California Dream must work for everybody, or it works for nobody
8 Nov 2019
There's something special about California that separates us from every other state in the nation. Others have state mottos, flower, and birds. We have the California Dream. Our dream is predicated on social mobility, on our ability to visualize our future and — with hard work and optimism — get there.
But for too many Californians, the dream feels out of reach. Our state is facing an affordability crisis that prices hardworking people out of homes and opportunity, forcing longer and longer commutes all across the state. The crisis was heightened over the last few weeks by devastating wildfires in both Northern and Southern California, not to mention the unacceptable power shutoffs initiated by utility companies.
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