Why?
This is an interesting article that touches on why some reasons why Califonia politicians have failed consistently to implement their promises for income equality and the uplifting of the poor.
It's not enough that the career leftist politicians have learned how to cancel out competition leaving them as the only option on the ballot, they also cull within their party, canceling competition from within (progressives vs moderates). Which they do mostly with media kickbacks and lobby kickbacks. Without any competition, there is no upside to delivering on any campaign promise since there is nobody to politically oppose them. They have become an unaccountable political monopoly with the unwitting blessing of the voters, only because most of the voters are completely unaware of the process the career Democrats use to utterly destroy any threats or competition to their power.
And since there are very few media outlets left in California willing to challenge the career politicians, many of the people in California have come to expect this level of service from the government as "normal." If there is any blame for persistent problems, it won't likely come from any political challengers since there are so few.
Here is a snippet from the article.
“The other side has lots of very able and effective lobbyists,” said state Assembly member David Chiu, a Progressive San Francisco Democrat who sponsored the eviction moratorium.
Chiu, who was involved in the negotiations, said business groups including landlords and developers have vast amounts of money to spend, not only on campaign contributions but also on researchers and lawyers to present arguments.
“Sacramento is a place where if you have the financial resources to hire the best lobbyists and advocates, you can go far, and that is typically more true for well-heeled industries than for constituencies that don’t have resources and are not as well organized,” he said.
Shanti Singh, communications and legislative coordinator for Tenants Together, said progressive advocates just didn’t have the same access in the state capital to last-minute negotiations that industry groups like the landlords enjoyed.
“Tenant organizations are generally operating on very small budgets, and we don’t throw money at a lot of political organizations,” Singh said.
