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Once at the vanguard of national policy, California plays defense under Trump

  • Written by Char Miller, W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis, Pomona College
imageA May Day protest in San Francisco. The state is at odds with the Trump administration on a number of policies, notably immigration and environment. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

Xavier Becerra, California’s combative attorney general, has become the Golden State’s face of resistance to the Trump administration’s domestic initiatives, the...

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