JOEL KOTKIN: California’s progressive regime is weakened — but not defeated. “One might think that Californians would want regime change. After all, the state suffers from a $73 billion deficit, an unemployment rate among the nation’s highest, the highest percentage of residents living in poverty, a failed education system, and mounting business flight. That’s not to mention its massive net outmigration, with a net total of 1.7 million people from domestic migration between 2016 and 2022. Overall the state has 30% of the nation’s homeless population, and is currently witnessing its highest crime rate in a decade.”