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California utility prices are soaring-rising 51% faster than the national average. Will powering your EV soon cost more than filling up with gas? 

Green policies without affordability don't work.


(The Center Square) - California utility prices have increased 51% more than then national average, while California rents have increased 21.6% less 
than national average, according to a new inflation report from the state Legislative Analyst's Office on price changes since January 2020.

Overall inflation in California remains 7.3% lower than the United States average since January 2020, largely due to lower housing inflation. Rent 
costs nationwide grew 25.9%, compared to 20.3% for California.

One major factor in California's lower rent increases is the state population, as California continues to have the highest level of net out-migration 
of jobs in the country.

According to an analysis of U.S. Census data from the Orange County Register, California lost a net 268,052 residents in 2023, which is 73,814 fewer 
than in 2022. Assuming a similar rate of improvement in population loss, California could be on track to lose a net of 210,000 residents this year.

Additionally, IRS data reveals individuals moving to California are poorer than those moving out, further limiting how much landlords can raise 
rents.

Increases in cost of California utilities have significantly outpaced the national average due to the state's rising costs for energy and water, 
which some leaders say is a factor in pushing more people out of the state.

" Newsom and his allies continue to ignore the ballooning cost of gas, energy, water, and just about every other basic necessity you can think of," 
said State Assembly Minority Leader James Gallagher, R-Yuba City, to The Center Square. "Tens of thousands of Californians have left the state 
because of these high costs, but the Newsom administration keeps doubling down on failure with more mandates and higher taxes."

California utility prices have increased 51% more than then national average, leading the state's residential energy prices nearly to rise to nearly 
double the national average. California rates are quickly approaching the break-even point at which it it becomes cheaper to power a car with 
gasoline than with electricity from the grid.

The state's - and nation's - largest water district, which supplies more than half of the state's population with water, is raising water rates by 
40%, citing a need to increase revenue amid high levels of consumer water conservation.

Last year, global credit ratings agency S&P global warned property insurance rates are getting so high that they're pushing homeowners out of the 
state, which it said could result in a public credit downgrade in the long run.

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December:

Murcia's Record Lows

Red Alert In Bidar Amid India's Cold Wave

Italian Alps Hit -31.1c (-24f)

U.S. Cold-Deaths Double Since 1999-The Establishment Blames Global Warming

Japan's Record-Breaking Snowfall

BBC Still Pushing Polar Bear Propaganda

White Christmas For Europe

Bengaluru's Record Cold

Xinjiang Plummets To Record -42.5c

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Higher Now Than In 1979

Bhopal Breaks 58-Year Record

Vostok At -40c (Again)

Extreme Cold And Heavy Snow Slams Finland

Europe Wind Power A "Shit Situation," Says Minister

Winter Weather Grips U.S.

India Reels

Vostok Below -40c

Earth's Magnetic Field: Shifting Poles And A Fragile Future

Snow Hits Malaga, Spain

Cold Wave Sweeps Pakistan

Canadian Prairies Near -40c

Texans Warned Of "Extreme Cold"

Antarctic Sea Ice Nearing 1979-1990 Average

"Excellent" Early-Season Snow Across The Alps

Delhi's Record Cold

Chilly Waters Stun Record Number Of Turtles

Record Cold Grips Indore

Asia Chills

Record Snowfall In Midwest

Another Round Of Arctic Air To Hit Much Of North America

Mumbai's Lowest Temp In A Decade

Northern Hemisphere Cold

Solar Storms Are Possessing Tractors

Russia In The Freezer

India Chills

Northern India's Big Freeze Intensifies

Cold Wave Enters Vietnam

Freezing Lows And Heavy Snows Hit U.S., More To Come

Kashmir Freezes At -18c (-0.4f)

Below Average Antarctic Plateau

Another Round Of Lake-Effect Snow

Cold Waves Lifting Natural Gas Prices

Snow Returns To Scotland And Wider Europe

Global Temperature Tumbles

Antarctic Sea Ice Recovery

Severe Cold Hits Pakistan

Florida Set For Record Cold

Snowy November At Red Mountain

U.S. Battered By Cold And Record Snow

Parts Of Ontario Under A Meter Of Snow

Early-December To Deliver Another Burial To Europe


November:

Six Dead As Record Snowfall Hits South Korea
Farmers In Northern China Struggle During Record Cold/Snow
Harsh Chill Grips India
Canada At -40.6c, Greenland Sees -56.3c
Record Snows Hit Siberia And Russian Far East
ECMWF Forecasts Cold Winter For Europe
Half Of China Registers Record Low Temps, Snow Records Broken
NH Snow Cover Steps Up
Record Russia Snow
Seoul's Heaviest November Snow Since Records Began (In 1907)
Arctic Blast To Impact 230 Million Americans
+ U.S. Cold Front Sends Natgas Futures Soaring Amid Falling Production
India's Cold Wave
Israel's First Snows Of The Season
31 Inches Hit Ukraine
Parts Of Russia Buried
Big White
Northern Hemisphere Burial
Record Cold Headed For Greenland
France Sees Heavy Snow
Turkey Blanketed
Winter Arrives In The U.S.
Record Snowfall In Calgary
Beijing Braces For Cold Wave
Cold, Snowy Europe
England's Lowest Temp Since 2014
Ireland Hits Record Electric Demand
Fierce Winter Forecast For India
Record Snow Clips The U.S.
UK Issued Fresh Snow Warnings
Global Cooling And Storminess
Record Cold And Heavy Snow Grip The Uk
Norway Chills
Harsh Freeze Sweeps Siberia And Mongolia