Commentary
Berkeley, California, is arguably the most liberal city in the United States. Tourist shops sell T-shirts touting its identity as a leftist hub. The city is overwhelmingly white and wealthy, with large Asian and small black minority populations, a median household income over $100,000, and median home value of nearly $1.3 million. When we think of the liberal elite, we think of Berkeley. So when residents voted down a new fossil fuel tax earlier this month, it came as a rude surprise to green activists across the country.