Commentary
Demisemiseptcentennial. Try saying that several times fast.
Fog settles in a valley in the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument near Clearlake Oaks, Calif., on April 16, 2024. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Lance Christensen
Author
Lance Christensen is the vice president of California Policy Center, a nonprofit focused on reducing public sector barriers to prosperity. He has two decades of public policy and political experience working in and out of the state legislature, the Department of Finance, educational nonprofits and as a candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2022.
