Ways Out of California's Forest of Problems: Part 2

Ways Out of California's Forest of Problems: Part 2

The second of two reported essays on the issues facing California. Read the first installment here. California’s wide range of problems – including declining schools, widening inequality, rising housing prices, and a weak job market – show the urgent need for reform. The larger question is whether there is the will to change. Although the state’s remarkable entrepreneurial economy has kept it afloat, a growing number of residents are concluding …