Gavin Newsom Is In Trouble With Congress – This Will Go Really Bad for Him

Gavin Newsom Is In Trouble With Congress – This Will Go Really Bad for Him

But California leads the nation in several negative metrics, most notably claiming the highest cost-adjusted poverty rate in the country (around 17.7%), the highest rate of homelessness, and some of the highest combined state and local tax burdens, including the highest gas taxes and maximum marginal income tax rates.

When factoring in the cost of housing, California has the highest poverty rates in the country.

The state consistently ranks at or near the bottom in national affordability indices, driven by an extremely high median home price.