I can say from experience in the automotive coatings industry that we have to deal with at least three different air quality agencies to make sure our products are legal for sale in CA (and what ingredients are legal to use can vary from city to city, sheesh!). There is a regulatory agency for everything. CA is so overly regulated, that (in Skousen's words) its a costly nightmare to navigate for businesses and individuals. CA is still insanely expensive, even though housing prices have fallen one third from boom highs. Not only is there gang problems here but they have also formed political organizations such as Aztlan, La Raza and Mecha intent on turning CA into another beautiful Mexico, because hey, it was so great, they left(!).īut wait, there's more! Let's say you don't care about future threats and you just want to live somewhere where its beautiful, nice weather most of the year. And ever since their Supreme Court overturned the citizen initiative to cut off welfare to illiegals, there has been a huge neon sign over the state that says "Illegals Come Here!". With all of the weapons restrictions, it will be difficult to defend yourself. (And here I was feeling all depressed that Ohio had 280 people per square mile!). The Bay Area weighs in at a not too shabby 1000 people per square mile. But the icing on the cake just has to be that the LA Basin has a population density of 7,000 people per square mile. One of the downsides of CA is there are a lot of military bases there, and as dozens of movies have already eluded, California is and will always be a very popular target for attack or falling into the sea from an earthquake or whatever. Direct entry midwives are legal and licensed. They are licensed in CA and are (surprise!) highly regulated. On the upside, you shouldn't have any problem getting a naturopath. There is no permit to purchase firearms but many types of weapons are banned, including any rifle with a magazine. It is a "may issue" state that is basically "no issue" depending on the sheriff's office. Corruption is very high, crime is also high (mostly violent crime, the property crime seems about average). This is ironic considering that CA has some of the highest taxes in the nation (ranked 6th highest) and they are only assumed to get higher. Only 27% of municipal water systems fluoridate due to, ironically, "not enough funding". Water quality is fair to poor in the largest cities and from wells in the Central Valley. The cost of living is very high, land availability is fair with 42% of land government owned, including most of the best forests. There is good soil in the Central Valley but stay away from depleted soils on the big farms.
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Average rainfall is 33 inches int he north, but only 13 inches in the south.
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California averages 5 tornadoes per year. The eastern part of the state is arid and dry. There is an oceanic climate in the north with temperate weather and heavier moisture, there is a mediterranian climate south of San Francisco.
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Partial list, name a state and I'll post it.Įvery climate can be found in California.