Those on both sides of the political spectrum look at what has become of the great State of California and wonder: ‘What happened?’ This leads us to ask: Did California eat too much nonsense?

For the first time in history, California is losing population.54,000 people left Los Angeles last year alone. The GoldenState of California has become the U-Haul-Ass State.

Why are people leaving? The fact is California has been subsumed by the unintended consequences of political good intentions. Even the political elite know it. One wonders: What happened to their common sense?

Perhaps it was the food– the ultra-processed, nutrient-deficient, wrapped-in-plastic food that promises to be cheap, but is really very expensive.

Whatever the cause, common sense has flown out the window and people are fleeing from the most attractive geography in the World.

Last year I did manage to find some common sense in an Adam Carolla podcast focused on the Los Angeles fires. His guest was Palisades resident Elaine Cullotti. Her home had survived the fire, but her neighborhood was pretty much burned to the ground. As the two cruised the Palisades, Cullotti’s commentary about the politics of the fire made a lot of sense, so I searched.

I found that Elaine Cullotti is a real estate developer of luxury homes, casinos and hospitals in America’s largest county….Los Angeles.

I found Elaine Cullotti in Discovery Channel’s “Undercover Billionaire,” in which she was given $100 and told to go to a town she has never been in before and start a business that turns a million-dollar profit in 90 days.

And I found Elaine Cullotti as The Lipstick Farmer of the Big Z Ranch in Fallbrook, where she grows food, hosts farm to table dinners, and advocates that city people have access to real food, grown in real soil, by real farmers.

Somewhere along the line, I came to believe that Elaine Cullotti’s farm sense is just what Sacramento needs, and so starting suggesting to all who would listen, “It’s time for a farmer.”

Someone must have heard, because Elaine Cullotti has announced that she is running to be California’s next Governor.

In this edition of the Food Chain, we are going to sample some of the farm sense Elaine Cullotti brings to the table with her proposal to bring real food to the people of California’s cities… by train.

Leave a comment below: Can food trains feed the city’s hungry?

Tune in here, for the syndicated Michael Olson Food Chain Radio Show #1415 April 25, 2026 Saturday 9AM Pacific