I think everyone who can should, and should get everyone they know who can, to do so too. this is a crisis, not a movie. we are the players in the story unfolding. so choose your roles and get in the game for some real positive change.BOTTOM LINE1. what are the real issues2. how can they be solved3. what is the best way to carry this out4. get to it

:roll: I once worked with a Special effects guy who was a police officer for twenty years in Kentucky prior to become an Effects man on movies.

Just try driving somewhere during daylight hours, going to a restaurant or movie on a weekend, or attending a public event, such as the County Fair or Sawdust Festival.Yes, if several million people left California, we could downgrade our status to simply "Cramped".

I do see the piracy issue, seems like copywritten materials, movies, songs or print could be encoded somehow and when downlloaded could be checked against a data base and if it didn't pass, the stuff would just smoke or not play.

California is a HUGE state with a very long coastline, and various priced markets along the coast that have beautiful scenery, from the giant Redwoods and ocean with rock outcroppings, and lush greenery (site of Jurassic Park movies)  of the northern coastal areas of Humboldt and Del Norte counties, down to San Diego, etc.

Why would sports stars, music stars, movie stars buy almost walking distance from your front door?

Here are some of the greatest hits from the past decade: Stockton Breaks Homicide Record in "Bizarre" Shooting SpreeStockton, CA is Now Officially America's Most Miserable City 600 Police Gunshots Fired During Stockton Bank Robbery Declared "Excessive"Stockton is the Largest City in the Nation's History to File for BankruptcyFormer Stockton Mayor Arrested for Embezzlement and Playing Strip Poker with MinorsNo wonder most of you think Stockton plays out like a video calculating Arnold Schwarzenegger's Movie Kill Count.

The movie big short tells you how to short real estate - CDS.  

I work on movies and tv shows and rent equipment to those same shows (exciting right???). 

People are then having most money going to gas so they cut back on eating out, buying clothes,movies,etc.