This can be fixed in any state by passing Paycheck Protection - requiring unions to get explicit permission annually from members to use union dues for politics.
Arnold tried to get this done his 1st year in California with the special election proposition. It was crushed by the Nurses Union and Teachers Union drumming up opposition by the voters. What a shame. California would already have Paycheck Protection if this had passed, and the Democratic Party stranglehold would be severely weakened in California.
This needs to be raised again and PASSED.
Just how did they drum up opposition? Did people still
have so much regard for teachers? For the nurses’ union,
see the Diastat video (Radley Balko’s IIRC)