re: #87 Daniel Ballard

It’s a long time since the GOP ran LA or California. The Democrats own it policy/legislation/budget wise.

This is untrue on a number of levels.

First of all, there’s a long history of GOP governors of California. There isn’t currently one, but there have been many, and governors are pretty powerful in California.

Second, the budgetary process in California is massively screwed up; it is much easier to increase spending than it is to increase taxation. The supermajorities necessary to pass taxation schemes means that the GOP can easily obstruct the budget, and they have done so frequently.