Cities will never win if they play by California’s rules

A startup founder asked me: What would you do if you were starting a California city?
My first answer: Get my head examined.
After all, the state of California constantly reduces the revenues and limit the discretion of municipal governments.  Our newest cities — like Menifee in Riverside County — have struggled to survive.
Then I reconsidered. No, I don’t believe in the advanced digital cities that technologists at Google or Y Combinator want to conjure. But maybe you cou