民主党几十年来一直控制着加州的立法机关，长期听命于公务员工会、环保人士、辩护律师和教师工会等该党最强大的特殊利益群体。
The California legislature has been controlled by the Democratic Party for decades, and it takes its cue from its party’s most powerful special interests: public-employee unions, environmentalists, trial lawyers, and teachers’ unions.