In this 15‑minute PragerU interview, Dennis Prager talks with Will Witt about the alleged mass exodus from California. Prager frames the departure as a direct result of "left‑wing" policies—minimum‑wage hikes, business regulations, and welfare spending—that he claims have made the state unlivable. Witt cites figures that roughly five million people have left California in the past decade, with about 600,000 moving to Texas and 15,000 businesses relocating. The conversation also touches on the influx of illegal immigrants, which Prager argues skews inbound migration statistics. Throughout, they promote the PragerU mini‑documentary “Fleeing California,” urging viewers to watch it via prageru.com/fleeingcalifornia, and use anecdotal references to Colorado bumper stickers and out‑migration to other states as cautionary examples.
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If Texas had California weather and California had Texas weather, the state would empty out.
Yeah, I think that would definitely—
No, I'm not joking. There would be almost no one left in this state. There was nothing, no other reason to be here. Yeah, that is what the left has done. When I say, you know, my motto, the left ruins everything it touches, California is a perfect example.
Yeah, it definitely is. I mean, you're just happening in my home state of Colorado.
That's right. Well, but on the— but nobody's conscious of it because they're all high.
Yeah, that's also true. I know that.
Uh, you know what did I see? You know, I'm in Colorado a lot. I saw bumper stickers, something to the effect of, uh, now that you've gotten high, please leave, or something like that. Are you familiar with that?
I am, yeah. There's tons of people from California and other states who are actually moving to Colorado, and they're destroying that state as well. So I mean, that's why it's important that you watch. If anyone listening needs to watch the documentary, you can go to prageru.com/fleeingcalifornia to watch it. It's important because we showcase how it's California that is the one that is affected by this, but this could be your state in a matter of months with leftist policies. A few leftist policies come in— minimum wage laws, business regulations, welfare spending, all these different things— they come in They can come in kind of sneakily and you don't even know, and then just like that, your state is destroyed and it's a leftist paradise.
The name again, folks, of this— the first time we have a documentary out at PragerU— is called Fleeing California. How many minutes is it?
It's just about 15 minutes.
Yeah, so we call it a mini-documentary, but it certainly gets the message across. You mentioned there— I wish there was a There was another statistic, or I missed it. You mentioned how many people in the last few years have left California. I think 5 million. Do you remember the number?
Yeah, so 5 million people in the last 10 years have left California. 600,000 of those moved to Texas. And in California, 15,000 businesses have actually left the state as well. So it's a lot of people.
Right, but you didn't give the statistic, and I was dying to know it. How many people have moved to California in the last 10 years?
You know, I can't tell you exactly how much that is. Yeah, we didn't include that statistic, but I do believe that California is losing its population. More people are starting to move out.
Right, also, it's not even a fair piece of data because the moving in includes illegal immigrants.
Yeah, well, that totally offsets the population there.
Yes, that's right. So there may be a lot of people moving into California, but they're not US citizens, generally speaking. Alright, we'll be back in a moment, couple of more minutes with Will Witt, who made this terrific, really terrific, it's up at PragerU, prageru.com/fleeingcalifornia.
