It was invaded by northeastern liberals (NYC in particular) first, who paved the way for the Mexico invasion.
Well on that point prop 187 was in many ways last stand..and the that was not the California voter.. that was liberal judge overruling the California voter
And we also had the Prototype in California of the ball less politically correct GOPe that doesn’t fight back ....remember Arnold and McClintock and the recall?
The recall was driven by the Grassroots...and the CA GOPe first oppose the recall( remember Busb and Rove opposing the recall) then then Co optitude the recall with Arnold. that turned into the national model for the GOPe... we just beat that back right now with Trump
And then we have Teddy Kennedy’s immigration bill