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Why does a state like California that has supermajorities in both houses of the legislature not have a livable wage, housing guarantees, universal healthcare, and other very progressive policies? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I keep being told it's because of the Republicans that we can't have nice things. So what gives in California? We should be overflowing with progressive policies.

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[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

It's very fucking big, it's wildly diverse, and even with a supermajority laws need to be written and passed. They also aren't wanting to pass a bunch of stuff that causes them to lose in reelections.

Then there has been some talk of Newsom wanting to lay the foundation for a possible presidential campaign at some point.

How many different neighborhoods are there in just the City of LA alone? How many of them would agree on how to run the city?

How do you align the interests of the gay urban city dwellers, the film industry down south, the tech industry up north, and the farmers in the central valley?