New California color is gray, not gold, as ‘aging tsunami’ arrives

[KamaAina]

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/dan-walters/article45009978.html

From the beach party movies of the 1960s to the hippies of the 1970s and Silicon Valley’s baby billionaires today, California has long projected a youthful ambiance.

That’s about to change in a big way. The aging of California’s huge post-World War II baby-boom generation, combined with plummeting birth and immigration rates, means the Golden State is quickly going gray.

A huge growth in the over-65 population, from about 4.5 million today to more than 11 million by 2050 – nearly a quarter of the state’s residents then – will disrupt labor markets as it imposes major new costs on taxpayers for health care and other services.

It could also alter the state’s politics as the elderly become a decisive voting bloc, not only because of rising numbers but because the propensity to vote increases with age.

[bayareaboy]

1. I'm amazed...

That Dan Walters talked about something else besides, how he hates Jerry Brown so much.As much as a hundred hot suns!

The Sac bee has always more together than other papers, but somehow they look to the right-wing, with Dan Walters.

[PasadenaTrudy]

2. That's me and my brother

Both born here, he's 59, I'm 51. We got to experience CA when it was groovy at least

[Lordquinton]

3. I lived in an area with a huge retirement community

It was hard getting thinga like school measures passed.