California: The State of the State

Murray Rothbard famously stated that “the state is a gang of thieves writ large.”

This is particularly true of the state of California, a vicious parasite infecting one of America’s most beautiful regions. California residents must constantly consider the trade-offs between California the place, which offers excellent weather, majestic mountains, beautiful beaches, and a unique history, and California the state, which is infamous for its incompetence and manufacturers a constant torrent of disastrous policies, including extravagant tax rates, crippling regulation, insane cultural policy, and subsidized homelessness.

Just how bad is the state of California? How did it get this way? What can be done about it?

These are the questions the Mises Institute will be answering on April 25 in San Diego. 

Speakers

Peter Klein: Carl Menger Research Fellow at the Mises Institute

Ryan McMaken: Editor in Chief of the Mises Institute

Chris Calton: Research Fellow in Housing and Homelessness at the Independent Institute

Schedule

We’ll mee at the San Diego Mission Bay Resort on Saturday, April 25. Registration is $80 for Mises Members and $95 for nonmembers, and all lectures and a catered breakfast. 

The event will open with breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Talks will go from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with intermittent breaks. The event will conclude around 12:30 p.m.

Nearby Hotels

While there are rooms available at the San Diego Mission Bay Resort, there are several other hotel options within 15 minutes of the property. Some option are:

• Hilton Garden Inn San Diego Old Town/SeaWorld Area
• Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton San Diego SeaWorld
• Homewood Suites by Hilton San Diego Hotel Circle/SeaWorld Area
• Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites San Diego Pacific Beach
• DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Diego - Hotel Circle

Sponsorship

Donors who give $5,000 will be listed on the Host Committee on the event schedule, receive a complimentary ticket to the event, and sit at a speaker table for the entire event.

Donors who give $2,500 will choose which speaker they wish to sponsor, receive a complimentary ticket to the event, and sit at a speaker table.

For more information about the event or sponsorships, please contact Rachael Barefield, (334) 321-2147 or rachael@mises.org.