Episode 280: A Very California Coup

Union-backed lawmakers are prepping an amendment to the California constitution that would make it illegal for employers to fire, layoff, or change the hours of any employee. Another new bill would force tech companies to fund failing newspapers. A.B. 5 author Lorena Gonzalez is back, this time to organize goat herders. Two of San Francisco’s largest hotels are dead, victims of city dysfunction. Did the end of the Soviet Union trigger California’s long collapse? Bonus! Will talks with Cato finance analyst Marc Joffe about California’s benighted public-transit districts -- and what their demise means for Americans everywhere. Music by Metalachi.