Please use outside research to explore the following prompt. Remember to cite your sources.

California is the driver on a lot of policy decisions which have rippling effects around the world. For this discussion, investigate a way that California is influencing politics beyond state boundaries. (You may want to think about economic/business decisions, environmental policy, etc.)

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