I moved to California in 1978. Indeed, the author has accurately and clearly describes the situation here. Victor Davis Hanson also writes persuasively about how the greens have created the two-tier feudal system here. He is from Selma, CA, a now impoverished farming town now completely overrun by illegals and crime.
You can’t have a successful state that quadruples in population over 50 years but builds almost no new infrastructure and warmly welcomes illegals as well as welfare deadbeats from all over the nation.
I was born and raised just 5 miles from Selma. Lived most of my adult life in CA.
Last year we left for good. We just couldn't afford to retire in Cali. We go back to the Central Valley a few times a year to visit and it makes me very sad to see what's happened to the land. I'm glad my dad didn't have to try and farm through this mess!