Thursday, December 17, 2020

California population growth stops

LA Times:

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.

“This is a real sea change in California, which used to be this state of pretty robust population growth,” said Hans Johnson, a demographer at the Public Policy Institute of California. “It hasn’t been for some time now. But it’s now gotten to the point where the state is essentially not growing population-wise at all.”

The data underscore concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic is fueling greater migration out of California, both from people priced out of coastal areas and those who suddenly had the ability to work remotely.

The “California exodus” storyline was bolstered in recent weeks when two tech titans, Elon Musk and Larry Ellison, announced they were moving to Texas and Hawaii, respectively.

But for the average person, California’s high housing costs pose the greatest challenge, particularly when combined with staggering job losses tied to the pandemic.

The state has been seeing slowing growth for several years, driven by a factors that include lower birth rates and people moving away for economic and political reasons.

Unless there's a Covid-19 baby boom, we'd expect that 0.05% growth rate through July to go negative for the rest of this year and next. The exodus seems to be accelerating.

No doubt SANDAG is still wildly overestimating population growth as an excuse to force more high-density development.

25 comments:

  1. Blakespear as head of SANDAG takes her marching orders from Sacto and her local circle of handlers. Won't let the facts interfere with what's good for the BIA. She's full steam ahead on stack n'pack. Or is that stack n PAC?

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  2. THEN, STOP BUILDING IN ENCINITAS! Blakespear is owned by the developers!

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  3. Yeah.

    Um.

    Let’s use a point in time snapshot during a once in a lifetime pandemic to project what will happen going forward.

    Sounds logical.

    EU is a moron.

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    1. No your eyeballs are just floating in Kool Aid. EU didn't write the article, just posted it. Population was going negative pre Covid. Put down the Blakespear Kook Aid. Come up for air. Look around and breathe in reality.

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    2. Your kneejerk reaction makes it sound like you're threatened 10:03. Stack in pack how you make your money? Stack n PAC?

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  4. This is great news. There is no water in So CA. Only idiots like Blakespear-Gonzales believes in ever-growing densities in our Bigtown. I so wish Thunder won to try and preserve our former beach town from the BIA. If only over 5% of the voters were more educated we would be in oh so much better space then we are today.

    Two years will hurt but start the funding to out Bigtown Blakespear-Gonzalez and Stack and Pack Mosca. I hate the idea of Encinitas continuing down the path to become PB North. Its sickening what Blakespear is doing to this town.

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  5. ONLY Jeff Morris can save Encinitas.

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  6. Never forget. Blanco Nightmare is watching you.

    BN/WESTSIDE! STACK AND PACK! SHAKE AND BAKE!

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  7. Can someone share this with Enc Votes?

    Thanks in advance!

    https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1339928343551066112/photo/1

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    1. You do realize that fascism is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition.

      Does that sound to you like Bill Gates and Fauci, or Trump?

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    2. 10:13 I am truly sorry your draim has been bramaged

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  8. I have been in a coma for the past four years, and have just woken up. I need to check in with my conservative MAGA friends.

    So, how have the last four years been? Are we still owning the libs?

    I can't wait to see the wall that Trump got Mexico to pay for.

    Man, I bet Trump has been working so hard, not like that lazy Obama golfing every other month.

    Is the US staked with cash? I bet Trump cut the deficit down to nothing with his master negotiating skills.

    Thank God abortion is now illegal. And is crooked Hillary locked up? I sure hope - it was her negligence that got FOUR Americans killed.

    Anyway, why is this hospital so busy?

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  9. Blakespear as head of SANDAG can't sneeze without Toni Atkins giving her the thumbs up. She is a good foot soldier for her stack n PAC manager.

    Side note: Gonzalez is the attorney for Foxpoint Farms. Of course he is.

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  10. 10:51 you've been in a coma your entire life.

    If you post up your address I'll stop by to disconnect the life support.

    I'll brings snacks for those family members with IQ's over 63 points. You unfortunately cannot have any before your departure.

    Masks will be required only for those driving to your place alone (in their vehicles of course) and also those walking or running to your place outside.

    After all...

    They have worked wonders Masks/lockdowns/closings/up to this point right?

    I myself wear woman's panties for my mask - it gets some pretty interesting looks!

    Merry kwanzaa brosaurus!

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    1. 5:44 - as you write, you use woman's panties that you happen to have - one guesses, for your "needs". I am not judging, but you appear to be a panty-sniffer. Based on the tone of your post, undergarment munching is probably one of your better qualities.
      BTW - there is probably a hobo under the bridge waiting for your "snuggle" time.
      Up your's white power tweezer dick.

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  11. So the population is not growing, Encinitas has doubled their allowable residential units over the last two years, there is no sustainable water for the humans in the local region, and none of this matters. Blakespear must support the developers to poop all over Encinitas with their crappy and ugly high density LA blight causing condos and apartments.

    I say let them poop all over Oside and PB and willing participants. You do not see areas were the developers live wanting to have high density units next to their homes now do you?

    All the successful developers I know live in Rancho Santa Fe, Del Mar, and La JOlla and such. You could throw in Meyers in Encinitas if you like but that is only because he is married to an Ecke so he has to live where he poops.

    Once Rancho Santa Fe, Del Mar and La Jolla embraced doubling their housing stock and 3 to 5 story apartment buildings, I will join the band wagon in the name of preventing sprawl. Until then, I say let have Encinitas move more towards Del Mar and less towards PB and Oceanside as far are architectural standards and quality of life issues.

    No More Blakespear! Blakespear is all in for BIA.

    -All Small Town

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  12. I'm beginning to think we might never see Trump's healthcare plan.

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    1. I'm in doubt as well. Instead, we can all watch dementia joe check out and the faux black woman, oh' I mean woman of color, step in.
      And by the way...how did dementia joe get so wealthy during the last four years when he wasn't employed?

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  13. 3:19pm You are one sick f'er. Get some professional mental help and do this community a favor.

    If anyone shows dementia, it is you. Wake up you fool.

    Your racism is obvious.

    Your ignorance is obvious.

    Your ability to put your party over our nation is treasonous.

    Your buying into falsehoods spread by compromised sources is disgusting.

    Who are you going to believe, Fox and Newsmax or whatever they go by?

    And this stupid point system some idiot has been posting is another created distraction that means nada and amounts to nothing.

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    1. Once again, notice the questions aren't addressed. The response from 5:15 is spot on...right out of the Lenin playbook.
      I wonder if 5:15 knows the biden has been under investigation from an arm of the U.S Government way before the Presidential election?...hmmmm?
      How did dementia joe get so wealthy being unemployed.
      Also notice the America hating left is always placing blame on Russia...for everything and NEVER china.
      Over 90 percent of your medications are made in china.
      What could possibly be wrong with that?
      And least we not forget the racist card.
      harris is not black you fools. She claimed to be many times, but, it turned out to be a lie...again.
      Wake up.

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    2. Racist card usually played by Gonzalez I think? Never heard it out of anyone else. Seems to have packs of them.

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  14. I'm beginning to think we might never see Trump's healthcare plan.

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    1. Not to worry. The America hating, china loving left will take care of you. Rest assured.

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  15. As for the democracy hating republican enabling right wingers, you are one sick f'er and as disgraceful as your orange mud faced poser.

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