California’s Antiquated 911 Dispatch Is on the Verge of Going Dark

Gavin Newsom spent more than $450 million on a regional emergency call system that flopped and was canceled—meantime, the old system risks “catastrophic failure.”

California once built massive infrastructure projects—dams, highways, and aqueducts—that were the marvel of the world. During the Great Depression, engineers erected the Golden Gate Bridge in four years, ahead of schedule and under budget. But those days are over. Under Governor Gavin Newsom, California has been unable to complete, and hardly able to be…