As has been said on this forum the last month:
The sheeple are waking up.
Let's hope they stay that way.
Every time the latest catastrophe (Be it man made or natural) hits California this happens.
A short while later the state legislature is always back to business. Heck, they passed yet another anti-freedom gun-hating law in the aftermath of September 11th. They used the distraction of the press as cover.