According to a friend who was a signalman on board a US DE from the end of WWII to the beginning of the Viet Nam War there was a signal on US ships that read WARBI. It meant We Are Run By Idiots. Surely it flys over the California Legislature.

When Gold Turns to Dross
By Peter Hannaford on 9.8.11 @ 6:07AM

California is still a land of political surprises--outlandish, foolish, and mischievous ones. Consider the latest:
The state legislature is about to pass a bill (AB 889) requiring that adult babysitters (age 18 and up) be paid the minimum wage, overtime pay and worker's compensation insurance. In addition, they must have a break every two hours, plus a meal break. This means parents will have to hire two babysitters at the same time, one on duty, the other to take over during the breaks. It's the Nanny State run wild, for the sitters would have to keep time sheets and the parents who engage them would have to issue paychecks, keep payroll records, and pay an employer's share of payroll taxes. Outraged parents in the state have dubbed it "The Babysitter Bill."
Governor Jerry Brown announced recently that before any new state regulation can go into effect it must be analyzed for its potential impact on the state's economy in order to make sure it is justified. Guess who does the analyzing? The regulators who promulgated it.