[quote=peterb]It will be interesting to see if the welfare is really cut or not. And what ramifications would come from it? Perhaps a rise in the crime rate? Who knows. CA does not have a sustainable game plan, so it must be changed. People could leave, but where would they go?
It may be a very wise strategy to stay very flexible in these uncertain times. Life in CA may become very nasty for a while.[/quote]

“Perhaps a rise in the crime rate?” I don’t know about this. I’m betting there are cities all over Mexico – just to use our neighbor to the south as an example – where the population is far poorer than San Diego’s – even adjusting for welfare cuts – that don’t have the sort of crime problems you’re envisioning. Sure, there might be some modest uptick, but I don’t foresee a Death Wish scenario where I can’t walk outside without four folks trying to mug me in four separate incidences over two hours (man, that guy was unlucky).