Rep. Fabian Nunez -- Speaker Emeritus of the California Assembly and DLCC Board member -- has an op-ed in the California Progress Report where he takes a hard line against some Republican mischief:

[Last year] Republicans wanted to hold the state budget hostage to win an end-run around CEQA, California’s premier environmental law, which would have benefited oil companies and developers. Not only wasn’t that a budget issue, it wasn’t in California’s best interest and my fellow Democrats and I made it clear that it wasn’t going to happen [...]

This year the rollbacks the Republicans are floating would damage our air quality, disadvantage working people, deny the disabled their full rights and increase the jeopardy the state is facing from global warming. Speaker Bass and the Democratic leadership have rightly and strongly made it clear that the Republicans actions aren’t just unrelated to the budget they are bad for California and will not happen on their watch. The more the public knows about the hostage taking, and the more they see what is really being pursued, the more I believe they will back up the Democrats strong response.

One of the bills the GOP have attempted to delay is AB 32, a groundbreaking law to combat climate change.

This is California -- a place where Silicon Valley start-ups are investing serious cash in technologies to fight global warming. As Nunez notes, studies indicate that AB 32 might create as many as 83,000 jobs. That's part of why the bill has the strong support of the state's business community.

Is there anyone the GOP won't risk alienating these days?

Every year, the Maryland League of Conservation Voters publishes a legislative scorecard to provide voters with a clear idea of which elected officials work to promote environment and which do not. Here is a list of those who checked in with the lowest scores this year:

Senate (20% or less):
David R. Brinkley (R)
Richard F. Colburn (R)
Janet Greenip (R)
Larry E. Haines (R)
Andrew P. Harris (R)
Nancy Jacobs (R)
Allan H. Kittleman (R)
Alex X. Mooney (R)
E.J. Pipkin (R)
J. Lowell Stoltzfus (R)

House (0%):
Gail Bates (R)
Joseph C. Boteler III (R)
Donald H. Dwyer, Jr. (R)
Jeannie Haddaway (R)
Rick Impallaria (R)
J.B. Jennings (R)
Tony McConkey (R)
Pat McDonough (R)
Warren E. Miller (R)
Anthony J. O'Donnell (R)
Andrew Serafini (R)
Christopher B. Shank (R)
Donna Stifler (R)
Nancy R. Stocksdale (R)

So what do all of these folks have in common?

That’s right -- They’re all members of the GOP.

Overall, Republican senators averaged a measly 12 percent, while their colleagues in the House scored just 29 percent.

Delightful.