For the California economy, surf’s up. And that could hasten the end of a long drought for the state in presidential politics.
In early May, California marked a striking milestone in its recovery from its economic tailspin earlier in the 2000s when new data showed the state has surged past the United Kingdom as the world’s fifth largest economy-even though the UK has about 25 million more people. …
What makes this revival especially striking is it has come even as Democrats, operating with complete control of state government, have pursued an array of policies that conservative critics have long charged would strangle growth. CONT.
Ronald Brownstein, CNN