"California faces a half-dozen existential issues that threaten the state's future economic and social wellbeing, and they have persistently defied attempts to resolve them over the last 25 years. They are in no particular order, and often intertwined high living costs, high poverty levels, homelessness, a housing shortage, uncertain water supply and subpar public education outcomes. There are also a number of lesser issues, some being components of what I would consider the Big 6,"
"Gavin Newsom will vacate the office a year hence and probably run for president, leaving some issues slightly better, some slightly worse but all still unresolved. Collectively, they should dominate the agenda of those we will be electing to office this year, particularly the man or woman who emerges as the next governor. However, they continue to threaten the future because, in a state as large and complex as California, forging a civic and political consensus to resolve them is numbingly difficult."
California confronts six interlinked, persistent existential problems: high living costs, high poverty, homelessness, a housing shortage, uncertain water supply, and subpar public education. These problems have resisted meaningful resolution for the past 25 years and are compounded by related issues such as a deficit-ridden state budget and an increasingly expensive, shaky power supply. Governor Gavin Newsom will leave office in a year and may run for president, leaving many problems unresolved. The Big Six should shape electoral agendas, yet California’s size and complexity make forging the necessary civic and political consensus extremely difficult, possibly discouraging strong candidates.
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