This is disappointing, but expected from our government. As a resident of California, I have an awful impression of the Democrats since most of the problems we are facing are a direct effect from their policy.
https://edsource.org/2015/states-in-motion-school-finance-na...
For the investment in our public transportation, it is hard to make a comparison due to the particulars of our geography/area size and population compared to other states.
Also, I never criticized our policies towards LGBTQ or immigrants. I am talking about our shortcomings here.
> For the investment in our public transportation, it is hard to make a comparison due to the particulars of our geography/area size and population compared to other states.
It is not that hard actually. CA generally likes to fund public transportation projects. Other states do not[2]
> Also, I never criticized our policies towards LGBTQ or immigrants. I am talking about our shortcomings here.
You literally asked "What are the policies from our leaders that have facilitated this growth?" If you only focus on the negatives, then sure, you can spin a misleading narrative about how CA is a shithole and the only reason it is successful is because of the weather. But if we are actually trying to be honest, there are tons of other factors that have contributed to the economic success, and many of those factors are political in nature.
[1]https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/all-uc-undergrad... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/climate/koch-brothers-pub...
and elsewhere
> That has a lot to do with our tech oriented culture and weather. Most top professionals from other states want to move here or to New York. What are the policies from our leaders that have facilitated this growth? That’s like attributing the economy growth in the last 4 years to Trump.
So if you have a lot of high paying inbound movement, you're gonna get a lot of very expensive places. "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded."
Your stance here is just "ascribe the things you like things to luck or non-political factors, but blame the politicians for the aspects you don't like." It hardly seems fair.
Something that gets discussed here a lot is CA law on non-competes, which could have a pretty big impact on that tech business part of the economy. But you said the economy is due to "tech culture and weather" - not possibly any policy-related things.
CA has gotten some things right, and some things wrong. But I don't think you did a good job demonstrating why you think, say, the state government is more to blame for cost of living than the private sector economy is (from a "infinite growth forever isn't sustainable" point of view, say, or a "things are inflated by a flood of private VC investment to unprofitable companies that are distorting markets").