California is indeed a cautionary tale for the nation

SACRAMENTO – During a business trip to Michigan in the 1980s, I recall driving on a commercial street that ran north to south through various well-kept working-class neighborhoods. At one point, the road passed a “Welcome to Detroit” sign. Immediately the surroundings became bleak, with boarded up buildings and graffiti. It was a disturbing sight.
That was nearly two decades before the rapper Eminem immortalized Detroit life in his movie, “8 Mile,” which refers to t