Since Cali politics is full of criminals they will be able to void any contract at any time if this theory holds.
Socialism and fascism can only work they have basically total control of the media and can spike the bad news.
That's exactly the point. This guy had no financial interest in any of these deals, and only an arguable one with Edison.
If a court would hold that California could get out of these contracts by its own "bad behavior" by a consultant, then the state will always have an incentive to be breaking the law in this manner.
It would be odd, indeed, if the only party who could void the deal is the one who did something wrong.