“More than seven in 10 residents of several Western states – including Washington (75 percent), California (73 percent), New Mexico (73 percent), Colorado (72 percent), and Oregon (72 percent) – favor laws that would protect LGBT Americans from discrimination,” PRRI researchers..…

The common destinations of California out-migrants were Texas, Nevada, and Washington. ... Every worker who ends up Texas, Nevada, or Washington, rather than California, raises the carbon footprint.. ..…

California's then-Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill last year that will allow past cannabis convictions to be dismissed or sealed if the quantities in question would no longer violate the law under the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, passed by California voters in Proposition 64 in 2016...…