California commute: Many first responders are travelling back and forth from California to Idaho
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Caldwell Police Chief Rex Ingram said people are commuting to Idaho for a reason, because they want to be a part of the community.
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My cousin works for LAFD. He told me about a Captain that lives in Texas, manipulates his schedule so he can work 30 days straight, then was able to take 30 days off. Crazy!
Yeah bro you hear some crazy s*** I work in education and there's so many executives that live in other states and bring in that California salary. I thought it was illegal but then you manipulate the address. As long as you have a California address you can really attest and you're set
Wrong… 60 days off
Dam 🦫 that says a lot about kalifornia 🫠
The closer you are to retirement the more it makes sense to live in Texas. If you’re a long way from retirement extreme commutes to Texas makes absolute no sense financially and not a good work life balance. Also, a disservice to your agency for other reasons.
And gets paid massive overtime for doing it. Should not be allowed.
so wait, the guy moved back to california because his wife wanted to home school their kids? that explanation doesnt make any sense. she can home school the kids in idaho.
Maybe, locals found out he is a Dem.
Kids don't just need potato, they need to eat organic fresh salad
I think wife wanted dad home everyday. Not just weekends
Maybe running away didn't feel like the right thing for a hero and his family?
She had a side dude😂
I’ve been commuting from California to North Carolina as a snow cat operator for three years now
A buddy is CHP, lives in Sacramento but works in San Jose. Him and a few officers share a work apartment to avoid the 100 mile commute.
Dang, my husband complained about a 3 hour drive one way. Sad reality! 🙏🙏for all those on the road working hard for your families. You are not forgotten, I appreciate your sacrifice.
I work in the Bay Area, we’ve had officers commuting to NV, TX, TN and Idaho.. Totally worth it..
It’s nice to see the Officials responsible for Public Safety finding the best way to keep their families safe is to move their families out of the areas they are responsible to keep safe.
If I lived in Lancaster I’d also move to a better place, like Compton
LOL!
Yup all the people that used to live in Compton are now living in Lancaster.
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@@DaBinCheyup, even made their way to victimville
I know some first responders who live in Mexico but work in San Diego
They're first responders for the Cartels.
God Bless you for moving back to California, take a few more with you and stay there.
Say's a lot about what happened to that once great state. Thanks Newsome!
MAGA
@@AmericanRebel97it has nothing to do with “maga” and everything to do with newscum, taxes/crime/cost of living is ridiculous in California. Maga has nothing to do with me looking to move out of cal and commute. I can buy 20 acres and BUILD a custom home for the cost of what just a basic renovation on my home here costs on 1/7th an acre! It’s basic math
Great enough to pay these ungrateful assholes enough to live and commute from anywhere in the country. Yeah, what a horrible state they say, while cashing that tax payer funded paycheck.
i know a first responder who lives in Phoenix Arizona and drives to the fire station in Orange county. full time. just insane situation.
Nurses working the Bay Area but commute from Atlanta, New Mexico, Colorado, because of the cost of living
Why would the fire fighter move back to CA? Makes no financial sense.
Yeah, "Move back to homeschool" was an odd explanation. I wonder if that was the reporter freestyling, of if he didn't really provide any details.
More to the story, or the reporter made it up.
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MY guess would be she was willing to home school rather than have her kind in the public schools of South California I would also expect she wanted to be closer to her family.
I made the comment thirty years ago that the primary reason good engineers will work in the San Joaquin Valley is the wife does not want to move away from her parents. With out knowing it I had just described one of my co workers. Interesting job, but the pay sucked.
While living in the Bay Area I met lots of 12 hour shift workers with the family living in the Sierra Foothills.
Harry Anderson from Night Court was my neighbor in Issaquah, Wa. It took him less time to fly into Burbank and go to work than driving from his home in LA.
I know a retired guy that left for Idaho. He was back in 18 months.
Why?
@@theotheleo6830 Didn’t ask. He just reappeared
I know a retired guy too…. Maybe the same guy
That the benefit of freedom. You can do what is best for you and your family.
On the California tax payers dime. These are the real welfare cheats.
I rented in Orange County, Ca and have been commuting to my home in Nevada on weekends since Dec 2020.
Florida is offering signing bonuses for experienced police and firefighters, PLUS some counties and localities are offering additional bonuses and even moving expenses.
No snow, no ice, no state income tax.
We also passed a state constitutional amendment granting an additional property tax exemption to first responders.
I-10 east. See you soon!
Im a lyft driver in LA and have picked up many LA firefighters at LAX coming from Texas and Sand Point Idaho.
Good money
Fire Fighters,EMT's make significantly more money and have better benefits and pensions than if they worked in Idaho.
A Fire Fighter in LA averages 92,000 a year.
In Idaho it's 51,000.
This difference goes for nearly all professions.
