California’s surrender to the governing whims of environmentalists has put the state in a stranglehold. Actual progress is unattainable, and the arbitrary whims of activists and political partisans reign supreme.

The California Coastal Commission is one such example, having recently entered into the news due to its public feud with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The U.S. Air Force had planned to allow SpaceX to launch up to 50 rockets per year from Vandenberg Air Force Base, which sits between the cities of Lompoc and Santa Maria in Santa Barbara County. In rejecting this request, the CCC cited Musk’s political rhetoric, with the commission’s chairwoman citing Musk taking a position in the presidential election as reason enough to block this plan.