Gavin Newsom isn’t the only clown performing in the Sacramento circus these days. If the Governor is the leading man in this political melodrama then State Senator Scott Wiener is the desperate understudy doing his best to prove he can also pass meaningless laws that burn taxpayer money.

Watching the two of them lately is like witnessing a bad Vaudeville routine where both actors are so busy fighting for the spotlight that they forgot the audience is paying for the tickets.

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Act I: The Law Born to Fail

The latest skit involves SB 627 or the “No Secret Police Act” as they like to call it. On paper they sold it as a bold stand against federal overreach by banning law enforcement from wearing masks during operations. They specifically targeted ICE and Border Patrol because that plays well with the base.

But there was a catch that even a first year law student could spot. When they drafted the bill they curiously exempted the California Highway Patrol and other state level officers. Wiener claimed this was done at the request of the Governor but the result was a law that didn’t just target federal agents. It discriminated against them. Funny how Newsom wanted the Agency that handles his protection exempt, but I digress.

Predictably the curtain fell quickly. Yesterday U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder blocked the mask ban. Why? Because you cannot burden federal officers with rules that you don’t apply to your own state police. It is a violation of the Intergovernmental Immunity Doctrine and a slap in the face to the Supremacy Clause.

Act II: The “I Told You So” Pivot

What happened next was pure theater. Almost immediately after the ruling Newsom’s press office took to X to publicly shove Wiener off the stage. They essentially claimed they had warned the Senator his approach was unlawful and that he had rejected proposed fixes that would have made the bill enforceable.

It was a stunningly public “I told you so” moment. Newsom is the political chameleon currently trying to rebrand himself as a hardheaded pragmatist for his obvious 2028 presidential run. He is desperate to look like the adult in the room. He wants to be Sally Field at the Oscars crying “You like me, you really like me!” to a national audience and he can’t have Wiener’s constitutional train wrecks staining his tailored suit.

Act III: The Show Must Go On (At Your Expense)

Did the court ruling stop Wiener? Of course not. Within hours he announced SB 1004 to drag state police back into the mix. He thinks this creates a loophole to enforce his ban against ICE and CBP but it is a desperate move that ignores the Supremacy Clause.

The precedent set in Hancock v. Train makes it clear that a state cannot regulate the federal government or dictate how federal agents operate. His high priced legal team in Sacramento knows this law is dead on arrival. They are burning through tax dollars just to get applause from the barking seal electorate.

The Final Bow

So why do it? Because it isn’t about policy. It is about the optics.

Wiener is likely eyeing a run for Congress and Newsom is chasing the White House. For them a law that gets struck down by a federal judge is a fundraising goldmine. They get to play the “Resistance” heroes while the taxpayers foot the bill for the inevitable legal loss.

This is the same Gavin Newsom who help finance $91,000 bronze bust of his own head to sit in San Francisco City Hall. It is the same Scott Wiener who treats the state budget like a personal prop closet for his political ambitions.

This is an expensive and performative routine. It is time for the people of California to stop clapping and start asking why we are still paying for the show.

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