There has been a stand off between the locals and feds. It is mostly about money. Locals want to be paid by the feds. They are supposed to work together, but feds have not had the capacity to handle their end, so jails get backed up.
That's your answer to what you think californians should do? Of course I would have called them had I had a slam dunk, proof beyond a reasonable doubt case. So the question, again: What would you have Californians do about a wholly federal issue?