All great stuff exposing California's penultimate RINO of the 20th Century, Hiram Johnson (followed closely by Earl Warren, though his destructive implications had national impact). I'm amazed that lunatic managed to stay in office (as a sitting Republican !) from the 1910s all the way up until his death in the '40s. However, one of the things that helped him was the cross-party filing that candidates could do at that time (sometimes confusing when doing research on pre-'50s CA pols). It's amazing when you think of this man's apostasy that he has almost no equals today, as bad as many RINOs are today. Probably Chafee of RI is the only one who comes closest to the model.
Where have you gathered info on California political history?
Do you have a good reading list to recommend?