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Old 01-12-2023, 12:33 AM
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First Anti-Gun Bill Filed in New Mexico Legislature: Magazine Ban Legislation

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In what is just the first of many attacks on your Second Amendment rights expected during this upcoming legislative session, Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero (D-ABQ) on Monday filed House Bill 50 (HB0050 (nmlegis.gov), legislation making it a felony to possess, use, manufacture, import, purchase, sell, loan, borrow or transfer a magazine or similar device capable of holding 10 or more rounds of ammunition in the state. This restrictive measure contains no grandfather clause for currently- and lawfully-owned magazines and it includes a $1.5 million appropriation to the New Mexico Department of Safety to "administer" this ban if it becomes law...
Democratic lawmaker again introduces legislation to limit gun magazines

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...Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero, D-Albuquerque, on Monday introduced House Bill 50, which would make it a fourth-degree felony to possess or transfer a magazine capable of holding 10 or more rounds.

House Bill 50 includes an appropriation of $1.5 million for fiscal year 2024 to support provisions of the act, including the funding of additional local and statewide law enforcement, courts and incarceration.

The chances of passage for Roybal Caballero's bill remain to be seen — while similar laws have passed in several other Democratic-run states in recent years, a less restrictive version of the bill she introduced last year couldn't even get out of committee. However, the bill is the first in what may be a number of gun control measures likely to be introduced this year as lawmakers grapple with rising crime and look for ways to reduce the potential for mass shootings...

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Congress critters in the Roundhouse are getting started for this session... Lots of real 'gems' to include HB 50, banning 'large capacity' magazines.

I won't go into some of the silly errors in the text of the law, because I'd love for them to be part of the law if passed...

That being said, it's unconstitutional federally, and unconstitutional at the state level as well.

Note that the state constitution expressly allows regulation of concealed carry and nothing else. If the state constitution allowed a ban on magazine capacity, it would say so plainly.

NM Const. A2 S6:

No law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms for security and defense, for lawful hunting and recreational use and for other lawful purposes, but nothing herein shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons. No municipality or county shall regulate, in any way, an incident of the right to keep and bear arms. (As amended November 2, 1971 and November 2, 1986.)

https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%...se/HB0050.HTML
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Wow, they are really pushing the states hard, just in time for their house of cards to fall. The more they pile on these already unconstitutional laws, the faster and better odds that some courts will actually follow Heller, McDonald, and NYSRPA v Bruen.
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If this passes they will get several years of use before any court overturns it. If overturned you won't get your mags back, "mission accomplished".

California has done this for years and it's the model for the other socialist states.
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Going to be a huge number of magazines sold to New Mexico residents. My Son already bought a load just in case.
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Congress critters in the Roundhouse are getting started for this session... Lots of real 'gems' to include HB 50, banning 'large capacity' magazines...
Yep.

Lujan Grisham calls for ban on assault weapons in State of State address

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham called for a series of gun-control measures in the 60-day legislative session during her State of the State address Tuesday, including a ban on assault weapons and legislation that would allow victims of gun violence to sue firearm manufacturers...

In addition to calling for a ban on assault weapons, Lujan Grisham, whose critics painted her as soft on crime as she sought reelection last year, called for closing a loophole on so-called straw purchases that allow criminals “to exploit the system to get a firearm.”...

The governor is also backing gun storage legislation to keep weapons out of the hands of children...

Miranda Viscoli, co-president of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence, called the governor courageous and said her group is “deeply grateful” for her list of gun violence prevention priorities.

“We also hope to pass legislation that would raise the age [from 18] to 21 to purchase semi-automatic firearms,” she said...
That was the emphasis of the article, but there's a whole list of other... 'priorities'... provided in the piece.
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Lujan Grisham calls for ban on assault weapons in State of State address



That was the emphasis of the article, but there's a whole list of other... 'priorities'... provided in the piece.

