California’s Population is Finally Rebounding. Trump Could Change That. The state, home to nearly 2 million undocumented immigrants, could be hit hard by the president's deportation policies. Capital & Main · Feb 21, 2025
Today’s Immigration Raids Ignore a Looming Global Crisis: Not Enough Workers As California farmers wonder who will grow and harvest our food, falling birthrates are likely to soon force nations to compete for immigrants. Capital & Main · Jan 31, 2025
The unlikely California exodus: Idaho becomes a hotspot for Republicans looking to flee the golden state California’s population crisis has become a political football, but in Idaho, the impact of the Golden State’s changing population is everywhere, reports Josh Marcus The Independent UK · May 19, 2024
Meet the California firefighter ‘super commuters’ traveling 2,000 miles for work As cost of living continues to rise in the Golden state, some first responders have moved to Oregon, Arizona, Texas, Alabama, Florida – even Alaska The Guardian - US · Aug 23, 2023
California has tried to boost its housing stock. Other states have done better A retired human resources director, Pam Quinn was burnt out on the work-intensive culture of Silicon Valley and was looking to relocate to a place where she felt "like I was part of a community." Los Angeles Times · Jun 29, 2023
California’s population declines, again, as state grapples with housing crisis Report shows state shrank by 138,000 people in 2022, continuing a pandemic trend, but experts warn it’s too soon to declare ‘Cal-exit’ The Guardian - US · May 4, 2023
Daniel Borenstein: California’s population boom is over, plan accordingly California’s years of major population growth have ended, and a state forecast suggests that the numbers might peak by as early as 2030 and then start to decline. Tribune News Service · Mar 17, 2023
Big population drops in Los Angeles, San Francisco transforming urban California Los Angeles and San Francisco saw sizable declines in population during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, new census data show, underscoring how California’s housing crisis and other demographic forces are reshaping two of its largest cities. Los Angeles Times · Mar 26, 2022