Are Californians better off than they were eight years ago?

April 22, 2026

To borrow from Ronald Reagan: Are you better off than you were four years ago? What Reagan asked of the nation in 1980, we can ask of California today.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/21/opinion/is-california-better-off-than-it-was-eight-years-ago/

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