On the issue of housing and lack of it in our county and district. Can we just blame our existing politicians who make local and national rules? The over regulation that Mr. Caldwell is describing surely exists, and slows down all building projects, and stops most projects from getting off the ground. When builders cannot make a project pencil out, that is the end of the project. And this should be noted when the city or county wants to get involved with a building project like the Macy's downtown development that the city partnered with. Without the cities 'help' and tax breaks, these projects would not have penciled out and would have been abandoned. Now we can see these giant white elephants sitting empty, because of distortions caused by government butting into the building process.

In the area of housing, county wide, prices are too high for most people. Families must double up, young people must live two to a room and worse. But one of the biggest causes of so called housing shortage is an over population caused once again by government interference. If we look at the numbers - When our city votes to be a sanctuary city, or when our local Congressman Salud Carbajal votes in congress for open borders policies, the result has been to bring in 10 million illegal aliens in the last few years. And ten million is a 3.3% increase of our nations population.

In our 24th district of 750,711 people that 3.3%  increase means 750,711 X .03 = 24,773 new people living in our district. These are new, out of work, unemployed and unskilled men, just sitting around, collecting welfare, taking up space, hospital space, police, schools and housing space. These new unemployed, broke people that Congressman Salud has unwittingly brought into our neighborhoods are the main cause of our so called housing crises. If there were suddenly 24,773 fewer people in the county, there would suddenly be many places for rent over night and prices would drop accordingly.  

 Question is: did Salud create 24,774 new jobs for these new men? No. We are supposed to employ them all or else. How many gardeners and pot farmers do we need here? And did Salud create 24,774 new apartments for anyone?  And the answer is a resounding no. There are no new apartments and no new jobs because of excessive and unrelenting government regulation on building and business as Mr. Caldwell points out every other week!

And certainly Salud has not created a single job anywhere, except maybe a few staffers. And Carbajal is very proud of using taxpayer funding for one apartment building for 100 illegal aliens in Guadalupe, while he imported 24,773 new guys into our district. New illegal immigrants with no money, no skills to hang out on our streets and be given welfare, while our governments destroy the manufacturing business, and destroy the energy business and so what is left? Will everyone work for the government soon?

So it's no wonder there are not enough living units for average American families here. We could tell Salud NO, America is not your dumping ground. And say that our district is not a giant welfare hotel.  But unless we change politicians who vote for these policies, these are results of forces beyond our control. Forces in DC, the DNC, from Davos, from the central banks that decide America needs to be fortified with 10 million young men every few years.

I for one disagree with these policies of flooding America.

Thomas Cole for Congress. CA CD 24