And.... now we have HB 101 filed.
It's got a few laughable omissions and additions as well.
(https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Re...se/HB0101.html)

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1) Bans "large capacity ammunition feeding devices". No grandfather clause. No exceptions for any particular groups.

2) Bans "assault weapons" which are defined as:
(a) semi-auto rifle with detachable magazine and one 'feature'
(b) semi-auto rifle/pistol with a fixed magazine > 10 rds
(c) semi-auto pistol with detachable magazine that accepts the magazine outside the grip, has a barrel shroud, has a second grip (which would make it not a pistol), or a folding/telescoping/thumbhole stock (I guess fixed stocks on pistols don't make them not pistols? lol)
(d) semi-auto shotguns with a pistol grip or thumbhole stock, any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that can be held by the non-trigger hand, a folding or telescoping stock, a fixed magazine capacity in excess of five rounds, or an ability to accept a detachable magazine
(e) shotguns with revolving cylinders
(f) conversion kits and parts that can be used to make an 'assault weapon'

The AW ban has no grandfathering, but does have the standard exceptions for police, military in pursuance of duty, etc
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Writing is on the wall...we know what the dems are about. Eventually they will use robots to confiscate the guns.
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Wait, so cops and local LEO will not be able to carry 10+ mags in the performance of their duties? That’s new.

Usually they get a carve out.

Since it’s in its infancy, I wonder if there’s been any pushback on this. Seems like NM was lax with gun laws and nothing catastrophic has occurred. Yet all of a sudden, the need for these laws is necessary?
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...Eventually they will use robots to confiscate the guns.
Kinda reminds me of...



Yeah. I know. Those simply represent glitches. The real ones are much... uh... safer... and are incapable of... oh...



Never mind.
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We have a part time legislature. The New Mexico Legislature convenes in Santa Fe at 12:00 noon on the third Tuesday in January of each year. The Legislature holds 60- day sessions in odd-numbered years and 30-day sessions in even- numbered years.

These things get proposed every session, but don't make it through before the session ends... Haven't passed yet. Not trying to downplay the risk though.

Luckily, NM's constitutional RKBA is pretty solidly worded, and recently amended. Hard to argue NM didn't know about AR-15's and whatnot back in 1986, and the fact that explicitly lists the ability to regulate concealed carry without mentioning any other exception makes it hard to find any other authority.
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Seems like guns on movie sets is a bigger issue in NM.
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This is probably not going anywhere. It’s just an anti’s wet dream legislation
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Legislature 2023: Lawmakers pursue gun restrictions

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...But metal detectors now greet visitors to the Roundhouse. And lawmakers – buoyed by support from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham – are introducing a raft of measures this session targeting firearms.

The proposals range from banning the possession of AR-15-style rifles to requiring gun storage away from children...

At the Roundhouse, firearm legislation routinely failed until the Democratic wave of 2018, when Democrats flipped control of the executive branch and sharply expanded their majority in the state House of Representatives...

Lujan Grisham made it clear in her State of the State address that she wants to see more...

She is backing four gun measures in this year’s session:

• Banning the sale of AR-15-style rifles.

• Allowing crime victims to sue gun manufacturers.

• Making it a crime to fail to properly secure a firearm that’s accessible to an unsupervised minor.

• Closing a loophole in state law to allow prosecution when a person buys a gun for a someone who isn’t legally able to make the purchase themselves, a transaction known as a straw purchase...

Gun bills introduced so far

House Bill 9: Create the crime of negligently making a firearm accessible to a minor.

House Bill 50: Prohibit magazines with more than 10 rounds.

House Bill 72: Prohibit possession of semiautomatic firearm converter that allows the weapon to fire more rapidly.

House Bill 100: Establish a 14-day waiting period for the purchase of a firearm.

House Bill 101: Prohibit possession of assault weapons – such as certain semiautomatic rifles and pistols – and magazines of 10 rounds or more.

