Something wicked this way comes:
In the days before the cabal enjoyed total power, California boasted a remarkably diverse economy that included not only Silicon Valley and Hollywood, but also some of the country’s largest banks, a highly diversified industrial sector, and thriving oil and aerospace industries that employed hundreds of thousands of largely unionized blue-collar workers. At the turn of the millennium, California job creation was well-distributed in terms of regions, job types, and incomes. This economy proved to be a powerful engine for upward mobility and social progress.
But as the progressives, including Harris, completed their total takeover, California’s economy has been slouching toward what former Gov. Jerry Brown once warned would be a “Johnny-one-note” model, based almost entirely on returns to real estate, tech stocks, and the value of privately held startups. The progressive regulatory tsunami—notably on labor, climate, and energy—hammered all businesses outside the elite tech sector. Harris talks about creating an “opportunity” society by aiding small businesses, but according to the Small Business Regulation Index, progressive California has the worst business climate for small firms in the nation.