No such thing as a conservative hostage. Everyone's exactly like Scott Wiener and Gavin Newsom.  Voting to ban gay marriage? (in 2008, Proposition 8 passed) Voting to not provide services to illegal immigrants? (in 1994, Proposition 187 passed) Jews jewed and democrats democratted, basically overthrowing the will of the (majority of the) voters. Unfortunately it is unclear how to hold the people in power accountable. From what I see, government accountability is largely nonexistent in this state. Alas, election integrity has become a not-so-distant memory in California. Now the voter rolls are inflated (in many counties there are more registered voters than eligible population). Also this state was the first to legalize "ballot harvesting". And now the elections are "all-mail". Illegal immigrant sanctuaries and a system set up to let them vote and not be investigated. Well I guess the politicians no longer have to defy elections.