Senate Bill 44: Prohibit carrying a firearm within 100 feet of a polling place during an election.

Senate Bill 116: Raise the minimum age to 21 for purchasing an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.

Note: Lawmakers can introduce new bills until Feb. 16.
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Sides clash on gun control bills as they advance through committee (Yahoo version if you hit a paywall.)

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One of the biggest battles of this year’s legislative session — the fight over gun control — took center stage Tuesday at the Capitol.

Perhaps predictably, it drew a passionate audience, one likely to grow as a pair of measures continue to move through the Legislature’s committee process.

Supporters and opponents of two gun bills — one imposing a 14-day waiting period on a firearms purchase and another banning the possession, use and transfer of assault weapons — showed up in force to testify before the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee...

House Bill 100 requires a 14-day waiting period before a firearm sale can be completed. Any person or business violating the law would be charged with a misdemeanor offense.

House Bill 101 creates a fourth-degree felony charge for owning, making, selling or transferring assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition feeding devices. A substitute bill introduced during Tuesday’s hearing allows people who currently own assault weapons to keep them if they agree to register them, though the proposal didn’t go over well with firearm owners present for the discussion...

On Monday, members of the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 171, which would make it a fourth-degree felony to manufacture, sell, barter, trade, gift, transfer or acquire automatic firearms and other weapons. Some committee members said the bill may face constitutional challenges going forward.

Meanwhile, Republican efforts to move forward a bill allowing New Mexicans 18 and older to carry guns both in the open and under a jacket on in a purse failed to get past the four Democrats on the House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee.

House Bill 164, sponsored by Rep. John Block, R-Alamogordo, and several other House Republicans, would do away with current carry laws, such as requiring a valid Department of Public Safety-issued conceal-carry permit and taking a mandatory class in gun safety...
NM House Bill 100

NM House Bill 101

NM House Bill 164

NM SB 171

Those were the ones mentioned in the article. For other bills (see preceding post and others)...

NM House Bill 59: CREATING THE CRIME OF UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF A FIREARM WHILE TRAFFICKING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

House Bill 9: Create the crime of negligently making a firearm accessible to a minor.

House Bill 50: Prohibit magazines with more than 10 rounds.

House Bill 72: Prohibit possession of semiautomatic firearm converter that allows the weapon to fire more rapidly.

NM House Bill 224: CREATING THE CRIME OF UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF A FIREARM WITHIN A HIGH POPULATION JURISDICTION AND WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN INTOXICANT OR NARCOTIC

Senate Bill 44: Prohibit carrying a firearm within 100 feet of a polling place during an election.

NM SB 114: PROVIDING FOR LICENSED CONCEALED CARRY OF A FIREARM IN RESTAURANTS THAT SERVE SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS AND CIDER

Senate Bill 116: Raise the minimum age to 21 for purchasing an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.

You're welcome to look for others here... NM Bill Tracker: All Bills in the 2023 Regular Session
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The reactionaries in NM seem to be reacting badly to the NYSRPA v Bruen decision (and the implications to their agenda).
Now it’s libs trying to hurry up and ram it all through before it’s too late.
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Now it’s libs trying to hurry up and ram it all through before it’s too late.
It's already too late. NYSRPA v bruen made that clear. I think we need a re-evaluation of qualified immunity when the lawmakers should reasonably be aware that their conduct constitutes a conspiracy to deprive citizens of their constitutional rights

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I agree that it’s likely already too late for them and almost added that to my post but refrained. I figured someone would come along and point out that scotus has not yet spelled it out in big bold crayon letters. The only thing that will deter these states is to be smacked across the back of the head with a cease and desist.
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It looks like HB 9 has passed the House in New Mexico and is moving on to the Senate.

New Mexico House of Representatives passes gun storage law

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After a lengthy debate, the state House of Representatives voted Thursday afternoon to pass a bill designed to ensure adults keep their guns out of the hands of their children.

