Amid the 2026 California gubernatorial race and the Los Angeles mayoral election, Democratic candidates seem determined to talk about anything except the problems facing the Golden State—an inadequate government response to the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, the highest income and gas taxes in the nation, and record-breaking homelessness.

Why?

For nearly two decades, Democrats have controlled almost every major center of power in California: the governor’s office, the state Legislature, and the state Supreme Court.

There is no one else to blame but themselves, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.”

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