High Taxes Leading Cause of California Exodus: Economist

Jim Doti, president emeritus of Chapman University speaks at the Economic Forecast Update 2022 in Orange, Calif., on June 23, 2022. Zach Li/The Epoch Times
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People are leaving the Golden State primarily because of high taxes, according to an economist at Chapman University.

Jim Doti, president emeritus of Chapman, whose A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research forecasts economic trends, conducted a survey with 75 different metropolitan areas around the nation, looking at taxes and housing prices in those areas.