinction of being home to approximately 22 percent of the nation’s homeless population, has imposed significant hardships on millions of people across the state, and exacerbated California’s high poverty rate.



https://www.ocregister.com/2017/09/25/california-leads-the-nation-in-poverty/

This cite does not support your claims.

 

[Legion]

No hard feelings, but I doubt California needs any help with anything.

Why is liberal California the poverty capital of America?

Guess which state has the highest poverty rate in the country? Not Mississippi, New Mexico, or West Virginia, but California, where nearly one out of five residents is poor. That’s according to the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure, which factors in the cost of housing, food, utilities and clothing, and which includes noncash government assistance as a form of income.

Given robust job growth and the prosperity generated by several industries, it’s worth asking why California has fallen behind, especially when the state’s per-capita GDP increased approximately twice as much as the U.S. average over the five years ending in 2016 (12.5%, compared with 6.27%).

It’s not as though California policymakers have neglected to wage war on poverty. Sacramento and local governments have spent massive amounts in the cause.

Several state and municipal benefit programs overlap with one another; in some cases, individuals with incomes 200% above the poverty line receive benefits.

California state and local governments spent nearly $958 billion from 1992 through 2015 on public welfare programs, including cash-assistance payments, vendor payments and “other public welfare,” according to the Census Bureau.

California, with 12% of the American population, is home today to about one in three of the nation’s welfare recipients.

California lawmakers recently passed a measure raising the minimum wage from $10 an hour to $15 an hour by 2022 — but a higher minimum wage will do nothing for the 60% of Californians who live in poverty and don’t have jobs. And research indicates that it could cause many who do have jobs to lose them.

A Harvard University study found evidence that “higher minimum wages increase overall exit rates for restaurants” in the Bay Area, where more than a dozen cities and counties, including San Francisco, have changed their minimum-wage ordinances in the last five years. “Estimates suggest that a one-dollar increase in the minimum wage leads to a 14% increase in the likelihood of exit for a 3.5-star restaurant (which is the median rating),” the report says. These restaurants are a significant source of employment for low-skilled and entry-level workers.

With a permanent majority in the state Senate and the Assembly, a prolonged dominance in the executive branch and a weak opposition, California DEMOCRATS have long been free to indulge blue-state ideology while paying little or no political price.



https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jackson-california-poverty-20180114-story.html

 

[Legion]

This cite does not support your claims.

How so, Brad?

I'll understand if you can't explain, naturally.

 

[Legion]

Did I make that claim Jarod

The Census made that claim.

 

[CFM]

You shouldn't talk about MAGA like that.

It's a guarantee the 7th district of Alabama isn't into making American great. With that D+20 Cook PVI rating, rest assured those folks have chosen to remain on the Democrat plantation.

 

[Jarod]

Without California and a few other liberal states, the American South could not exist like it does.

 

[canceled.2021.3]

Without California and a few other liberal states, the American South could not exist like it does.

Prove it

 

[canceled.2021.3]

The Census made that claim.

I find it hilarious that these leftists believe that Commiefornia is carrying the country on its back when it can't even support its own state.

Of course GayRod doesn't want to tell us that these liberal states were forcing the other states to subsidize their high taxes through SALT deductions that President Trump finally did away with

 

[Legion]

Without California and a few other liberal states, the American South could not exist like it does.

Is that so, Brad?

Can you expand on that?

I'll understand if you can't, naturally.

 

[Sirthinksalot]

"California Household Income
According to the Census ACS 1-year survey, the median household income for California was $71,805 in 2017, the latest figures available. Compared to the median US household income, California median household income is $11,469 higher."
https://www.deptofnumbers.com/income/california/

The value of income is related to cost of living in an area. How does the cost of living in Commiefornia compare to the national average?

 

[Legion]

I find it hilarious that these leftists believe that Commiefornia is carrying the country on its back when it can't even support its own state.

Of course GayRod doesn't want to tell us that these liberal states were forcing the other states to subsidize their high taxes through SALT deductions that President Trump finally did away with

Isn't it a fact that sanctuary states like Commiefornia receive additional federal funds as a result of the current practice of including illegal aliens in Census tabulations?

