California as the Nanny State

Debra Saunders has a little history on California's turn to a Nanny State:

California is the warning-label state. Since California voters in 1986 approved Proposition 65 -- which mandates warnings when people are exposed to known carcinogens or chemicals that cause birth defects -- to live in California is to be warned. Most office buildings and parking garages post Prop. 65 warnings. When you fill your gas tank, there's a warning. When you go to a department store or a restaurant, there are warnings. Ditto the grocery store, where there are warnings not just about lighter fluid, nail polish and the effects of alcohol, but for fruits and vegetables, nuts and fish.

You'd think California would have better things to do with its' time than warn people of risks.When you run a horrid public school system maybe you'd think of not taking on so many responsibilities.