The cost of housing in ADA county though is approaching parallel with CA.
I feel sorry for the citizens of Idaho. As it has been for generations; The young and educated will have to leave Idaho if they want to have a decent life economically.
As treasure valley expands and businesses come to Idaho the young and educated will have to leave less as they have more opportunities to find work there as opposed to the past when it was mostly a farming ranching area with little work outside that field.
Not for long. All those Californians moving to Idaho and ruining the place.
@@larryjsmith2767 too late
Yep! Californians have ruined yet ANOTHER state.
The housing went up because they don’t have the houses to begin with not to mention the influx of population. CA causing trouble no matter what.
loves the California salary level and benefits.
Yep, there’s a lot being in said here
that will end soon 75 billion in the RED now
Yeah… what’s being said is that the salary works great if you live in Idaho.
Yeah so? It’s called making your money work better for you 🤷🏻♂️
In 1994, at the time of the Northridge earthquake. Los Angeles found out that 40% of the LAPD lived out of state. Later that year, I was hauling a load of roofing shingles from the factory in Ohio to Pocatello, Idaho. I found out the 4 young men that were unloading my trailer. That their parents were LAPD officers.
This has been going on many years, it’s not new. Only new to the people who hear about police and fire personnel living outside Cali. Utah, Arizona are other states that LA service personnel live. More bang for the your buck….way better for you kids and safer, especially in today’s climate.
Well said
The people of Idaho are going to regret welcoming Californians.
He moved back to CA so his wife can homeschool the kids? That’s an odd statement.
They are commuting from Idaho TO CALIFORNIA, not the other way around. Idaho is their home and they are commuting to work in LA. It doesn't make much sense for someone to make their home in LA and commute to work in Idaho.
Thank you for pointing that out. I wrote a comment referring to that discrepancy also.
Watching this on a plane commuting back to FL from work in the I.E.
Even the Police officer knows its not safe for his family to live locally he just comes collects his check and leaves the state
Los Angeles Police Chief Michael Moore just retired and he's moving to Tennessee.
My grandma used to commute from ID to TX, seasonally for work.
Regardless of who’s coming here and from where, name a state where real estate and the economy is still affordable? Unless you’re living under a rock, the world we are living in is different. Maybe these generational farmers and legacy homeowners shouldn’t be selling out to developers!
This is the only intelligent correct comment on here so far.
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Government has such a choke hold on farmers, ranchers, fishermen they can’t help but sell out.
I do a very similar thing as a nurse commuting to LA from the east coast
This is screwing up Idaho with their California taxed incomes. Idaho needs to start a supertax for Californians
No, it’s screwing up California. California wants that tax base.
How can they possibly make enough money for that to make sense. The prices on Idaho are crazy now.
Wait until you learn how much they pay firemen and how few days a month they actually work, if you can call it work. They get paid for a 24-hour shift but they are only actually on call for 8 hours. The rest of the time they are on standby or sleeping or eating or working out.
I met a hair dresser doing this in SF to Montana 15 yrs ago
I honestly don't understand why people who flee California to another state, after two years, want to move back to California. It just doesn't make sense. There are 48 other states to move to if California and Idaho doesn't work out, but please don't move back to a failed state that is California.
California, without the current politicians, would easily be one of the best states. While its a complete mess here, the weather and the vibe in certain places here is like no other.
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The weather is too expensive.😂
moved back cause of the weather.
most lady's hate snow, and cold.
idaho has lots of both.
Enjoy it while you can.
So it must be discouraging to work for years in the Caldwell Police Department and to bring in a Chief from California. What values does a LA Policeman bring to Idaho?
They bring their real estate equity.
If you're from here, are priced out of home ownership; you can thank them for that as well
Strictly enforcing unconstitutional gun laws just like California ?
@@josephpadula2283 nah... That's a sin in Idaho. We don't even allow registration. Registration = Confiscation.
We don't have a lot of home invasions in Idaho either thanks to the Castle Doctrine. Something the Neo Marxist, Eco Utopians of CA just can't understand.
Probably Conservative values and the first hand knowledge of how democrat policies will destroy citys like in SF or La.
I hope you are right and not my negative comment but my sister lived in Raleigh , N.C . And when they started hiring NYc cops into leadership it was not a positive experience .
I rewatched the video looking at the actual police man not a statistical one and indicators Are you are correct .
I live an hour east of Reno, NV and used to work in the bay area during the week and drive home on the weekends. I would see a lot of people doing the same thing. I got paid for the drive though and the company covered the hotel room & per diem.
So much for living in the neighborhoods you "protect and serve". No wonder there's a disconnection.
