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12-17-20 Once GoldenBusinesses, people and now tech companies continue to leave California’s high-tax environment.
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California population growth hits record lows, stifled by COVID-19 and continued exodus
By HAYLEY SMITH, HAILEY BRANSON-POTTS. DEC. 16, 2020 LA TIMES After more than three decades, Scott Fuller was fed up with living in California. The taxes are just too darn high, he said. The housing prices too. And so in June, the San Francisco Bay Area real estate broker, his wife and two kids packed their bags and moved to Arizona. “I never wanted to leave California,” said Fuller, 48, who has lived in the Golden State since 1983. “It’s the most beautiful state with the best climate. I think the tipping point was continued tax increases and even more proposed tax increases.... I have absolutely no regrets.” Like Fuller, a lot of Californians are running for the exit, a trend exacerbated this year by COVID-19 as more people moved away and pandemic restrictions slowed migration into the state, according to data released Wednesday. California’s population is now growing at its slowest rate in more than a century. The California Department of Finance, which monitors the state’s population data, found that from July 1, 2019 to July 1, 2020, California saw a net gain of only 21,200 new residents — a 0.05% growth rate not seen since 1900. As of July, the state’s population was 39.78 million. Over that period, Los Angeles County reported a net loss of 40,036 people, more than any other county in the state. read more |
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