A little bit? No, a lot. California consistently ranks near the bottom of the 50 states on many types of freedoms:
Overall freedoms-49
labor freedom-50
victimless crime-50
occupational licensing-50
land use-48
fiscal freedom-46
regulatory freedom-48
economic freedom-49
I will hand it to California in some areas. They do well in personal freedoms and areas like alcohol, weed, cable, tobacco, and travel. California is rich in natural resources, so they should do well economically. California is first among the states in agriculture. They rank first in the production of both lettuce and tomatoes. California produces almost all of the country's almonds, figs, dates, kiwi, olives, prunes, pistachios, pomegranates, and walnuts. It leads all states in the production of lemons, apricots, avocados, nectarines, plums, peaches, plums, raspberries, and strawberries. The squid catch is larger than any other state. Crabs are the 2nd most valuable fish catch.
The above combined means that over 1/3 of the United States' vegetables & 2/3 of the country's fruits and nuts are grown in California. (World Book Encyclopedia, 2017).
Perhaps everyone should be so lucky to live on fertile land.
https://www.freedominthe50states.org/overall/california
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