The 37-32 vote did not fall entirely along party lines — seven Democrats, mostly representing rural districts, joined the 25 Republicans in the chamber to vote against House Bill 9, one of several gun control measures making their way through the Legislature as lawmakers from both major political parties look for ways to fight crime and reduce gun violence...
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Senate passes first major gun control law of session

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A bill that would hold adults responsible for keeping guns out of the hands of children passed the Senate largely along party lines Friday.

Sen. Benny Shendo Jr., D-Jemez Pueblo, joined Republicans in voting against House Bill 9, which creates two new crimes related to negligently making a firearm accessible to a minor...

If the House agrees to the changes, HB 9 will go to the governor's desk. In a statement Friday, Lujan Grisham said she looked forward to signing it into law...

The bill includes a number of exemptions, including if a minor obtains a firearm "in the course of self-defense or defense of another person" or by "illegal entry" to a gun owner's home.

The Senate added another exemption, which would be if a minor obtains a firearm "with the authorization of the minor's parent or guardian for lawful hunting, lawful recreational use or any other lawful purpose."...
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Sometimes the key to understanding the legislation is that whether or not it passes is not the point in some cases. Fund-raising, deflection of criticism, and campaigning are.

So even in cases where the legislator is sure their bill will not pass, you submit it and then go back to your fascist district and donors and tell them how wonderful you are. Meanwhile others from similarly fascist districts sign on as co-sponsors and use that for fund-raising and campaigning.

It's a fascist gift even if/when there is no chance of being enacted.
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Bill against straw purchases of guns advances in New Mexico

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Legislators from both political parties are rallying behind a gun control bill in New Mexico that would apply felony penalties to straw purchases of firearms, in which a weapon is bought legally in order to sell it to someone who can't lawfully possess a gun.

The state House of Representatives voted 62-3 on Friday to endorse the bill and move it to the Senate for consideration. The Legislature has until noon on March 18 to send bills to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.

House Republican Minority Leader T. Ryan Lane of Aztec cosponsored the bill and highlighted support from several law enforcement agencies...
Here we go with the gun issue again

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Democratic officials rely on the same gun control initiatives to solve problems that these bills don?t actually address. Seven bills were introduced this year. SB171 would ban the sale of automatic firearms?even though they?re already severely regulated and monitored. In reality, it targets semi-automatic firearms; the most used firearm for home and self defense by people who don?t violate the law.

HB306 calls for making firearm straw purchases illegal. It?s already a federal crime, but a bill like this makes it look like you care and are doing something?when you?re really not.

HB101 is an ?assault weapon? ban. That?s a catch-all term to cover any firearm these people want gone, including rifles, pistols, shotguns and various accessories. It calls for anyone currently owning the offending items to be forced into buybacks and government confiscations. It?s everything the gun legislation crowd claims they?d never do...

Lawmakers claim to want ?common sense? legislation?then go on a crusade to strip Americans of rights they don?t like. People who value their 2nd Ammendment and Article II rights oppose any gun legislation because it never stops with reasonable legislation. The extreme is promoted right beside the reasonable.

The solution seems easy. See that those in need recieve mental healthcare. Enforce existing laws. If a bill will harm/limit the rights of law abiding citizens, abandon it. Start there before declaring war on law abiding citizens or playing the victim after failing to find less intrusive solutions.
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They just won't stop, will they?
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Governor wants lawmakers to take up assault weapons ban in 2024

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After failing to get several major gun-control measures across the finish line during this year's 60-day legislative session, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Wednesday she plans ask lawmakers to reconsider a ban on assault weapons in New Mexico next year...

Romero, a Santa Fe Democrat who sponsored during the 60-day session an unsuccessful bill to ban the possession, use and transfer of assault weapons, said the intent isn't an "all-out ban" but responsible use...

The governor announced she would ask lawmakers to reconsider an assault weapons ban when she was asked about a bill the Legislature passed this year that paves the way for funding security improvements at schools...

