It's probably true enough that improved private activity in the state has had little to do with any recent public policy changes -- at least, I can't think of a

It's probably true enough that improved private activity in the state has had little to do with any recent public policy changes -- at least, I can't think of any recent state level actions that seemed remarkably stimulative. But insofar as there's been an attempt to wrap California's negative trajectory around the neck of the Democratic party like an albatross -- as the article says, it's been compared to Greece and all but written off as a symbol of socialist blue state excess -- it might be fair enough to let its recovery do some buoying. And I'm not sure why they wouldn't deserve some credit for the improvement in state/public finances.