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Stolen elections have consequences. The Kommie Kleptocrats go crazy. More money, more graft, disappearing services, road maintenance lethargic and inefficient but disruptive, money laundered through the homeless industrial complex back to politicians and their flunkies. What more could you ask for in State government?

Inefficiency, thievery, taxation and 'regulation' of everything, the Goth airdropped into previously attractive suburbs, escalating crime, defunct justice system full of printing press diploma morons and parasites. It's like watching the fleas carry the dog carcass somewhere to finish the job.

If your net is north of 15 million or so, you might make it into some coastal enclave still with a thousand square foot rat shack on a postage stamp that still has police protection or private security.

Of course, I am sure the DEW redevelopment is far from over. If you see the Skynet green lasers combing your area to map them, better break out the blue paint and blue tarps for your dwellings.

I'm sure the Bolshie Ballet has all those Tavistock style study groups and think tanks devoted to finding novel ways to launder money.

Virtue Signaling Handle, Name, Logo etc. or 'Foundation' If the name is a Satanic Inversion, so much the better check

Copious Donations From Tax Base or Corporate Entities (write offs) check

Tax Free Status check

No Accounting or Auditing, or you dissolve the fraud and move on the next laundering shell, or murder or guilt trip or gang stalk the auditors check

Set aside big bundles of tax money for the 'Homeless Problem', and it winds up back in the pockets of politicians and apparatchiks in record time. The homeless are still sucking shit with their drugs and alcohol, and don't even notice all the tens and hundreds of millions sailing over their heads that are supposed to be utilized in their weather beaten names.

For Local Laundering Scams, the Homeless Industrial Complex is a bounty sent from perdition and assures that homelessness will continue to be a growth industry with all of its attendant 'social service' ticks and parasites.

Ceffer says

Local Laundering Scams, the Homeless Industrial Complex is a bounty

I see this in the Florida panhandle and am suspicious of all the local "churches" that run charity events.

How much of what they purchase with donated money ends up in the wrong hands ?

Even if the volunteer board members for these charities are honest, does not mean this type of behavior is easily prevented or stopped.

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zzyzzx says

The new billing structure was allowed by a law signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom two years ago that required fixed electric fees be based on income.

So glad I left that place 6 months after that bill.

https://babylonbee.com/news/god-baffled-that-democrats-managed-to-ruin-california

HEAVEN — According to sources in the celestial realm, God is scratching His head in wonderment that Democrats somehow managed to mess up California.

"You guys were literally given everything! How do you even do that?" said a spokesangel for the Almighty. "You have perfect weather, beautiful coastline, great surfing, skiing in the mountains, fish tacos, rolling vineyards, the list goes on. How on earth did you manage to take the most beautiful stretch of land on God's earth and turn it into a huge dump?"

"It doesn't make any sense."

Sources say Democrats in California took issue with the idea that they were to blame, claiming instead that everyone else was to blame and definitely not them or anything. "Yeah, it's like global warming and stuff," said Governor Gavin Newsom to a crowd of homeless meth heads on Pier 39. "And not enough taxes. If we had more taxes, all the things would be better."

Sources confirmed the host of Heaven is watching in amazement as people are actually leaving the beauty of California in the millions, choosing to live instead in places like Ohio and Florida. "We intended Ohio to be a place of torment for those who displease the Lord. We filled Florida with man-eating snakes and gators so mankind wouldn't live there," continued the spokesangel. "But somehow, Democrats have made those places actually look attractive to people. It's truly baffling."

At publishing time, God had finally decided to pour out his divine wrath after finding the Democrats had figured out how to ruin fish tacos.

Patrick says

Wasn't that done 7-8 years ago? My kid puked in a rental car out there. Asked for plastic bags for the paper towels from clean up. He said he can't hand them out. I was polite and said you basically admitted you still have some stock in the back room (liquor store) between La Jolla and Anaheim as the destination.

I'm like dude I'm in a pinch with a rental car. Kind of need it cleaned up. He was nice enough and got me some. I thought they've been banned for a long time out there. Maybe based on county at the time?

WookieMan says

they've been banned for a long time out there

The ban was lifted a while ago.

I like the plastic bags because I re-use them for stuff like with your son. And now that I'm providing day care for an infant, they are handy for used diapers.

We'll have to BUY them now, with our super-high regressive sales tax added to the price.

WookieMan says

Patrick says

Wasn't that done 7-8 years ago? My kid puked in a rental car out there. Asked for plastic bags for the paper towels from clean up. He said he can't hand them out. I was polite and said you basically admitted you still have some stock in the back room (liquor store) between La Jolla and Anaheim as the destination.

