California agencies and many CA government employees are a law unto themselves. They consider Federal Law, other points of view and Republicans within their state all beneath notice. They have what Thomas Sowell called the Vision of the Anointed.
CA does have constitutional state sovereignty and if they screw themselves up, they, not the feds, are responsible to clean up their mess. It’s up to the people of CA to elect the right representatives or pay the price if they don’t.
State sovereignty and a republican form of state government isn’t perfect, but it’s way ahead of unconstitutional federal bailouts and resulting federal tyranny.