California has everything—top farmers, tech geniuses, world-class creatives, and the best coastline on earth—so how did we end up broke and begging for more money? Tim Conway Jr. unpacks whether you actually need to be political to survive in politics, why police, fire departments, and businesses keep leaving the state, and how radical mismanagement may have derailed it all. Michael Monks joins the conversation with a reality check on violent crime trends in L.A. County, a fascinating 100-year-old time capsule reveal, and one truly jaw-dropping Orange County crime story you won’t believe.

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