Your own links suggest that peak migration was in 2021, when California lost 360,000 people. That's less than 1% of the population. You're also ignoring the fa

Your own links suggest that peak migration was in 2021, when California lost 360,000 people. That's less than 1% of the population. You're also ignoring the fact that Anchor Steam is owned by Sapporo and has been for the last 6 years. This isn't a decision being made by people working in the factory who are angry that they had to wear masks or upset about a rise in homelessness. Despite Musk's political nonsense claims about moving the Tesla HQ, he's still expanding the Fremont factory: https://www.tesla.com/fremont-factory https://www.tesla.com/fremont-factory The most common reason cited for normal companies to leave California is the cost of living, especially housing and labor costs. If the economy were collapsing those costs would be decreasing. California's GDP has also continued to rise, with only a brief blip at the beginning of 2020: https://www.statista.com/statistics/187834/gdp-of-the-us-federal-state-of-california-since-1997/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/187834/gdp-of-the-us-fed... California saw historic budget surpluses from 2021 to 2023: "As a result, in the last two years, the state saw historic budget surpluses—including $47 billion in 2021‑22 and $55 billion in 2022‑23. https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4687 https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4687