I'm like dude I'm in a pinch with a rental car. Kind of need it cleaned up. He was nice enough and got me some. I thought they've been banned for a long time out there. Maybe based on county at the time?

It was but they left an out for reusable (paid for) hard plastic bahs which were decent to use.

mell says

It was but they left an out for reusable (paid for) hard plastic bahs which were decent to use.

Those have been great for putting poopy diapers into when away from home with the infant. But Gavin probably had paid help for those matters with his kids.

B.A.C.A.H. says

The ban was lifted a while ago.

Didn't know. Usually anytime I'm out there recently I'm buying 1-2 items tops and tossing it in a hotel fridge. So I don't need a bag.

My wife saves all ours (and they're free). We have a stinky teenager so he bags his soccer cleats in his backpack so it doesn't transfer the awful smell to his jersey or locker and he gets known as the smelly kid. No joking, he's not allowed to keep his cleats in the house anymore. I'm fine as an adult, but it must be something genetic with stinky feet. Mine used to be bad and I still get sweaty working around the house.

I had it bad. There's a Zappa line in there, but I'm not looking up how to spell the word.

B.A.C.A.H. says

But Gavin probably had paid help for those matters with his kids.

That's the problem with some of these governors. Mine in IL is a billionaire. There's not a chance he took care of his kids. Sure maybe he showed up to games and sat their eating a massive sub sandwich. They're completely disconnect with real life. Not paying for a nanny when my wife and I are completely capable. We could financially. We won't.

As a man my sons and nephew need to see me there. Especially the nephew with sperm donor in prison. Sports, making meals, show them how to make food, travel, etc. Travel was the only thing my dad got right. I think I've been to about 90% of the civil war battle sites. Lived a good part of my life in the FL Panhandle. A lot of memories that were good outside of him yelling at my mom about directions. Oh the days without phones. That was a real treat with that ass hole.

I did get my driving permit hours for the license driving down there. I had memorized the route by 14. So my parents just slept and I drove. One year for my oldest. Time flies isn't a god damn joke. Jesus, my kid is going to be driving a car. Just crashed a 4-wheeler.

Well there goes a couple million. I'll just visit places on the coast or mountain areas. I like my flat land.

There's a cluster fuck EM energy emanating from the earth that causes the hive to bee mob into the most dangerous (and beautiful) areas of Cali. Dangling off of hills and cliffs, on fault lines, in fire disaster areas, building on fill rather than cut, by waterways, overlooking the manifestly erosive Pacific. It's a lite form of the ozone madness preceding hurricanes.

I wouldn't have one of those house danglies on the Cali cliffs by the ocean. In any five to ten year period, you're gonna get fucked and they age four times faster (wind and salt, everything that can rust will rust) than an ordinary inland house. The beach places are constantly being renovated for the rich to playground in. Nonetheless, the prices are outrageous for the exclusivity and show.

One guy on the cliff where I paddle board lost half his back yard to the ocean a couple of years ago. Shored things up but the for sale sign was up within a few months. Some ancient artifacts were found in the landslide. Kids in his yard used to yell at me when I got a wave around there.

All the rip rap and the expensive concrete walls trying to hold back the erosive Pacific are only supposed to last a mere fifteen years or so.

zzyzzx says

That shit is real. I've driven by a few like that after big storms here.

When I first moved to CA, it was the El Nino year and the local creek filled to overflowing with fast muddy water. One day I saw an entire backyard deck float by.

Patrick says

That shit is real. I've driven by a few like that after big storms here.

When I first moved to CA, it was the El Nino year and the local creek filled to overflowing with fast muddy water. One day I saw an entire backyard deck float by.

You have to drive the pilings/steel at least 20' and even that might not be enough if you do it right. Each one is an easy $50k. Probably need 15 on that house. Houses are too close so I'm not sure you can get a crane in there anyway.

I don't get what engineers were thinking. You don't even have to be that close to a cliff to understand what is going to happen, even if you're not an engineer. Problem is people that see this type of stuff will scream global warming.

You built a house or bought a house on a soil cliff. Just because it is temperate with little rain doesn't mean earth doesn't erode at some point. That pool is toast too. So there's another $150k and insurance likely won't cover it or they'll drop you. That's a $2M job all day.

50 years ago when that shack was built it was not "close to the cliff", mwahahahaha.

How much will this increase gas prices? Gas lost will be replaced by bringing in gas from overseas.

Phillips 66 announced Wednesday it will close its 650-acre oil refinery complex near the Port of Los Angeles by the fourth quarter of 2025, days after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a new law regulating gas storage and refineries.