Wait until the big disaster hits and those first responders can’t make it to their job right away and then those municipalities will clamp down on them
Exactly! These long distance commuting 1st responders are potentially endangering the lives of their coworkers. A similar situation actually occurred during the 92 Riot. Due to incompetence the day shift personnel were allowed go home and when the alert was issued they couldn't return to the city to assist their coworkers 🤔
The first thing is that most depts have very few people who long haul commutes like this. 10 guys who live out of state aren’t going to make a huge impact in a dept of any large city like LA. As for fire depts only so many people can sit on a fire engine, so if you have a ton of off duty guys showing up they usually don’t end up being able to do much. The other big thing is that city’s like LA and San Francisco are so crime ridden most first responders live long distance outside of those city’s anyways. If the big one hit and freeways and buildings came down most of the depts aren’t going to have guys that could make it back anytime soon. The majority of the people you’ll have in the first 24 hrs are guys that were on duty already. Depts are strapped for resources already. City’s like LA and SF are understaffed by police ( thank you democrats) for the defund the police movements. If a true disaster hit they would be instantly overwhelmed and the majority of people would not be getting any help anytime soon anyways. In SF police respond to priority calls while some calls don’t get an officer coming out at all. Just imagine a situation where everyone is calling 911. San Francisco has something like 50 fire engines and if another great quake rocked the city after the first 50 fires and engines are committed to that fire no one else is getting a fire company coming for any time soon, no matter how many off duty people show back up to work. Another thing to consider is if you were off duty and that disaster hit would you race into work or would you make sure your family is safe, parents are safe, make sure you can get your kids back home from school safely first before racing off to work. Odds are if your police or fire and your off duty racing back to work is not your first priority in life.
At That Point They ll be very pleased with the decision to live in the Redoubt
Unfortunately they won't crack down on it, this happened during the Loma Prieta earthquake, there weren't enough firemen to respond because so many of them lived out of state.
It's a choice. They don't want to live in LA.
so if there is a massive earthquake and there are no flights then what?
Californicators are on their own.
Drive, no big deal.
@@Moondoggy1941 about 16 hours of drive many people will die waiting
Then they'll be watching it on TV.
It’s like 1% or less do the commute to out of state. My dept has 1500 firefighters and I know of MAYBE 6-7 guys who live out of state. Most live in the Bay Area.
Air travel can be very good
Same here in Arizona
Don’t we need our first responders to live locally in case of emergency?
If something like an earthquake, or major event takes place, they will have to stay in the city.
No! They used to have a residency rule about 50 or so miles from a city but that was ruled unconstitutional as a scheduled employee can live anywhere so long as they are there for their shift. No different than the people now working from home, they can no live anywhere as long as they still log in and do their job
@@Uisci81 that’s kind of crummy. They are first responders, after all. It’s not as if they didn’t sign up for it. In an emergency we could need all hands on deck right away.
This is exactly what happened during the Loma Prieta earthquake. Not enough firemen available immediately because they all lived out of state.
@@PlumbNutz This is a little off-topic, but it’s an amazing thing to see when there’s a major fire and all the engines from across the country are here. They were camped out near where I was going to graduate school and I went over to see if a guy I went to college who became a firefighter with was there. I walked among the engines asking the guys if that city’s fire department was there, and they all wanted hugs. 🥰
They clearly are being paid too much! I also want first responders who are part of the community and thus care about us
You can definitely say that about fireman. There is a waiting list to be a fireman and they all have second jobs also. Can't really say that about police officers however, every Police Department in the nation is short-handed. Nobody is interested in police work for obvious reasons.
“I moved back because my wife wanted to HOME SCHOOL the kids” 😂
I can’t believe Caldwell didn’t pick a black woman to be Chief of Police. What’s wrong with THEM ?
My buddy does this and I’m looking at buying in Montana and commuting
How does this even make any sense unless you are a firefighter where you get sleep at firehouse ?
nurses do this too. temp nurses do 3 assignments in california to pay less taxes. and live in other states on their down time
The taxes you pay in California are given back at tax season, in which idaho will tax you on what you made in California.
Paying taxes in two states? No one said cops were the most brightest individuals.
You have no choice. You have to pay taxes in two states. It probably outweighs working in Idaho and making Idaho salary
@user-vm5ps9ik8c False. You don't get double taxed. I have worked in California many times living in kansas. I pay the CA taxes on my paycheck. When filing taxes I get a refund from California of all the taxes I paid into the state. Then, I will owe the taxes to kansas of what I made in California. A lot of people who work on the road live in a state that has no income tax. They get the taxes back from the other states that take it out.
Double taxation is usually avoided using what's called the "Other State tax credit".
Hopefully these guys also realize the reason they have to do this commute is because of voting in democrats.
So living outta state is the new suburbs...go figure
nurses get paid more in california than in other states
This is common in the profession.
And yet they continue to receive pay raises. Yes, I'm grateful for their service and yes it's a dangerous job. I just don't like paying them to commute to Idaho.
