California may well be entering a pre-revolutionary situation as the Marxists would call it.
With the blackouts long since resolved, Mr. Schwarzenegger went down to a humiliating defeat at the hands of public-sector unions when he promoted ballot measures aimed at union power, overspending and gerrymandering that would have reformed the state's politics.
Since the defeat of Arnold's reforms, California has tended to mistake the success of Silicon Valley and Hollywood, whose economic hinterland, talent base and revenue source are the world, for California being well-run.
The wildfire crisis is ultimately the product of a state politics controlled by interest groups whose agenda has drifted out of any cognizable relationship with the daily well-being of the state's average citizen.
Because California accounts for less than 1% of global emissions, nothing it does will make a difference to climate, but its ratepayers shell out billions for wind and solar that might be better spent on fireproofing.
At the same time, state policy obliges them to extend their networks to support housing developments in areas the state designates as "Very high fire risk."
Entrenched one-party government has given California's political class too much incentive to cater to the perpetual, year-round, full-time priorities of public-sector unions, green groups and the organized academic left rather than care about the quality of life for the average person in the state.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/revolutionary-california-11572389585
With the blackouts long since resolved, Mr. Schwarzenegger went down to a humiliating defeat at the hands of public-sector unions when he promoted ballot measures aimed at union power, overspending and gerrymandering that would have reformed the state's politics.
Since the defeat of Arnold's reforms, California has tended to mistake the success of Silicon Valley and Hollywood, whose economic hinterland, talent base and revenue source are the world, for California being well-run.
The wildfire crisis is ultimately the product of a state politics controlled by interest groups whose agenda has drifted out of any cognizable relationship with the daily well-being of the state's average citizen.
Because California accounts for less than 1% of global emissions, nothing it does will make a difference to climate, but its ratepayers shell out billions for wind and solar that might be better spent on fireproofing.
At the same time, state policy obliges them to extend their networks to support housing developments in areas the state designates as "Very high fire risk."
Entrenched one-party government has given California's political class too much incentive to cater to the perpetual, year-round, full-time priorities of public-sector unions, green groups and the organized academic left rather than care about the quality of life for the average person in the state.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/revolutionary-california-11572389585
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