California’s hidden Border Patrol
People don’t know that California is much stricter about border patrol for insects or plants, than for illegal immigrants. This is a farming state, boy!
They also weigh trucks at the border. (I’m not sure why.) These are called agricultural inspections, and they’re not kidding: they fine hard if you’re bringing in some bug or plant that might hurt our bugs and crops.
In any case, you sometimes have to go through these checkpoints leaving the state, as well as moving in. And the guards at this checkpoint, or border station in the cartoon give you an important message while you’re there!
And more businesses and residents are doing just that – leaving California. From the AP:
California’s population fell by more than 182,000 last year, the first yearly loss ever recorded for the nation’s most populous state…
California has been steadily losing people to other states for years. From 2010 to 2020, about 6.1 million people left for other states and only 4.9 million arrived from other parts of the country, according to an analysis of census data by the Public Policy Institute of California.
Cartoon ideas for checkpoints
( Note on the cartoon layout: I didn’t plan it, but the two dialogue pointers for the dialogue go opposite to the lines of the peaked roof, which makes a pretty dynamic drawing If you’re into design like that.)
I can’t believe the LA Times didn’t buy this cartoon! But LA Daily News grabbed it and ran with it above the fold in the Sunday edition! They’re proud of our Hollywood celebrities: “the beautiful people” in the cartoon, but don’t mind making fun of them, too. 🙂
From my weekly cartoon feature on California news & politics. Try out this California cartoon for powerpoint, newsletters, blogs, books, etc. Details here.
ID #120116q Caption: Leaving California Checkpoint. Two border guards say Your business is welcome in other states! But you won’t be “the beautiful people” anymore.
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