OpinionJournal - The Californian Way

Former California governor Pete Wilson has some suggestions for the leaders of New Orleans, based on lessons learned in the rebuilding after the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which, among other things, collapsed the overpass bridges of Interstate 10 in the Los Angeles area. Wilson says he was told to expect repairs to I-10 to take over two years. Instead, the freeway was open to normal traffic in 66 days. To get that done, state government had to change how it did business. More.