Commentary
It was a Friday afternoon, and I was driving through the city of El Cajon, Calif., where I’m the mayor. I was lost in my music playlist when I was jolted back to reality by a phone call. My phone screen told me it was the worst kind of call—one from my city attorney.
The attorney, Morgan Foley, is a hardened legal veteran, but even he seemed a bit shaken. He had just received a call from the office of the attorney general of California, Rob Bonta. The AG’s staff told Morgan that we were about to receive a cease-and-desist letter from Bonta himself….