The public employee unions of this state and others will eventually bankrupt the states or require federal intervention because the state legislatures will be powerless against the unions. Unfortunately, the Feds tend to destroy what they touch, in order to save it.
Since the union movement abandoned the private worker and went after a continous source of revenue, the public workers, California has declined in equal measure as the unions prospered.
But its a sweet job if you can stand waiting in line long enough to get it.