Matters of Policy & Politics

Matters Of Policy & Politics: The Little Dutch Boy

What this year’s legislative batch of bills says about the Golden State.

Matters of Policy & Politics•October 14, 2021
Matters Of Policy & Politics: The Little Dutch Boy

California’s bill-signing session concludes with hundreds of new state laws – many long on woke symbolism. Hoover senior fellow Lee Ohanian and distinguished policy fellow Bill Whalen, both contributors to Hoover’s “California on Your Mind” web channel, discuss what this year’s legislative batch says about the Golden State, its war on fossil fuels, a new ethnic-studies mandate, Elon Musk’s decision to relocate Tesla’s headquarters to Texas, plus the Giants’-Dodgers baseball rivalry as a window into California’s north-south divide.

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Lee Ohanian

Lee Ohanian

Bill Whalen

Bill Whalen

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