I guess I could see how the State has a bona fide interest in regulating everything they can think of. Why not?
Certainly the State bureaucrats know better than the people who actually work in the businesses, right? Heck, let's put them in charge of hiring and firing, too. That way they could make sure that's done right.
The government knows best.
As opposed to the voters ?
Your complaint is with the citizens of California who elect(ed) Gray Davis and other Democrats. They are without excuse.