The two major public safety unions in CA, the California Peace Officers Association and the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, collect a combin

The two major public safety unions in CA, the California Peace Officers Association and the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, collect a combined total of about $100M per year in dues. They are incredibly active and influential in CA politics. The probability of the overturning a policy they support that directly concerns their members, as in the article, is zero.