<![CDATA[Let me start right off with the obligatory offset to why I remain a lifetime resident of California. It was 65 degrees yesterday with about two clouds in the sky. It might be three degrees warmer today. It's gorgeous outside. That concludes the reasons to remain a resident of the Golden State, because the economic beatings are going to continue until morale improves.Gavin Newsom, the Democratic Governor here who just yesterday took second place in the straw poll of possible Democratic presidential nominees in 2028 at 7%, 34 points behind frontrunner Kamala Harris, is not taking the election of Donald Trump very well, and he's apparently going to punish the citizens of this state for it in 2025. Newsom was just in Washington last week meeting with Biden administration officials to discuss ways of "Trump-proofing" California. What does Trump-proofing mean? Well, in a word, securing cash.]]>