The refinery in Wilmington, together with a complex in Carson 5 miles away, produces up to 85,000 barrels per day of gasoline and 65,000 barrels per day of distillates, such as diesel.

RC2006 says

How much will this increase gas prices? Gas lost will be replaced by bringing in gas for overseas.

Phillips 66 announced Wednesday it will close its 650-acre oil refinery complex near the Port of Los Angeles by the fourth quarter of 2025, days after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a new law regulating gas storage and refineries.

The refinery in Wilmington, together with a complex in Carson 5 miles away, produces up to 85,000 barrels per day of gasoline and 65,000 barrels per day of distillates, such as diesel.

Daaaymn! That's gonna hurt.

Patrick says

One day I saw an entire backyard deck float by.

Were the people still in the hot tub?

RC2006 says

How much will this increase gas prices? Gas lost will be replaced by bringing in gas for overseas.

Phillips 66 announced Wednesday it will close its 650-acre oil refinery complex near the Port of Los Angeles by the fourth quarter of 2025, days after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a new law regulating gas storage and refineries.

The refinery in Wilmington, together with a complex in Carson 5 miles away, produces up to 85,000 barrels per day of gasoline and 65,000 barrels per day of distillates, such as diesel.

Last time they allowed gas from overseas it required relaxing of "specisl formulation" requirement, iirc.

RWSGFY says

50 years ago when that shack was built it was not "close to the cliff", mwahahahaha.

Yes it was. Wasn't engineered properly. You can avoid erosion like that no problem. It's not complicated. But whatever? Look at the house to the North. It's fucked. They didn't do pilings correctly. This is engineering 101. Do it right once.

WookieMan says

You can avoid erosion like that no problem.

I can see you have never met the Pacific Ocean.

I have in many parts of the of the West coast from Seattle to San Diego many of times.

My folks owned a condo on a barrier island in Florida in the panhandle. All it is, is 12' of sand above sea level (if that) and gets hit by up to CAT 4 hurricanes. Still there's no erosion. 1/4 of a mile at widest. It's a sand bar basically.

Kind of weird a place that doesn't get hurricanes wasn't engineered as well as places in FL? If you want to live on water you need to engineer it correctly or plan better when building. Doesn't matter what body of water.

That slide could have been prevented. If you don't have the money to put in proper infrastructure to secure your property, don't live there? That place is uninsurable now without spending millions.

zzyzzx says

Instant infinity pool!!!

WookieMan says

RWSGFY says

50 years ago when that shack was built it was not "close to the cliff", mwahahahaha.

Yes it was. Wasn't engineered properly. You can avoid erosion like that no problem. It's not complicated. But whatever? Look at the house to the North. It's fucked. They didn't do pilings correctly. This is engineering 101. Do it right once.

There are buildings in, say, Pacifica which are front row now but weren't less than 10 years ago. That coastline constantly moves inward.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/commercial-real-estate-foreclosures-soar-195735846.html

Commercial Real Estate Foreclosures Soar By 48% Nationwide While California Sees A 238% Surge

Booger says

zzyzzx says

Instant infinity pool!!!

And the hot tub is now an Indiana Jones themed sled ride to the beach.

Last year, the weather poundings tore the Capitola pier in half, relegated the restaurant at the end to demolition. An old concrete ship around Aptos and its pier have also been destroyed and the concrete ship that was already sunk destroyed even more.

The surf also tore open some of the cutsie multi million dollar Renaissance beach condos wide open in Capitola. Capitola has been seriously flooded and beaten three times since we have been here (14 years) and the restaurant row wrecked. That means, those in the beach culvert close to the ocean have to be funded to rebuild every five years or so.

Those concrete walls cost multi millions to build for short stretches, even more than the houses that perch on them, and they will be returned to the sea sooner or later anyway. I've been watching a small rock peninsula dissolving year by year. It's now a small island broken into thirds.

RWSGFY says

There are buildings in, say, Pacifica which are front row now but weren't less than 10 years ago. That coastline constantly moves inward.

Concrete and steel are a thing. Barrier islands in the panhandle protect their properties with sand dunes. Not foolproof, but their homes don't get washed away into the sea generally with hurricane force winds.

Like I said, if you want to live in that location there are things that you can do to prevent erosion for 100's of years. Costs $$$$. If you cannot afford it don't live there. Plenty of cheaper and better places to live in the country if you're not a wimp and can handle seasons.

Ceffer says

Those concrete walls cost multi millions to build for short stretches, even more than the houses that perch on them, and they will be returned to the sea sooner or later anyway.

