These Democratic leaders have lost touch. They are idealogues who know what's best for an ignorant populus.
The redistricting supported by Republicans have insulated these megalomanics from political controls. Term limits (in the case of Burton) have made them immune to public criticism from within the own constitutants.
Short of an armed revolt or a messiah, California is screwed for some time to come.
They do not appear to have any grasp of the fact that the well has run dry.
It's surreal.
The situation in Kalifornia reminds me of that faced by the white farmers in Zimbabwe - - a lot of decent people there figured, against all logic and reason, that Zimbabwe would come to its senses and would magically turn around. And like the white farmers who stayed around too long in Zimbabwe, many decent people who are still in Kalifornia will stay until it is too late for them and they are wiped out.
It is human nature to remain optimistic, and it is a difficult thing to admit hopelessness, especially for people who have called Kalifornia "home" for their entire lives. Like those white farmers who were in Zimbabwe for generations, making the decision to get out was not easy, and many could not make that decision. And now they are either dead or ruined.