Fleeing their future, the Californian emigration awakens the great ‘gold’ of Florida.
“My whole family is still in California. We left our whole family. My parents don’t see their grandson that we had here in South Florida. So it hurts not being able to have those close moments with your family,” Rivani continued. “However, at the end of the day, I had to say enough is enough, and I had to think for the benefit of my family and their future. And if I see that something might happen. [for] coming back or changing in the near future, I would have stayed and stuck. I just don’t see that happening.”
“If you’re really going to keep a low welfare state, which is where California is going,” Kotkin warned, “you’re going to have to tax hell on the middle and upper levels, because that’s where the money is. And I think that’s what’s going to happen next.”
“Part of the problem is that you’re paying these costs that you can’t choose … Whether the wealth tax passes or not, I don’t think it’s going to make a big difference either way, but what if you’re a business owner, what are they going to get next?” the professor increased. “You have a legislature that is completely controlled by public servants. So, the public servant is in their position to tax the people as much as possible. The problem is that no one has explained that eventually, you run out of money, and eventually there will have to be some kind of cutbacks. I think California is going through a very difficult period right now, and I don’t see it in the future.”
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Weiss saw a similar decline, arguing that California’s favorable weather may not be enough to support the housing market, despite remaining optimistic about the number of fire victims’ homes he helped relocate.
“We’ve had people say, ‘Okay, we’re going to go back,’ and then they start the construction process, and they say, ‘You know, I can’t do it. It’s very sad. It’s not the same community,'” Weiss points out. “My clients are very close, they were lucky enough to buy another house, but they were going to rebuild and they have a lot of space, they decided not to rebuild… It’s still painful for people. People are recovering and repairing, but it’s emotional.”
“I invite Mayor Bass or Gavin Newsom [hop] I got into my car and went to live in some of these families’ living rooms to see what they were dealing with financially. I’ll be more than happy to sit down,” said the agent. “These are not just high-profile issues.”
As Californians continue to grapple with the Golden State’s financial crisis, community leaders in Los Angeles County are advocating for political change to rescue struggling locals under financial pressure.
Mayor Karen Bass’ office did not respond to multiple interview requests from Fox News Digital. Although Gov. Newsom, who is not running for re-election this year, has spoken out publicly against the proposed billionaire tax and was reportedly left sick when he heard about the outflow of his empire’s wealth.
“I feel a great sense of loss and disappointment that I can’t really raise my daughters to live in California. I think it’s a very sad thing to see a place where, when I arrived in 1971, this was the place to be,” said Kotkin. “I think we’re eating our own seed corn. We’re not the destination for global talent the way we used to be… Even if the California Dream is over, I still think it’s not certain. But I think the state has to make real changes. First, we have to get away from the current climate… Unless there’s some kind of big change and most of them will continue to change extreme poverty, and I think most of them will continue to change poverty. That’s a disaster and I think it’s a violation of that it’s what California is all about.”
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Rivani’s office on Michigan Avenue will be the new home of Playboy’s global HQ and the offices of “Shark Tank’s” Daymond John.
“Everybody keeps telling me, California has to come back. Has Detroit ever come back? Has Minnesota ever come back?” Rivani said at his $100 million Class X office he is preparing to open in Miami Beach. “Our gas prices are a fraction of the cost of California. Our cost of living is still cheaper than California, but best of all, whether you’re low-income or high-income, you pay zero taxes. That puts more money in your family’s pocket every day.”
“I think this is just the beginning of the gold rush in Miami. I think it’s just the beginning of the gold rush in all of South Florida,” Rivani said. “There is no such thing [California] that makes me want to invest in such a situation and, I mean, unless there is a complete disruption of the financial beliefs of that economy, I can’t do it.”
“Just call the U-Haul company, get your butts in the truck, and get your asses out of here because you’re going to miss the gold.”
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