u tink that nwcomers should hve as much 2 say bout the future of CA as pople who r bone & raised here?
358286
If you're there legally then length of residence should have nothing to do with it. Any legislation enacted affects everyone equally regardless oh how long you've been there.
1026020
Hi, \n\nIf you mean east bay...\n\nBerkeley... California... You Have Me!!\n\nCheers!!\n\n(ONLY JOKING BY THE WAY, DUDE!!)
1011675
my town is great, small, quiet, good schools. we need some smart people here. find a friend who can see about getting you a job and a place to stay.
169756
I think you would do well in California.  There is a wide variety of styles here, as it is a very large state.  Our economy is usually a bit healthier than the country as a whole, and we have a lot of beautiful places to live.\n\nI live in Santa Cruz County, near the middle of the state, and it is the most wonderful place I have ever been.  We are within commute distance of San Jose and the silicon valley, but on the ocean.  People are friendly, but not too in-your-face, and respect privacy.  Newcomers are welcome if they bring marketable skills and have enough resources not to need public assistance.  There is a general tolerance, as there are many different ethic and racial backgrounds in California and in Santa Cruz in particular.  You have to appreciate weirdness, though!
141096
too many "mixes" going around\n\nStay in the USA with onlt AMERICANS\nhelp get our county back
444880
Anywhere is an improvement over Oakland.  If you like California, go to the central valley.  Tracy is booming, so is Modesto.
348184
By jove mate I think your on to something, I wonder how Aussy would like to be the 51 state. I am just kidding.
1092926
Start here, it will get you going in the direction you need.\nhttp://www.corr.ca.gov/Visitors/index.html
465993
If you have spent most your time here - then no ;)\n\nJust kidding .. keep your hopes high! I am sure you will.
294535
This is NO JOKE, people.\nThese people want to take California (and other south western states.) In case you weren't sure, it has already begun. If they want Calif. back...the only way we should give it is without any of the infrastructure that was designed, built and has been maintained by the U.S. \n\nThe land was theirs before, but now it's not. They should get over it. If they want to be Americans, no problem....but if you want to run around town with a Mexican flag, you should do it in Mexico. In case there's any confusion, if you're geographically challenged, that's south of San Diego! Bye bye!!! Hasta Luego! Que te vallas bien y nunca regresan!\n\nSeriously, though. You should go to the site below and read how racist these guys are. (Yes, the same ones who call me racist for wanting my government to enforce the law.) They want to take over what they consider to be already theirs. \n\nWAKE UP, PEOPLE!! This is not a joke, it's serious.
967719
more than cal...i can tell you that!\n\nfight on!
920999
I have lived in so cal all of my life. Sitting Pretty must be well insulated form the problem or just doesn't open her eyes. I used to live in Santa Ana Ca. I had my house broken into and robbed on 5 different occasions. The last time was in plain view of two of my neighbors as this illegal kicked out my front window to carry out my TV. Yes I know he was illegal because he left fingerprints.\nI had to keep the battery to my pick up in the garage to keep it from being stolen (learned that one the hard way too) This was well over 20 years ago before the first amnesty. I finally had to move. Last time I visited that neighborhood everyone had steel bars on their windows and doors.\nWhere I live now the illegals have taken over a city block. So bad is the problem the Police had to put in a sub-station just to try and keep a lid on things. Cops walk a beat in that neighborhood to try to foster good community relations so that at least some of the residents will report crimes to them. Gangs from LA have been seen there trying to recruit the young kids. I see them everywhere now..especially the moms with their little anchor babies. Katsulove is absolutely correct on the costs. Remember Cali tried to pass prop 187 in 1994 because of the huge drain on our economy.\nI know many Americans with hispanic last names and I count them as close personal friends. Actually I married one and you should hear her talk. They don't like what they see any better than I do.
508871
If you born there, don´t make yourself a "questionable" reputation.\n\nIf the blah, blah, blah hurts someone you are thinking as a coward.
191021
Dang. And I was gonna go to Idaho... Well, if you don't want California in Idaho, move all the good paying jobs that came from California back out of Idaho. But you gotta understand something here. Most of those from Cali going to Ida, and from NY anyway. What're we sposed to do about it anyway?\n\nWell hey, go to Office Depot. They have bumper stickers for your printer. Buy a pack and make all sorts of bizarre bumper stickers.
407197
move out of California. It is like the Devil made a deal with the state's first governor. "Oh, I'll give you sunshine...when i knock the roof off your house, home boy!" \n\nYeah, stay away from Cali.
905855
You should just stick with local issues...who the mayor is of their city, etc. Keep it simple, they don't understand the abstract of  US "politics" yet...
866516
california here we come?