The bureaucratic inertia in Sacramento is often a byproduct of conflicting values or political chess — or, sometimes, legitimate questions over what residents of the state want and are willing to pay for.
But as recent polling by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) makes clear, some issues simply aren’t in dispute. By profound margins, Californians want the government to fund expanded tax credits and child-care programs for lower-income workers, and to increase funding for job training programs so that workers have the skills they need in a modern market.
