A day in LA: Awake to news of robberies, carjackings. Breakfast: eggs $8 a dozen, muffins so tiny you pry them from toaster with fork. Gasoline $5.19. $400+ to heat home. Downtown sidewalks crammed with homeless. Drivers erratic but police MIA. Myriad new laws and regulations take effect.

Gov. Newsom wants to be president. He aspires to make the entire nation like California. No, he has already reached his level of incompetence. On the other hand, if you squeezed his hair, it would alleviate the oil shortage.