Not So Golden After All

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Hijacked! How Powerful Interests Have Taken Over the State

The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests.

—Arnold Schwarzenegger

He should know. When Arnold Schwarzenegger was governor of California, special interests made themselves at home in the Capitol like bees in a honeycomb. But unlike bees that produce honey, interest groups and their lobbyists ply elected officials with money and deafening—if one-sided—information. During his years as governor (2003–2010), Schwarzenegger alone received a ...