"I had to start carrying a gun everywhere. When my house got robbed, they cut the safe out of the ground and got me for $375,000 in cash."
The gorgeous coastal hamlet of Huntington Beach, the jewel in the Orange County crown it’s said and only a short thirty-five miles or three hours drive from downtown Los Angeles, is in mourning tonight after it was revealed UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz had fled the joint due to crime, homelessness, and the ed system teaching chillun how to tuck and power bottom in school etc.
“I never wanted to leave California. But I left because of the crime, the fraud and the growing threat to the safety of my children,” Ortiz said.
“The streets are lawless. There’s rampant fraud, there’s threats. I had to get out of there.”
And,
“It was the hardest thing of my life, being born and raised in Huntington Beach for 47 years. The biggest thing was safety — I had to start carrying a gun everywhere I went. When my house got robbed, they cut the safe out of the ground and got me for $375,000 in cash, all my wife’s purses, all our shoes, all our jewelry.
“It was a heartbreaker. The schools — this woke agenda they have in schools in California, what they’re teaching children is criminal.
“I just couldn’t have my children go through that. The homeless encampments built up everywhere in Southern California — it was just too much.
“My kids came first. It was hard for me to do it, but since I’ve done it, I’ve been very happy, very comfortable. The people out here are amazing. I do miss Southern California, of course.”
Tito Ortiz says leaving Huntington Beach after 47 years was “the hardest thing” he’s ever done:
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) September 16, 2026
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From an outside perspective, I’ve always enjoyed my brief stays in Huntington Beach and have been pleasantly surprised by the quality of the much maligned surf there.
A Californian paradise of sorts.
Or no?