 

[Legion]

The value of income is related to cost of living in an area. How does the cost of living in Commiefornia compare to the national average?

Good question.


One in five Californians live in poverty, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report.

Using the Supplemental Poverty Measure, which accounts for regional cost-of-living, the average poverty rate in California from 2014 through 2016 stood at 20.4 percent, the highest among the states and second only to the District of Columbia’s 21 percent average. The national average over that period of time was 14.7 percent.

Despite boasting one of the largest economies in the world, California has consistently topped national rankings of poverty. While the state only accounts for about 12 percent of the national population, for example, Californians comprise one-third of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families beneficiaries.

One of the largest factors driving California’s shamefully high poverty rates is the high cost of housing.

According to a draft report on the housing crisis by the California Department of Housing and Community Development, “production averaged less than 80,000 new homes annually over the last 10 years, and ongoing production continues to fall far below the projected need of 180,000 additional homes annually.”

As a result, home ownership rates are at the lowest they’ve been since the 1940s, as increasing proportions of renters find themselves rent-burdened. According to the California Budget & Policy Center, more than half of renter households pay more than 30 percent of their incomes for housing, and one-third pay more than half of their incomes for housing.

This situation, which also contributes to California’s unfortunate distinction of being home to approximately 22 percent of the nation’s homeless population, has imposed significant hardships on millions of people across the state, and exacerbated California’s high poverty rate.

State legislators have thus far focused primarily on advancing proposals to spend more taxpayer funds on housing. Instead, we encourage state lawmakers to focus their efforts on better streamlining housing construction, with a focus on removing unnecessary barriers thrown up by the California Environmental Quality Act, which, among other things, is all too often used as a tool by NIMBYs to block developments.

Aside from housing, it can’t be ignored that, in addition to having one of the largest economies in the world, California also happens to have some of the highest tax rates in the country, and some of the least business-friendly policies on top of that.


https://www.sbsun.com/2017/09/25/california-leads-the-nation-in-poverty/

 

[canceled.2021.3]

Isn't it a fact that sanctuary states like Commiefornia receive additional federal funds as a result of the current practice of including illegal aliens in Census tabulations?

I believe that is so. They receive benefits such as additional congressional representation as well as more undeserved electoral college votes.

I believe that is why they are so staunchly opposed to having a citizenship question on the US Census.

 

[Legion]

I believe that is so. They receive benefits such as additional congressional representation as well as more undeserved electoral college votes.

I believe that is why they are so staunchly opposed to having a citizenship question on the US Census.

I suspect you are correct.

 

[Jack]

The value of income is related to cost of living in an area. How does the cost of living in Commiefornia compare to the national average?

Like everywhere else, depends where you live. Cities are more expensive than rural areas. (do I really need to respond to this?)

 

[tinfoil]

"California Household Income
According to the Census ACS 1-year survey, the median household income for California was $71,805 in 2017, the latest figures available. Compared to the median US household income, California median household income is $11,469 higher."
https://www.deptofnumbers.com/income/california/

LOL
That's it? An extra thousand a month? 60K goes way farther in Ohio than 72K in Cali.
I can find homes for 100K or 50K for fixers. I bet you couldn't even buy land for that cheap in Cali

 

[Jack]

LOL
That's it? An extra thousand a month? 60K goes way farther in Ohio than 72K in Cali.
I can find homes for 100K or 50K for fixers. I bet you couldn't even buy land for that cheap in Cali

Please Jesus, if there is a God in Heaven. Let no more of these Foreigners (people east of the State Line) enter California.

 

[tinfoil]

Cali would have much lower rate of homelessness if they weren't so generous and tolerant, but that's what they have decided is more important. So the homeless population grows as more decide handouts meet their needs and they would rather not work. Portland has the same problem. Kids right out of high school head downtown and live in the park along the river in tents and they go out and beg all day long. Some kids do this while living with mom n dad. My worker witnessed a kid walk out of a house half a block away and then come up to our work van and beg us for money. It was hilarious when we called him out on it. LOL