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Misconceptions About California’s Legislature

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Misconceptions About California’s Legislature
The California State Capitol building in Sacramento, Calif., on April 18, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Lance Christensen
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Few people have described our Leviathan Legislature so succinctly as G.K. Chesterton did a century ago. “When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it.” Enter California’s 120 full-time lawmakers.

Lance Christensen
Lance Christensen
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Lance Christensen is the president of California Policy Partners, a business membership association dedicated to improving economic and educational opportunities for Californians. 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.
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