One of the biggest problems that this state is that of over population. Seeing that when I was born here some 60 plus years ago. California has seen a growth from about 15 Million people to 39 plus million souls.
Now this may be shock to some but most folks out here live and work near the ocean.
Problem is that there is only so much land where you can reasonably build housing. As most of the land out here is either Mountainous, really hot desert or very valuable farmland. So housing is going to be very & I mean VERY expensive.
Next problem is that we are way out from the part of America that builds things. So add in another expense with shipping and getting things.
Another huge problem is water. Seeing that God only gives us so much of it. Now add in the political refusal to start up Desalination plants and tap into the ocean. Which is going to mean we are going to have some real fun if a major drought happens anytime soon. Which it will!
As it is now, we are using a water system that was set up over a hundred years ago. That was designed for a population of about 7 million souls.
Plus as an added bonus in say San Francisco or Los Angeles Area. Most of the major water and sewer lines are now almost a 100 years old.
So about other day it seems that you see on the TV about some street being flooded by a broken pipe. So imagine when the big earthquake hits here what its going to be like.
Moving smartly along, lets talk about Energy. Seeing as this state uses up a huge amount of Electricity. Especially with Silicon Valley and the up coming industry of artificial intelligence. Which will most likely use about 2 to 4 times the current uses available. Plus we refuse to look at reliable energy sources like nuclear energy.
Now throw into this witches brew. The fact that we have a totally ineffective, very expensive and anti business governing class. That for the past 30 odd years that REALLY does not want to do anything about these issues and other vital ones. Plus a huge majority of the citizenry that keeps voting in this “Leaders” in.
Then you begin to see the problems that the people of this once great state face in their daily lives. Grumpy