Lujan Grisham called for an assault weapons ban in her State of the State speech this year. While several bills to ban certain types of rifles or to limit magazine capacity were introduced during this year's session, none of them made it to a vote on the House or Senate floors.

Lawmakers this year did pass a bill penalizing people whose guns end up in the hands of children who use them to commit crimes, as well as one punishing "straw buyers" who purchase guns for people who can't legally have them, such as convicted felons.
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Please excuse my ignorance. What happened in NM that made this tidal wave all of a sudden happen now?

As an above post noted?is it for campaigning, the National stage related to guns or is the state flipping before our eyes.

Thanks for any educational response.
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I'm actually surprised it DIDN'T pass this year in NM
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Please excuse my ignorance. What happened in NM that made this tidal wave all of a sudden happen now?

As an above post noted?is it for campaigning, the National stage related to guns or is the state flipping before our eyes.

Thanks for any educational response.
According to Politico in a 2021 piece... Why the GOP Just Got Blown Out in a Congressional Race...

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...As recently as 2016, Republican Gov. Susana Martinez had just won re-election, Republicans had won the state House and Republican Richard Berry was in his second term as Albuquerque mayor. In the years since, the Republican Party's position in Bernalillo County-the anchor of the first congressional district, where the special election was held-has gradually eroded, taking the party's chances statewide with it. Today, Democrats hold the governor's mansion and a near-supermajority in the state House.

Part of the GOP's decline can be attributed to urban-rural polarization, a process set in motion before Donald Trump's ascent. "The fact is that CD-1 in particular has basically turned into an urban district, and like we see nationally, it's gotten bluer and bluer," said Lonna Rae Atkeson, a political science professor at the University of New Mexico and a frequent commentator on local politics...

But the problems run deeper than one congressional district. The state party is now caught in a catch-22, beholden to a right-wing, Trumpist base, while struggling to regain the votes of more moderate, suburban voters, like the ones who used to buoy Republicans across the first district...

Some Republicans worry that Pearce and his party organization have grown out of touch with the realities of the state's electorate...

"The party's being ripped down the middle, and I think I'm gonna blame Trump for that," said Veteto, but he also said that Trump acolyte Pearce bore responsibility for the New Mexico GOP's recent decline in power. "He's the chairman of our party and hasn't won any elections, except for Yvette Herrell." (Last year, Herrell won Pearce's old House seat, taking back for the Republican Party a traditionally conservative district that Democrats have only represented for four of the last 40 years, including after a narrow upset in 2018.)

In an email statement sent out Thursday morning, the state party blamed the loss in the special election on depressed voter turnout due to lingering anger over the 2020 election, anger that the state party arguably helped foment. "Republican voters were angry from 2020-many questioned election integrity-and stayed home," the statement read. Speaking with POLITICO, Pearce reiterated that sentiment, saying he encountered more anger than he anticipated while knocking doors. Asked if he thought the party bore any responsibility for the loss, Pearce demurred, noting that the party helped with canvassing and fundraising while letting Moores' campaign operate out of its headquarters rent-free. "I think we were very active on behalf of Moores," he said.

Pearce also noted the lack of national Republican investment in the race: The National Republican Congressional Committee, the House GOP's primary campaign arm, sent just $5,000 to the Moores campaign, even after the state senator loaned $200,000 of his own money to his campaign in a bid to make the race competitive and spur national investment. "Maybe there was a shortage of money, I don't know exactly what it was," said Pearce. "That's not my job to get them here."

Today, finding Republicans in the state to run for office is proving difficult...
While Politico is far from an 'objective' source, if you look past the anti-Trump narrative, it looks vaguely familiar; i.e., an increasing urban/rural divide, Republican Party moved further Right in a 'purple' state, a felt lack of representation, lack of funding from national coffers, depression and apathy among Republican voters, not to mention Democrats 'taking advantage' while the GOP relied on their 'history.'

