California lawmakers are basically dysfunctional. Few of them come from a business background, most come from an activist or legal background. They measure their success by the passage of bills, but rarely consider the actual effects of the bills after they're passed. So it just becomes useless red tape.

California is a failed state, only held up by the wealth and talent it has built over prior decades, as well as as ample natural resources. The question is how much longer these advantages can sustain the state in the face of a basically failed government