California Has Nation’s Highest Povery Rate; Tied with Louisiana

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California has the nation’s highest poverty rate, despite boasts by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) that the state is also the fourth-richest economy in the world.

Newsom declared in April: “California isn’t just keeping pace with the world—we’re setting the pace. Our economy is thriving because we invest in people, prioritize sustainability, and believe in the power of innovation.”

Yet for more than one in six Californians, poverty is the reality of life in Newsom’s state.

The Sacramento Bee reported Thursday:

California continued to have the highest poverty rate in the nation last year at 17.7%, tied only with Louisiana, according to new data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. The state’s supplemental poverty measure, or SPM, declined from 2023, when it stood at 18.9%.

Still, the 2024 figure means that nearly 7 million Californians were unable to afford basic necessities like food, housing and medical care.

The Bee added that California had only managed to see improvements in recent years because of federal largesse: “Laura Pryor, the research director for the California Budget & Policy Center, noted that the state’s poverty rate dropped to a historic low of 11% after federal policies were implemented to help Americans weather the COVID-19 pandemic.”

California Has Nation's Highest Povetry Rate; Tied with Louisiana

California has the nation's highest poverty rate, despite boasts by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) that the state has the world's 4th-richest economy.

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Gavin Newsom’s Fossil Fuel Flip-Flop: ‘Significant Reversal’ on Oil Drilling​

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is completing a flip-flop on oil drilling, which he tried to stop but is now planning to expand in Kern County, thanks to the impending threat of skyrocketing gas prices in the state.

As Breitbart News reported last month, Newsom backed away from his long, climate-change-inspired crusade against oil drilling as refineries threatened to leave the state and prices threatened to rise to $8 per gallon.

In 2021, Newsom had all but doomed the oil and gas industry in Kern County with a moratorium on fracking permits, effective in 2024. “The climate crisis is real, and we continue to see the signs every day,” he said.

But in 2025, Newsom has struck a compromise with the oil industry that would see the legislature pass a bill that would allow more drilling in central California — and environmental groups are reeling from the change.

Politico reported:Organizations that started the year with ambitious goals of passing legislation to hold polluting companies liable for climate change damages — fresh off the ballot box defeat of an industry referendum challenging the state’s oil well setback law — instead find themselves making a last-ditch effort with just days left to kill SB 237, a bill backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders that would boost drilling in Kern County.

Gavin Newsom's Fossil Fuel Flip-Flop: 'Significant Reversal' on Oil Drilling

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is completing a flip-flop on oil drilling, which he tried to stop but is now planning to expand.

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