Woke California Drives Away Americans as Only Six-Figure Incomes Are Welcome in Bay Area

Woke California Drives Away Americans as Only Six-Figure Incomes Are Welcome in Bay Area

Once upon a time, California symbolized prosperity. It was the shining city on a hill of American success—beaches, booming business, endless opportunity. Families could thrive, workers could buy homes, and the future felt limitless under the California sun.

Then the Democrats took hold. Sky-high taxes, open-border policies, bloated entitlement programs, and a government utterly allergic to fiscal restraint transformed the “Golden State” into something unrecognizable. And if you think that’s an exaggeration, consider this: One major California region now says you’re “low income” even if you’re earning a six-figure salary.

Sound nuts? It is. Welcome to the Bay Area—where policy dreams meet real-world nightmare.

From boom to bust: the cost of liberal dreams
California’s liberal machine has managed the seemingly impossible: making upper-middle-class earners qualify for poverty programs. The 2025 income thresholds released by the California Department of Housing and Community Development are jaw-dropping and perfectly emblematic of a collapsing system.


From The Post Millennial:

“Santa Clara County now has the highest low-income threshold for a single-person household at $111,700. The amount is a $33,150 increase since 2020.”

In other words, you could be making well over $100K on your own, and still be officially considered “low income.” And that’s not a fluke—it’s a trend. San Mateo, Marin, and San Francisco counties have near-identical thresholds, all sitting above $109,000 for individuals.

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