Fireman is actually not a dangerous job. Not even in the top 20. Statistically the average citizen has a greater chance of dying in a fire then a fireman.
What’s wrong with Chatsworth?
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They don't have jobs in Idaho?
Very few & low paying
First responder what if there is a major earthquake in LA and airports are closed.
With people attacking judges at home, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of them start airport commuting too
City workers sure are pampered. Typical firefighter works a 24hour shift for 7 days a month. It's time cities switch to volunteer firefighters. And reduce police forces to 75 percent reserve force.
I agree about the fire department. At this point they are just glorified truck washers and stretcher bearers. I think we need more police officers though, crime is rampant and every Police Department in the nation is understaffed. There is a waiting list to be a fireman but nobody is interested in police work.
What do people do for work in Idaho that makes good money? 💵 Is it mainly retail, restaurant, and services?
Nothing that makes good money compared to California. Problem is 6 years ago $50k was considered good money. Now house prices have skyrocketed so as a teacher or police officer you can only afford to rent.
@@robotmanx2009 same here in LA. $100k was fairly good before the pandemic but not anymore. I’d say $125k in 2024 in LA is equivalent to $100k in LA in 2019. This income is only good enough to rent a nice apartment, sad situation but it’s the way things are nowadays.
Newsom's California
His story is very poorly articulated. It says that the officers are commuting from California to Idaho. They are not. They are commuting from Idaho to California. Let’s get our grammar in English straight.
Kali is a cesspool thanks to Government
I support the police and firefighters but if they can afford the commute by plane then we are definitely paying them too much money and we are certainly paying them too much in retirement.
Don’t know about paying them too much to commute because a lot of them work overtime but the generous retirement needs to be looked at for sure.
The reason WHY they are commuting is they are NOT PAID ENOUGH to be able to afford to live in California.
Well if you think they get paid too much you could always do the job. Always amazes me the amount of jealousy that I hear about cops or firefighters getting paid too much with a simple solution as well. Just do the job yourself, always want to complain about first responders, but not about the illegal aliens, worthless homeless spending and other corrupt spending with politicians. But don't get me wrong. I do enjoy my 145K a year pension with cost-of-living increases.
@@johnzizzo3976 Civil Servants get paid too much period. It’s not a knock on your collective bargaining agreement or the job you do or did. It comes down to the one sided unbalanced corrupt politicians in this state who have let this happen. Public servant pensions combined with free handouts to the illegal aliens, drug addicts and homeless will bankrupt the entire state very soon. As for me, I am too old now to do the job otherwise I would gladly trade business travel and the rest of it for a job I could check at the door when the day is done. So at this point the most fiscally responsible thing for me to do is move out of state so I am no paying for these things.
@@mike95826 They can afford to live in California if they live within their means.
These departments should only hire residents. Just train new ones, it's not like they need college degrees.
They did hire residents, but they decided to try make a better life for themselves by deciding where to live. It's called freedom. Also, the Department of Justice had a federal consent decree with the City of Los Angeles for many years that required new hires to live within the city. The Democrats that run the city decided to change that because they weren't getting an acceptable level of diversity hires. The voters that put these people in office have nobody to blame but themselves.
Some Department’s won’t promote you unless you have some college.
Experience is important but education is a plus!
@@MD-ky4ho That makes sense, but they can hire a local resident with a college degree, too.
i love it. we get california's finest & dont have to deal with them living here
People are stupid.
What do you get when you mix California and Idaho? Cali-ho, those who split their lives between California and Idaho Cali-ho-ians.
This comment won't it all have any kind of repercussions in the future? Absolutely not. 😉
It is sooooooo boring in Idaho 😂
Unless your an outdoorsman.
At least you don't have to worry about just walking around the block or even your apt . Pros & Cons you know just a tradeoff for safety and serenity sake
@@podcastfan2544 Good point. I don't even dare walking around downtown LA these days. I recently took my wife to the Perch in downtown LA for our anniversary and paid for valet at the front entrance to park the car for us. There are dangerous homeless and druggies everywhere.
Doul resident..santa cruz/ montaray countys...big sur to davenport. Always watching for the tweaker thieves.
In idaho...leave the jeep running at the store...it's so different and relaxing away from California cultures.
My CA tax payer money going to Idaho another welfare giveaway
These cops would get in trouble if they had their cross burnings in California. Idaho is very welcoming of that kind of thing.
@@paulo7200such a terrible assumption and default go-to for your type
@@paulo7200there's a lot of that in Cali too. Especially LA county cops . Maybe they'll feel at home in Idaho
Pablo has no clue..I laff at you Pablo..enjoy the smell of burning meth ?
your tax payer money is going to all the illegals and the corrupt politicians. Once that check hits their account it is their money not yours. Get your facts straight