# Poverty In The Golden State **URL:** **By** Michael D. Tanner, Trevor Burrus **Published:** March 25, 2022 --- From zoning and land use to education and criminal justice, California touts progressive values while holding tight to the conservative status quo. How do these conflicting ideas produce a state with intense poverty and inequality? California has had solid economic growth recently, pockets of vast wealth, and an extensive social safety net—yet it also has the highest poverty rate of all 50 states. What makes California so strange in terms of poverty and inequality? Michael Tanner joins Trevor to breakdown the many causes influencing the various forms of poverty in The Golden State.