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    1. Ezra Klein‏Verified account @ezraklein Feb 11

      Take the 100% renewable energy standard. As @leahstokes has written, these policies often fail in practice. I note our leadership on renewable energy in the piece, but the kind of politics we see on housing and transportation are going foil that if they don't change.

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    2. Ezra Klein‏Verified account @ezraklein Feb 11

      Creating a statewide consumer financial protection agency is great! But again, you're not asking most voters to give anything up or accept any actual changes. I don't see that as balancing the scales on, say, high-speed rail.

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    3. Ezra Klein‏Verified account @ezraklein Feb 11

      CA is willing to vote for higher taxes, new agencies, etc. It was impressive when LA passed Measure H, a new sales tax to fund homeless shelters. And depressing to watch those same communities pour into the streets to protest shelters being placed near them. That's the rub.

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    4. Ezra Klein‏Verified account @ezraklein Feb 11

      For progressivism to succeed, it needs to address the basics of people's lives. It doesn't get more basic than housing, transportation, schools. If we can't fix those, I can't say I'm optimistic on climate change, or progressives continuing to hold power.

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    5. Ezra Klein‏Verified account @ezraklein Feb 11

      I tried to show this in the piece, but maybe I should've said it more explicitly. I don't think the fault here mainly lies with political leadership.

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    6. Ezra Klein‏Verified account @ezraklein Feb 11

      Gavin Newsom, Eric Garcetti, London Breed — they have hard jobs, and while I have my critiques, I think they're largely pushing the right things. But they keep getting forced back by local backlash and fractured governance systems. And those systems were fractured by design.

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    7. Ezra Klein‏Verified account @ezraklein Feb 11

      Look how hard SF's political leadership has been fighting to reopen schools! If Breed could do it, it would be done. But it's not just that Breed can't open the schools, she can't even stop them from doing a politically toxic renaming exercise while the schools are still closed.

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    8. Ezra Klein‏Verified account @ezraklein Feb 11

      The point of this piece isn't There Oughta Be A Law. It's that even in a very blue state, the aesthetic of progressivism often runs way ahead of the willingness to allow the change needed to achieve progressive priorities and ideals.

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    9. Ezra Klein‏Verified account @ezraklein Feb 11

      For the reasons Dave points out, I want California to be a model for governance nationwide, and worldwide. We're doing some genuinely great things. But until we get the basics right, people aren't going to listen to us on the longer-term stuff.

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    10. Ezra Klein‏Verified account @ezraklein Feb 11

      And this isn't just about the politicians. It's us, the voters, the people who live here, the people who think of ourselves as progressive. The politicians can only do so much. There needs to be a higher bar to believe you're fighting the good fight than a yard sign.

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      Ezra Klein‏Verified account @ezraklein Feb 11

      It's a trope of conservative politicians in other states that "they don't want to become California." I want that to be laughable. I want everyone to want to become California.

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        1. Lori Crouch‏ @LorenaDigital Feb 11
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          Everyone actually DOES want to become California.

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        1. Dime Opinions‏ @DimeOpinions Feb 11
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          Enact prop 13 and you inevitably become California.

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        2. Op_Ed_B‏ @Op_Ed_B Feb 11
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          I always thought California was pretty cool

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        3. Paul Martino‏ @PaulMartino79 Feb 11
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          Geographically and culturally yes, politically no.

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        1. Mystic Lawyer‏ @Mystic_Lawyer Feb 11
          Replying to @ezraklein

          This mostly seems like an incoherent jumble of "Things Ezra likes"/ "Things Ezra doesn't like." You're calling on _other_ _people_ to make sacrifices that don't feel like sacrifices to _you_. I happen to agree with most of what you're calling for; problem is, your arguments suck.

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        1. Erma Jay‏ @galleryshops Feb 11
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          Yeah, become California and pay more taxes to the federal government than it uses. It's better to be California than to be Kentucky, West Virginia, and.....

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        2. Paul Martino‏ @PaulMartino79 Feb 11
          Replying to @ezraklein

          People are voting with their feet and leaving that state. The scenery and weather is the only thing they have going for them.

          2 replies 2 retweets 99 likes
        3. Sam‏ @samhuppert Feb 11
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          Growth has slowed down, no doubt, but the idea that there's a massive exit is overblowpic.twitter.com/g1v1pDpGrY

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        1. gerard wiener‏ @pyrrhus Feb 11
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          Yes!

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        1. StayEngagedCitizen‏ @StayEngagedCiti Feb 11
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          Ezra, have you read California Crack-Up? How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It? by Joe Mathews and Mark Paul. Pub'd in 2010. This book ID's much of what ails CA, IMO.

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