“California is often looked at as a testing ground for progressive policy and serves as a model to expand these policies on a national scale. President Joe Biden’s Administration has already looked to California to help formulate some national priorities. However, many see California’s giant economy (5th largest in the world) as fraught with significant challenges including high traffic, housing costs, taxation rates, homelessness, and energy costs, not to mention shrinking population growth and tech giants leaving the state.”

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