BERKELEY (AP) – A popular notion that there was a mass exodus from California last year is wrong, according to research from a non-partisan think tank.
Most of the moves during 2020 took place within the state, the California Policy Lab said Thursday.
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Finding 1: No, there is not a mass exodus of people leaving California. Of the people who moved, about 80% moved to a new place in California, not from the state. But there are some nuances … https://t.co/8x3N3KAAuv Topic (2/6) pic.twitter.com/6pNa19ee4n
– CA Policy Laboratory (@CAPolicyLab) March 4, 2021
The deviation from the state is consistent with historical patterns, but the biggest change across the country was that fewer people moved to California, the lab said in a press release.
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The researchers used a data set of quarterly credit bureau information, called the University of California’s consumer credit panel, to analyze where people from each country moved to after the coronavirus pandemic occurred a year ago.
“Although a mass exodus from California clearly did not take place in 2020, the pandemic did change historical patterns, for example, fewer people moved into the state to replace those who left,” author Natalie Holmes said. .
“At the provincial level, however, San Francisco is experiencing a unique and dramatic exodus that is causing a 50% or 100% increase in Bay Area immigration for some provinces in the Sierras,” Holmes said.
The net output of San Francisco between the end of March and the end of 2020 increased by 649% compared to the same period in 2019. About two-thirds remained within the economic region of the 11-county Bay Area, and 80% remained in California.
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