Coastal California's war on the Central Valley

The combination of California’s political makeup and terrible governance has led to coastal Democrats forcing the Central Valley to bear the brunt of every poor policy decision.

California has a population of just over 39 million people, according to 2024 estimates. Roughly 27 million of those people live in a county on the coast, including over 9 million in Los Angeles County. California’s Central Valley has a population of 7.2 million, according to the 2020 census. That number drops to about 4.7 million if you exclude Sacramento, the liberal-haven state capital.