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During the second half of the twentieth century, the state shifted from an older progressivism, which emphasized infrastructure investment and business growth, to a newer version, which views the private sector much the way the Huns viewed a city—as something to be sacked and plundered.
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This reads more like partisan finger-pointing than actually getting down to what really happened. I've read stuff by Joel Kotkin before and it seems like he thinks there's a war on between the suburbs and urban centers. He's also an anti-environmentalist, which you can see in the article.
The last thing California needs is more partisanship.