It can't all be blamed on a behind the scenes political and financial scam. Some of your lawmakers are truly nuts. Look, they're also too stupid to cook this stuff up on their own, and too corrupt to do it without something in it for them. The bulk of their office staff have been around too long to let them do it without compelling reason.
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The reality is, DG, the Democrats really have sunk that low, and the Republican "moderates" with them.
Are you denying that their constituents want the free lunch? Zero pollution, no global warming, and abundant energy at reasonable prices? No offshore drilling, no facilities to bring it in from elsewhere, and a desire to impose the California superior attitude on the environment on neighboring states, and even neighboring countries?
If so, the rest of the country is getting a very different picture of the California electorate.