California Crackup

How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix it

California Crackup hits the road



Young or old, north or south, Californians are turning out at colleges, civic meetings, and bookstores to learn more about the state’s crisis and join the effort to fix it. Here are photos of some recent events.


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    CSU Fullerton

     

    It was standing room only as three hundred members of the CSU Fullerton community crowded Titan Student Union for a Constitution Day presentation on the California Crackup.
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    Oakland Rotary

     

    If you can't laugh about the California crisis, you're going to cry. Mark Paul cracks up the Rotary Club of Oakland.
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    CSU Northridge

     

    Joe Mathews explains how to fix California at CSU Northridge.
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    SF Organizing Project

     

    A crowd of San Franciscans come out on a World Series night to discuss whether the Golden State can be saved. (The moderator kept the crowd up to date on the Giants score.)
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    KRON 4

     

    Mark Paul and Henry Tenenbaum talk about the California Crackup on KRON 4 in San Francisco.
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    Vroman's

     

    Joe Mathews talks to a packed house at Vroman's bookstore in Pasadena, including three of his high school teachers.
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    UC San Diego

     

    It was pizza and politics as Joe Mathews and Mark Paul join UC San Diego students in discussing the California crisis.
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    Multi-tasking

     

    A UC San Diego student (and a Giants fan) keeps track of the World Series as he learns about the California Crackup.
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    The authors

     

    Joe Mathews and Mark Paul at UC Davis.

Photos by Robin Netzer