Yes, Dorothy, Trump is suing California over eggs!

Interesting.   Santa Monica provides homeless people with tickets out of town, back to where they came from. 

There are some stipulations, but this is what they do to get homeless people out of town. 

 https://nypost.com/2025/07/13/us-news/chic-calif-enclave-sends-homeless-packing-with-free-bus-plane-tickets-many-dont-actually-want-to-be-here/

Has any Liberal concluded why eggs, electricity, and gasoline prices are so high in California?

California has stricter environmental regulations/policies and production costs compared to other states. 

I live in Riverside, and our electricity is 22% lower (Riverside Public Utilities) than the state average.  Also, our gas prices aren't too bad.  I get gas at Costco at $3.73 while the state average is $4.50.  And eggs......I paid $3.99 at Ralph's yesterday, and the state average is $4.95. 

Anyway, I live and work in a really nice neighborhood in Riverside, a couple of miles from downtown, and have access to all necessary services within a few minutes.  I don't worry too much about the rest of the state, although I have family in just about every part of it, and they don't bitch to me about the price of eggs, electricity and gas.    

Appreciate the concern, but life here is just dandy.  I'm just suprised the President of the United States is trying to sue the State of California over egg prices.  Seems like there are a lot of things around the country more important than that to spend his time on, like Medicaid or Social Security and providing our seniors with more affordable healthcare and prescription costs.  Be well.

Edso - Nice to see you live in a nice town, but Riverside is not cheap

https://livingcost.org/cost/united-states/ca/riverside

The average cost of living in Riverside is $2457, which is in the top 10% of the most expensive cities in the world, ranked 921st out of 9294 in our global list, 805th out of 2202 in the United States, and 286th out of 319 in California.

Medicaid or Social Security and providing our seniors with more affordable healthcare and prescription costs

Medicare costs $185 per month and Medicare Advantage can be free and includes prescriptions depending on the program chosen.  Medicare Supplement is more expensive but covers all medical expenses that medicare doesn't cover.

With Medicare supplement, drug plans are $91 per month; not bad.

With Medicaid only healthy adults not working will be dropped and all one needs to do to maintain is work/volunteer 20 hours per week.  Not a tough requirement.

The Medicaid budget is projected to increase 20%; doesn't sound like cuts 

https://taxfoundation.org/statetaxindex/states/california/

Edso is ok with Ca high taxes

California‘s tax system ranks 48th overall on the 2025 State Tax Competitiveness Index. California combines high tax rates with an uncompetitive tax structure, yielding one of the worst rankings on the Index. The state has a great deal going for it, with its mild climate, excellent research universities, and the ongoing agglomeration effects of Silicon Valley, but a tax code that is uncompetitive and threatens to get worse is increasingly driving jobs to other states.

https://taxfoundation.org/statetaxindex/states/california/

There's no such thing as a "Liberal." Ask your question with proper spelling and you might get an answer.

Given your capitalization skills, why didn't you say "california"?

You got faked out by the headline. The NY Post is a MAGA-slanted opinion rag that pretends it's a legitimate newspaper; basically, NY's National Enquirer.

The city of Santa Monica isn't sending homeless people elsewhere, for free or otherwise. What is actually happening is that a few business owners, over their fifth whiskey and soda, have been kicking around the idea of taking up private collections. Nothing will come of it. There is no such official, taxpayer-funded program.

The writer of the story shows his utter ignorance. Santa Monica isn't all that "chic." It's middle and lower middle class, except for a few neighborhoods near the beach. There are large commercial and industrial areas, and the place is frankly a little run down. And "enclave"? The idiot who wrote this screed needs access to a dictionary.

I'm still amazed by the tone, in that these business owners think that because they own a building, they're entitled to control who uses the sidewalk, the street, and the nearby park. 

Santa Monica has a large homeless population because the weather is nice all the time and there are reasonable social services. Moreover, most residents don't get all kerfuffled at THOSE BUMS BREATHING OUR AIR. Really, you see a few tents as you drive by the local park. So what?

Just gotta look for the better deals.....not too hard, Tom. Riverside COL is about 19% higher than the national average, but I also make almost double the amount it takes to live comfortably. 

My job pays me pretty well, so I do pay my high taxes.  It's part of living in the state, so bitching about it won't do anything.  I'm also very fortunate to be married to a financially conscious woman, who knows how to stretch our wages so that we save a good amount, and still get in three to four Vegas trips during the year.  

Three hours from Vegas, an hour from the beach, or mountains. Life is good.  Be well. 

I'll give it a go! Spent about 5 minutes total, used Google AI, and I found it was pretty spot on to my thoughts on this. 

Indy metro population 2,111,040, LA metro population 18,420,000. That's our baseline, let's go!

AI says:

"Larger cities tend to have a higher cost of living compared to medium-sized cities primarily due to increased demand for housing, goods, and services, which drives up prices. This higher demand is often fueled by greater job opportunities, diverse amenities, and a more vibrant cultural scene in larger metropolitan areas.

JD Vance seems to be okay with California.  He brought his family to Disneyland over the weekend.  Just sayin'. 

That was a long read to say things just cost more in larger cities !