At the beginning of this century, Earl Babbie, then Professor of Sociology at Chapman University and an expert on opinion research, wrote a “Foreword” to a textbook (California’s Social Problems) that Chuck Hohm and I published with Sage Publications in Berkeley. He wrote, “Bigger than life, California is often seen as a leading indicator for the nation, whether concerning surfers or unmarried mothers.”This year, we scored another “first.” California Assemblyman Anthony Rendon (D, Los Angeles)... Read this story
