Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, said that Californians fleeing high taxes, crime, and other problems shouldn’t relocate to Utah, which has been the fastest-growing state over the past decade and faces a housing and water crunch.
“We would love for people to stay in California instead of coming as refugees to Utah,” Cox said in remarks to reporters in Washington on Feb. 10 after a meeting of governors with President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House.
