From taking on tech giants Uber and Lyft to convincing major automakers to buck Trump on car emissions, California flexed its economic and political weight this year. My look at the state as the nation’s liberal trendsetter:https://apnews.com/0e56c241e9014080842485932185fd70 …
But California values aren’t shared everywhere. While states like New York want a slice of the liberal glory, Texas sees CA as a manifestation of governance gone wrong. “If Newsom thinks he can apply what works here to other states, that’s going to be rough,” one voter told me.