i'm from a little town moorpark moorpark had a really curious distinction it's a little city right in the of ventura county. my family moved there in 71. the population was about 2500, 3000 people by the time i graduated from high school, it was about a little shy of 40,000. so was one of the fastest growing communities in southern california at the time. this is 1980s reagan defense spending. the economy is going fantastic, but it had one very curious distinction. it was the only city in california that had a declining population. the small little mexican agricultural that i was in was kind of being swallowed up by suburban mcmansions up around it while around california was becoming more latino. so i had to really learn how to navigate my private life with my friends in settings with the broader construct of of california. i think it made me a better political consultant but the lasting image, i think my mind is, you know, the name moorpark is a type of apricot because we had apricot orchards around us. and i remember the field workers coming in seasonal, field workers and right abo

i'm from a little town moorpark moorpark had a really curious distinction it's a little city right in the of ventura county. my family moved there in 71. the population was about 2500, 3000 people by the time i graduated from high school, it was about a little shy of 40,000. so was one of the fastest growing communities in southern california at the time. this is 1980s reagan defense spending. the economy is going fantastic, but it had one very curious distinction. it was the only city in california that had a declining population. the small little mexican agricultural that i was in was kind of being swallowed up by suburban mcmansions up around it while around california was becoming more latino. so i had to really learn how to navigate my private life with my friends in settings with the broader construct of of california. i think it made me a better political consultant but the lasting image, i think my mind is, you know, the name moorpark is a type of apricot because we had apricot orchards around us. and i remember the field workers coming in seasonal, field workers and right abo

i'm from a little town moorpark moorpark had a really curious distinction it's a little city right in the of ventura county. my family moved there in 71. the population was about 2500, 3000 people by the time i graduated from high school, it was about a little shy of 40,000. so was one of the fastest growing communities in southern california at the time. this is 1980s reagan defense spending. the economy is going fantastic, but it had one very curious distinction. it was the only city in california that had a declining population. the small little mexican agricultural that i was in was kind of being swallowed up by suburban mcmansions up around it while around california was becoming more latino. so i had to really learn how to navigate my private life with my friends in settings with the broader construct of of california. i think it made me a better political consultant but the lasting image, i think my mind is, you know, the name moorpark is a type of apricot because we had apricot orchards around us. and i remember the field workers coming in seasonal, field workers and right abo