nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston joins us now. think is going to be driving this resistance? >> you know, vicky, much of it is about this issue we call demography, the kinds of people who live in california, just looking at ethnicity alone, california is different whereas non-hispanic whites are 63% of the population. here non-hispanic whites account for 38% of the population. it means larger percentages of other groups such as latinos, 39%, asians, 13% of the state. only california's african-americans with 6% are less than the national average. so we're different. >> we certainly know that, right, intuitively. california much more ethnically diverse than the nation but talk about how that plays into policy differences with the trump administration. >> let's give a few examples to consider. public education for one. 43%, 43% of all californians speak a language other than english at home. english education in the schools, therefore, is necessary to help these groups succeed as a state priority. immigration, my goodness, california