California planned fake “new gold rush” to solve affordable housing crisis

(Global Bench Press — Sacramento) In 1849 when the California gold rush was in full swing, ships from around the world converged on San Francisco with hopefuls bent on striking it rich. So many ships arrived at the same time, there was no room on the docks. Captains had no choice but to tie-off on ships already moored on the piers. Soon there was a “ship city” that stretched into San Francisco Bay. Passengers and crew abandoned the ships and headed for their fortunes in the hills.

Sources within state government revealed today that governor Gavin Newsom secretly planned to stage a phony state-wide “New Gold Rush” in an effort to accumulate “ship cities” growing near major ports along the coast. Once abandoned, he planned to turn the ships into affordable housing for 25 percent of the state’s residents, or approximately 10 million people.

The audacious plan soon hit the rocks, however, when an anonymous Twitter account leaked the information in a series of devastating tweets including a copy of an email from the governor to the McDonald’s CEO asking if they interested in placing franchises in 10,000 ocean-liners, cruise ships and cargo vessels situated on the California coast.