Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
This week on State of Affairs: Guess who's coming to town?
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Yes, the commander-in-chief, President Trump, will visit California later this month. While here, he's expected to peruse prototypes for his long-heralded border wall in San Diego and attend a Republican fundraiser in Los Angeles.
It's really a tale of two states. For a lot of people, California is a great place to live. We have all the attractions, we have the cultural diversity and all of the intellectual resources, so it's a terrific place in that respect.
But, as Carla pointed out, it's not a great place to be poor. According to the US Census Bureau, the supplemental poverty measure, we actually have the highest poverty rate in the United States. So it's great for a lot of people, but for some Californians, not so great.