The Sports Illustrated model is moving her family from California due to the state’s out-of-control crime and homelessness crisis.
Former Sports Illustrated model Kristen Ruel Gaffney and her husband, former NFL running back Tyler Gaffney, are moving their family to Nashville, Tennessee. The couple was born and raised in California, but felt the need to move to Nashville for the sake of their three children when living conditions became too much to bear.
Gaffney called California’s current situation “embarrassing” and “sad.”
“I mean we already have the highest taxes. We should definitely have the most beautiful state, the cleanest state,” she said on “Jesse Watters Prime Time.” “But instead, we have the largest homelessness problem in America.”
she Added“We keep on giving. What more do you want from us?”
Early this month, state audit California spent $24 billion over the past five years to combat homelessness, but researchers found that the state did not consistently track whether the huge public spending actually did anything to improve the problem. did.
James Gallagher, the Republican leader in the California Assembly, criticized the Newsom administration.
“This is classic Gavin Newsom: making flashy announcements, wasting a lot of taxpayer money, and completely underachieving,” Gallagher said. fox news. “Californians are tired of our homelessness crisis, but we’re even more tired of Gavin’s excuses. We need results, period, period.”
Gaffney noted that San Diego is no longer safe.
“You know, coming to California, it’s the city of dreams, the state of dreams, right? I might think I can do anything here, but I’m not safe anymore. I’m nervous about going to the grocery store. “I don’t go anywhere, especially in metropolitan areas, unless I’m with my husband, and I certainly don’t take my children within city limits,” she said.
Even the progressive Democratic mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, is not immune to rampant crime.her house is was invaded early Sunday morning. This is the second time in the past three years that Bass’ home has been broken into.
When asked what she would say to California Governor Gavin Newsom, Gaffney said, “Sit down for a second. It’s time to let someone else clean up the state you love.”
He said Newsom has “fumbled repeatedly” in governing California.
Gaffney has vowed not to bring Democratic politics to the red state of Tennessee.
An analysis of Internal Revenue Service statistics found that California lost the most income tax revenue in 2021 due to massive out-of-state outflows. The study found that California lost approximately $340 million in 2021 IRS tax revenue.
A number of celebrities have left California in recent years, including Angelina Jolie, Joe Rogan, Sylvester Stallone, Mark Wahlberg and Scott Baio.
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