Evan White, the co-executive director of the California Policy Lab, details why thousands of residents have left the Golden State in recent years.
By Charlotte Khadra
June 17, 2026
Evan White, the co-executive director of the California Policy Lab, details why thousands of residents have left the Golden State in recent years.
Millions of Californians, in every part of the state, live with an uneasy day-to-day preoccupation: Housing is so expensive here, food and gas and utilities are so expensive — would it make sense to pull up stakes and leave for another state?
