Commentary The California Economic Summit provides a good snapshot of where the state’s political and economic leaders are taking the state. It’s sponsored by California Forward, a major state think tank especially connected to such powerful politicians as state Sen. Bob Hertzberg (D-Los Angeles). Its 10th Summit took place this year in beautiful Monterey. The first day featured Gov. Gavin Newsom, who explained he skipped his scheduled appearance at the Glasgow Climate Summit to spend more time with his family. “I’ve been on this damn treadmill, we’ve gone from crisis to crisis,” he said. “The kids, literally, they kind of had an intervention. They said they couldn’t believe that I was going to miss Halloween.” That seems reasonable. Although rumors persist the normally publicity-avid governor had an adverse reaction to his COVID vaccine shot. “California has no peers … continues to have no peers,” he said, perpetuating the common trope …