[arjie]

Well, from the point of view of Californian politicians, was it their anti-balance-billing AB72 that was over-regulation before No Surprises Act? Or the CCPA? Or the Auto-Renewal Law? And looking back even farther: was it CalOPPA that was overreach requiring privacy policies? Paid family leave and sick leave?

Some made life hard for Californians like the CARB gasoline blend requirement but I think if you proposed removing any of those laws you'd find yourself downvoted here and called a corporate bootlicker on Reddit - which is not a poll of all people but should give you an idea of the fact that they're not unpopular.

[mc32]

They have passed decent laws like the privacy law although my preference would be a nation-wide law for this to benefit all Americans.

That said these politicians have pushed:

The ban on disinfectant soaps

Stop Shirley bill (charge you for public records in order to suppress access to public information)

Effort to sideline charter schools by teachers unions

Reduced sentences for murderers (this isn't unarmed robbery, etc., rather murderers)

Per mile traveled tax (for a state with the highest gas prices in the lower 48)

Sanction unsafe needle litter (as if there weren’t enough in playgrounds already)

Strangers can assume custody of children without parental consent

Allow politicians to dip into taxpayer money to fund campaigns.

Leniency towards solicitation of minors(!) this was unbelievably passed.

[arjie]

It seems overall that they're pretty much just on the frontier of laws that would be considered progressive - increase taxes, consumer protection, control corporations, prison reduction. I think those positions are overall popular. It just seems like you disagree with them. I also prefer many of these rules not be in place but where you like CCPA and hate the road tax, I like the road tax. Overall, the positions seem pretty coherently in-line with the politics viewpoints.

So, I suppose the answer to your original question is: they're slowly grinding forward on a progressive-politics agenda in a public and straightforward manner that's generally popular among the electorate.