Not to mention the east coast response to "the homeless are sleeping in our parks!" isn't "remove all park benches throughout the city". Having lived in NYC an

Not to mention the east coast response to "the homeless are sleeping in our parks!" isn't "remove all park benches throughout the city". Having lived in NYC and SF, I find that California's claim to being a liberal bastion isn't nearly as strong as reputed, and that the overall tenor of its social liberalism is fairly superficial.