Agree strongly!
And to me it appears a lot of this comes from California's strong labor unions and their lock on the 'D'onkey Party control of government. One of the worst acts of modern government was when CA went to the single open primary which made the General Election a frequent/usual single party affair. When you have dealt the opposition out of the debate, it all slides in one direction. For CA, it is all LEFT!
What we all should have learned from the past century of unions, is that there is one primary constant, Unions have bosses and their interest is their own benefit FIRST, everything else is second at best!
The "Fight for $15" that has been their battlecry of late? The worker gets paid $15 but takes home a lot less as he pays the union dues on the higher wage, pays more tax for same, higher health care cost for same and etc.! Cui bono (who benefits) for that bargain, not the worker ESPECIALLY if the industry sheds the headcount to stay afloat!
Then consider the entrepreneur who has a great idea for a new business, let us say the next Apple or Oracle? Does that business start in CA or another State? At what point will CA look back and wonder which new regulation was that (mixing metaphors) straw that killed the golden goose?
“At what point will CA look back and wonder which new regulation was that (mixing metaphors) straw that killed the golden goose?”
Never.
Just like you don’t hear Beijing pining for a return to Nationalism.