That's what I said. There are solutions they just cost a shit load of money. Tons of steel hammered into the ground, rebar and concrete. It's doable, just no one wants to pay for it. And it probably doesn't look as "pretty" for home owners. Guess what, you own what is likely to be an uninsurable house. You're now looking at a worthless asset that will fall into the Ocean and won't get compensated. That $5M home just got flushed down the toilet and you'll need to default or sell for a fraction of what it used to be worth.

Drop the $2-3 million shoring it up. If/when you go to sell it will pay itself back. Uninsurable houses are worthless really. That's why I don't live on water. If I did I'd be above the flood plain or away from areas that could erode like that. I'd rather live on the hill 1/2 mile away. You're not even at your house that much anyway. Between work and sleep, you get maybe what, 2-4 hours to enjoy the view? And if it's a vacation rental, the renters won't even be there that much. It's just not worth it.

WookieMan says

That $5M home just got flushed down the toilet and you'll need to default or sell for a fraction of what it used to be worth.

True, have to sell it for the "original price" (pre erosion disaster) minus the price to pay a contractor to install at least a 100-year-fix for the erosion problem

if you live in Florida, this may be the way to go

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/the-hurricane-proof-dome-homes-defying-nature-s-fury-in-florida/vi-AA1tfMoe

our townhome (built around 2015) is about 2 miles from the shoreline in the Florida panhandle and we got wind gusts up to 180 miles per hour from Hurricane Michael ... the only damage was the back exterior french doors had their seals broken so water got between the two panes of glass ...

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AD says

our townhome (built around 2015) is about 2 miles from the shoreline in the Florida panhandle and we got wind gusts up to 180 miles per hour from Hurricane Michael

Storm surge is the biggest enemy in your region. Then wind. Most places built post 2000 should be pretty hurricane proof wind wise.

Live in a place with tornados that can jump up to 300mph. I'll take hurricanes with a newer house over an F5 tornado. No one is building to that standard. That's why when the sirens go off here we're in the basement and go to the basket full of flashlights. Have a 3 sided concrete room and chill there. Knock on wood, they always miss. Have had some close calls and friends lost houses.

Only 1-2 actual siren warnings every year the last decade. When I was a kid it was 5-10 every year. I think however the weather pattern changed, it shifted South of where I am. I sound gay, but it was traumatizing as a kid. Witnessed two tornados. They're fucking devastating. Not video, but saw them.

WookieMan says

Concrete and steel are a thing. Barrier islands in the panhandle protect their properties with sand dunes. Not foolproof, but their homes don't get washed away into the sea generally with hurricane force winds.

Money is the thing here. If you can't make taxpayers build that seawall for you (again), you are SOL. And apparently even CA government is not keen on spending this kind of dough to rebuild failed 40ft high seawalls.

Santa Cruz is relatively peaceful, being an inlet facing South with all of the real raging going on in the West facing coasts. It still gets fucked by the weather and angry Mother Ocean every couple of years.

Rip rap is ugly and restricts access except to the billy goats who can climb over it. The walls look nice, but projected life expectancy isn't that great when one considers the costs, and that the temporary advantages goes to the wealthy who can afford the houses on the oversees.

Mountains can be challenging too. Neighbors have a 3500 sq. ft. house in Tahoe close to a ridge line. He complains that he is sent up there periodically for snow management, and the back deck collapsed a winter past. He went up once and the snow blower broke and leaked oil all over. He's pissed off because his lady companion's family go up there and trash the place like a hotel room. She's rich, and coughed up the money for the place, but wants him to do all the butler tasks.
He doesn't hang around the grand kids because they aren't his, but he has the donkey boy tasks for the place.
I bet they sell sometime soon, like many people with second homes who seldom use them.

They came very close to being burned out also in the fires the year before last, it was a squeaker. There was that fire several years ago when nearly everything around Lake Arrowhead went up in smoke, too, in SoCal.

Our previous neighbors in Santa Cruz had a place in Lake Arrowhead, their house was spared, but everything around their place was burned trees and ashes.

My older friend has trusteeship over a family area in the Santa Cruz hills that has a natural spring. I laugh because he has this conservator hat he wears and is constantly feuding with the water district politicians and bureaucrats. This culvert has been washed out by flooding at least three times over the last ten years, carrying a bunch of his crap downstream to parts unknown and carving a deep channel. It also burned down once with the surrounding neighborhood when that thunder storm came through a couple of years ago. He had a tent and tool shed and some other temporary conveniences to stay there, and they all burned down.