California loves to pretend its problems don’t exist. Power shortages, housing shortages, suffocating regulation, wildfires , polluted waterways, and the nation’s largest homeless population all make the Golden State look less like a paradise and more like a failed state.

Yet, its politicians keep picking fights with Donald Trump while ignoring the rot at home.

Once an issue becomes symbolic in California, solutions no longer matter. Every crisis becomes a stage for politicians to declare themselves protectors of the people.

That’s why Bed Bath & Beyond executive chairman Marcus Lemonis made waves in August. “We will not open retail stores in California,” Lemonis said . “This isn’t about politics — it’s about reality. California’s system makes it nearly impossible for businesses to

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