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They used to be good.
+1. Georgia has homes selling for 500k in the Walton School district. It's ranked higher than Palo Alto's High Schools. Let that sink in. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/georgia/d... https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/californi...
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California schools system is not good.
Some of the best public elementary, middle/junior, and high schools in the country are in California. Some of the worst are as well. California as a whole has a pretty good public school system. There are certainly issues. But many of them are really just debatable trade offs. For example, the whole San Francisco ed board recall. The main issue (aside from the renaming, which really was a side show to the main event)…
https://wallethub.com/edu/e/states-with-the-best-schools/533...
Ranked 42nd overall, 36th in quality and 51st, ie last in safety.
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Only $50 million for something that seems so socially important? Sounds like an easy win to me.
I think a more relevant take is "how are they going to accomplish this with only $50 million? California can't even build high speed rail with a budget in 10s of billions of dollars and more than a decade of time.
High speed rail involve lots more private land use and local regulations.
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The last time we "reformed" CPUC so that energy markets could be more competitive and reliable, we essentially rendered the whole thing subject to the free markets. Immediately, both PG&E and SoCalEd teetered on the edge of bankruptcy due to corrupt energy traders (e.g., ENRON, but not just them) manipulating the markets. Sometimes, regulation is a good thing.
Reform is not as simple as 'more' or 'less' regulation. A web of rules and processes can be quite permissive yet so complicated as to cause gridlock. Or they can mess up markets, create perverse incentives, or drive up (or down!) costs. https://twitter.com/oboylemm/status/1541472199235710976?t=bD... Regardless of what you think about how to manage going forward, it's hard to argue that current policies are working we…
Here are the budget details on this... https://esd.dof.ca.gov/Documents/bcp/2223/FY2223_ORG4140_BCP... "This proposal will use $50 million in funding to enter into a partnership with a contract manufacturer to develop and bring to market interchangeable biosimilar insulin products in both vial and pen form." "This proposal also includes an additional $50 million for the construction of an insulin manufacturing facili…
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Rich people love California, and all the other blue states with high income tax: https://www.statista.com/statistics/294941/largest-ratio-mil...
Because they are nice places to live with strong economies and lots of amenities. Not because they have a lower tax burden.
And that’s why rich people love living in blue states like California.
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Only $50 million for something that seems so socially important? Sounds like an easy win to me.
I think a more relevant take is "how are they going to accomplish this with only $50 million? California can't even build high speed rail with a budget in 10s of billions of dollars and more than a decade of time.
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I can’t relate at all to that sentiment. California has got to be one of the most bloated and wasteful state governments in the entire US. High taxes and nothing to show for it. The entrenched far left seems bent on destroying the middle class, driving out business, regulating everything to death and displacing merit as a selection factor. Whatever glory Cali has— tech, entertainment, farming, weather, natural beauty…
“Cali” — if you’re not a California native, why do you think your opinion is valid? Have you read up on the political and social history of the state?
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I can’t relate at all to that sentiment. California has got to be one of the most bloated and wasteful state governments in the entire US. High taxes and nothing to show for it. The entrenched far left seems bent on destroying the middle class, driving out business, regulating everything to death and displacing merit as a selection factor. Whatever glory Cali has— tech, entertainment, farming, weather, natural beauty…
Nancy Pelosi has been CA rep for decades and she is worth over $100M, meanwhile California education system is shit, the prison system is shit, taxes are among the highest in the US, income inequality is fucked, water is fucked, electricity is fucked. Same goes for all those politicians like Diane Feinstein, etc. The last time a Republican had any presence in California was 30 years ago and the Dems have driven this…
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Left and right aren't objective measurements, they are relative ones. Relative to US politics generally California's government is left. If you're in some even more left European country that doesn't mean anything - Europe is not the objective standard by which everyone measures politics.
While it's true that the terms are relative, there are countries in Europe and South America that have literal communist, socialist or anarchist parties. Hearing people describe Democrats as far left makes them sound like clowns spouting canned propaganda. It's not conducive to conversation as you know you aren't talking to a rational person who can argue in good faith.