Californians fleeing the Golden State for tax breaks and other services in Nevada

Thousands of Californians leaving the Golden State seeking to escape growing homelessness and the high cost of living are landing in neighboring Nevada, encroaching on the state’s few major cities.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Reno area has seen 25,000 new residents according to reports and is expected to be one of the fastest growing cities in the coming years.

An article published by the Los Angeles Times Thursday found out that crowds of residents are moving to northern Nevada and causing problems with pre-arranged residents who are seeing price hikes and traffic problems.

Former Californians are looking for the ‘perfect elixir: a California party without a hangover.’

California residents and businesses began moving to the northern Nevada region in 2014, when Tesla began building a battery pack factory outside Reno.

The Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center has become the largest industrial center in the world, covering 166 square miles.

The center is so large that it is about the size of New Orleans, Louisiana.

The biggest draw for business owners? Massive tax breaks.

The Reno facility also offers businesses a quick permitting process, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Business moves and the COVID-19 pandemic spurred a new wave of Californians heading east and recreating their California lifestyle as a “tech hub with convenient communities, economic growth, and mountain views, without the hassles.” Of California”.

“Here, they can retire or work from home or from the ski slopes while maintaining close ties to the San Francisco Bay Area or Los Angeles,” the LA Times reported.

Along with its movement, however, has come the development of luxury apartments and houses, as well as commercial districts and more services.

This has resulted in significant problems for Nevadans.

Californians who can afford higher rents or lower down payments are paying local house and apartment prices, LA Times. shared.

These issues arise when Nevadans are already struggling with their own issues of homelessness and drug addiction.

Additionally, the state continues to record some of the lowest levels standardized test scores on a national scale.

Despite these problems, companies appear to be doubling down on the state.

In January, Tesla announced that it would invest more than $3.5 billion to grow the company’s gigafactory.

The measure will add approximately 3,000 new jobs.

Tesla was initially awarded a $1.3 billion subsidy package to attract business to Nevada and outbid California. Your new factory is ‘likely’ to qualify for a similar advantage.

Notable companies that have opened operations in Nevada in recent years include companies such as Tesla, Panasonic, Apple, Nanotech, Google, and Walmart.

According to a recent study by Claremont McKenna College, in addition to New York and Las Vegas, Reno has been the most prominent city for welcoming expatriates from California.

The industrial park’s co-developer, Lance Gilman, told the Los Angeles Times that he knew the area would be a success because of major trucking routes and cheap land.

“This is the first and only place they can go unless they’re clearly having fun in the desert, which is too far out,” Gilman said.

The co-developer said a grading permit can be obtained in seven days and a building can be obtained in as little as 30.

‘Where in the United States can you do that?’ Gilman said.

“It’s a giant tax haven,” said Mike Pilcher, president of the North Central Nevada Labor Council.

The rising cost of living in Nevada does not seem to deter California residents from moving.

Californians are tired of the rampant crime, drug use, and homelessness of the state.

In San Francisco, one of the main open-air drug markets was criticized by the public for becoming a magnet for crime and other issues.

Residents have also expressed anger at police response times.

‘Did you call the police; nobody’s coming. There’s nothing I can do,’ a San Francisco resident told the San Francisco Chronicle.

In southern California, the high cost of living has created an epidemic of homelessness.

In December, newly elected Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass officially declared a state of emergency over the city’s homeless crisis.

Bass had sworn to take action on the issue immediately, and he kept his promise.

At the time, he said he was “using the emergency order is our ability to speed things up.”

“I will not accept a homelessness crisis that afflicts more than 40,000 people and affects all of us,” the former progressive congresswoman said during her swearing-in.

Earlier this week, Bass officially clear six homeless encampments while working with city leaders on their ‘Inside Safe’ program.