Just over half of California’s registered voters have considered leaving the state, with soaring housing costs cited as the most common reason for wanting to move, according to a new poll. Young voters were especially likely to cite unaffordable housing as a reason for leaving, according to the latest latest UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll conducted for the Los Angeles Times. But a different group, conservatives, also frequently suggested they wanted to leave — and for a very different reason: They feel alienated from the state’s political culture.
One in five Californians pay more than 50% of their income for housing, according to the state Department of Finance.
The Berkeley IGS poll found that 82% of the 18- to 29-year-olds considering leaving the state cited housing costs as a reason, as did nearly 80% of 30- to 39-year-olds. The poll suggests some “real threats” to California should those voters actually leave. “That impacts the young workforce. The old folks are growing in number, and you can’t have the young folks shrinking in number.”
California's just not as attractive as it seemed to be in the 60s. But Oregon's not very far behind: in Portland, the city's latest "ban plan" to promote "gender neutrality" and demonstrate how "progressive" they are involves -
Yep.
So to make things gender-neutral, the most radically left-wing city in America has reportedly banned urinals from its most iconic building, the Portland Municipal Services Building.
Standing 15 stories high in downtown Portland, Oregon, the building is currently being remodeled, and part of the remodeling involves making its bathrooms gender-neutral.
And it just so happens that in a gender-neutral world, urinals simply cannot exist.
“The City of Portland banned urinals in the remodeled Portland Building,” local station KGW reported last week, adding that this means urinals must be banned “even in the men’s room.”
The Chief Administrative Officer Tom Rinehart wrote to employees,
“I am convinced that this is the right way to ensure success as your employer, remove arbitrary barriers in our community, and provide leadership that is reflective of our shared values."
Well, I don't "share" Tom's "values". And so if I have to visit a city building, one of the first things to happen will involve me peeing on a wall - where the urinals used to be.