The LA County Exodus Is Worse Than Thought

California, not just LA County, is in a rapid decline, and yet the Democrats think the governor who created this disaster is the best person to run the entire country as President;

Milt Harris ——Bio and Archives--April 6, 2026

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We have a daughter and son-in-law who live in El Dorado County. They have two kids in college, and a third is a senior in high school. As soon as the youngest leaves for college, they will move out of California. Our guess is that they will head to Nevada to stay close to where the kids attend college. They, like so many others, are tired of the outrageous cost of everything, the taxes, and the overall bureaucracy.

Between July of 2024 and July of 2025, estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that 53,421 people fled Newsom’s hellhole, also known as Los Angeles County. That was the largest population drop of any county in the nation for a one-year period.

Los Angeles was once a thriving city. After years of poor governance, corruption, high taxes, high crime, rising living costs, opportunity, and a deteriorating quality of life, Los Angeles is no longer “The City of Angels.”

When people leave, they take their income with them. That means that the county’s and the state's tax revenue is drying up one salary at a time. Months ago, I wrote a column that Newsom, in his infinite wisdom, once tried to devise a method to still tax those who fled the state. Obvious nonsense, that was never going to happen.

Robert Rivani, Founder of Rivani, put it this way:

Compass's Chad Carroll also told Fox News Digital.

Carroll, an alum of "Million Dollar Listing Miami," and Rivani argue people are gravitating toward places where their “money stretches further, and they feel welcome.”

Rivani then summed it up this way:

California, not just LA County, is in a rapid decline, and yet the Democrats think the governor who created this disaster is the best person to run the entire country as President.

No, that’s not going to happen.

Milt spent thirty years as a sales and operations manager for an international manufacturing company. He is also a four-time published author on a variety of subjects. Now, he spends most of his time researching and writing about conservative politics and liberal folly.

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