What an ignorant remark. Come to the shelter in my town and talk to these people. We're sending a family to Houston tomorrow. He has been offered a job. Get it? He was working before he was forced out of NO and he's going to be employeed again in a couple of days.
I would certainly discourage any of our guests to choose Calif. They might run into someone like you.
Please do all the discouraging that you can muster up!