Californians once supported criminal justice reforms to lighten penalties for crime but attitudes have changed. A November ballot measure could be a test for just how much.
Democrats completely dominate California’s state government, and one aspect of that hegemony is their ability to act without compunction.
When doing whatever they want to do, Democratic officeholders don’t have to worry about competition from the state’s shriveled-up Republican Party nor, for the most part, criticism from equally shrunken political media.
Thus, the Capitol has become an echo chamber rather than a forum for forthright debate about issues.