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While Politico is far from an 'objective' source, if you look past the anti-Trump narrative, it looks vaguely familiar; i.e., an increasing urban/rural divide, Republican Party moved further Right in a 'purple' state, a felt lack of representation, lack of funding from national coffers, depression and apathy among Republican voters, not to mention Democrats 'taking advantage' while the GOP relied on their 'history.'
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I also suspect too many californians moving to NM and bringing their politics with them. I suspect the same is part of the problem in Nevada, Washington, Oregon and Colorado. I suspect this will also soon be a problem in Idaho and potentially Texas. The rural west has turned into populous western cities and sparsely populated rural areas.
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I also suspect too many californians moving to NM and bringing their politics with them. I suspect the same is part of the problem in Nevada, Washington, Oregon and Colorado. I suspect this will also soon be a problem in Idaho and potentially Texas. The rural west has turned into populous western cities and sparsely populated rural areas.
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Beset by high housing costs, crippling taxes, astronomical gas prices, wildfires, and rolling blackouts, Californians are heading for the exits. That's sparking anxiety in places where these Golden State migrants are relocating. A mayoral candidate in Boise, Idaho, recently suggested building a wall to keep out Californians, who account for 60 percent of domestic migration into the growing state. The election of increasingly progressive candidates in Colorado sparked talk there of the "Californication" of the Centennial State...

Much of this anxiety revolves around fears that the migrants will transform the politics and culture of the places that they're moving to-bringing an appetite for big, intrusive government. But a new survey suggests that, while plenty of people are looking to leave California, many are fleeing the state's high costs and politics and may not be interested in voting for the same things in their new homes. The poll, by the Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, found that 52 percent of California residents are considering migrating. As these polls go, that's exceptionally high, putting California in the same category as some other states with very unhappy residents. A recent poll in New Jersey, for instance, found that about 44 percent of its people are looking to depart, while 50 percent of Connecticut residents indicated a desire to leave the state in a 2014 Gallup poll, the highest figure among any state at that time...

What set the Berkeley poll apart is that it also asked residents their party affiliation and how they characterized themselves politically?revealing a sharp divide. Conservatives and moderates are the most unhappy with the state and most anxious to leave. Liberals, by contrast, are mostly staying put, and some think life in California is just great. Only 38 percent of Democrats said that they were considering leaving, compared with 55 percent of independents and 71 percent of Republicans. Similarly, those characterizing themselves as "somewhat liberal" were least likely to say that they want to go?fewer than four in ten are considering leaving. But 53 percent of moderates, 66 percent of the "somewhat conservative," and 74 percent of the "very conservative" would like to migrate. Political affiliation, in fact, was more of a predictor of who wants to go or stay than other demographic information, such as race. The poll found, for instance, that 56 percent of white residents and 58 percent of African-Americans would like to leave; and 54 percent of men, compared with 50 percent of women, are thinking of going.

The results also suggest, however, that a political revolution that reverses the direction of California government is becoming increasingly difficult because it?s experiencing the state version of the Curley Effect. That phrase, coined by economists Edward Glaeser and Andrei Shleifer, describes how big-city mayors like James Michael Curley in Boston in the early twentieth century and Coleman Young in Detroit in the mid-to-late twentieth century managed to solidify their political dominance, even as their cities deteriorated because their policies drove out the people most likely to vote against them. That may explain why, despite California facing rising homelessness, increasing drug use, outbreaks of infectious diseases, blackouts, soaring housing costs, and high energy prices, voters and elected officials endorse still-higher taxes and fees, lighter penalties for crimes like drug use and shoplifting, and a government takeover of bankrupt power company Pacific Gas & Electric.

In a much-quoted interview last summer, California governor Gavin Newsom called his state a positive example of where America was heading-proof, he said, that multiculturalism and progressive social values can produce prosperity. "California is America's coming attraction," he said. About half of California begs to differ.
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