Governor Gavin Newsom is running for president. His biggest problem is that he presides over a state that even a New York Times columnist said last week was “Exhibit A In progressive misgovernance.”

Last week, Gavin went on offense and bragged that California now boasts the world’s fourth largest GDP, surpassing Japan.

In a national 2024 survey, only 15% of respondents felt that California was a model for other states and only one-in-three Californians think the state is a good place to achieve the American dream.

But the one statistic that doesn’t lie is that record numbers of Californians are leaving the state for greener pastures.