“There’s so many drag strips, so many short tracks falling victim to land development and stuff like that,” said Vargas, who called Irwindale the best short track in the country.

In 2021, new census data resulted in the state losing a congressional representative for the first time in its history, falling from 53 to 52 seats in the House of Representatives.

He added that the deal was not a bailout of Nissan, which has been struggling with falling sales.

Meanwhile, the incoming Trump appointees vow to shred the already anemic social safety net through which too children are already falling through.

Denham said the data indicated there were children with special needs who were "falling through the gaps" and were "in danger of being out of sight of the education system".