Matters of Policy & Politics

Area 45: The State Of The Golden State

Is California Dreaming Away Its Problems?

Matters of Policy & Politics•January 25, 2018
Area 45: The State Of The Golden State

California, the land of anti-Trump “resistance”, has its own problems both irresistible and intractable – mounting public pension debt, underfunded schools, and a revenue stream too dependent upon capital gains. David Crane, a Stanford lecturer, past economic aide to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and co-founder of Govern for California, weighs the health of the state so bitterly opposed to Trump.

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