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The Woolsey Fire burns in Agoura Hills, California, on November 9, 2018.
- In the last decade, California has seen a devastating drought, enormous and deadly fires, and a skyrocketing homeless population.
- Taken together, these factors are making the state increasingly unlivable.
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California is becoming a precarious place to live.
Seven of the state's 10 most destructive fires in history have occurred in the last decade. From 2011 to 2015, the state endured a major drought that forced families in the Central Valley to bathe from buckets and drink water from plastic jugs to avoid contamination. California's homeless population has gotten so high that it now makes up a quarter of the national total.
These problems are only getting worse.
Rents are climbing throughout the state, and the effects of climate change have become more pronounced, posing fundamental threats to the safety and livelihoods of California residents.
Here's how the California dream is turning into a nightmare.