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Bill Anderson discusses the factors contributing to California's decline, focusing on government entanglement in various sectors.

Bill Anderson offers a ground-level view of California's decline, arguing that the state's deep entanglement of government with water, energy, housing, and transportation has created a self-reinforcing system where every new crisis produces more regulation, more spending, and fewer productive citizens. Recorded in San Diego, California, on April 25, 2026.  

People in this episode

Guest: Bill Anderson

Topics covered

• California decline
• government regulation
• water management
• energy policy
• housing crisis
• transportation issues

Keywords

• California
• government
• regulation
• crisis
• energy
• housing
• transportation

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Places: California, San Diego, California

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