The rich have defunded their police, the IRS has no resources to go after complex schemes like these. But they consider it out of bounds when poor people demand the street harrasment police be defunded.
Republican party is completely dead in California. Last time they had some power they kept manufacturing crises and shutting down the government. After Trump they've gone all in on the national Republican party's white-hot hatred of the state.
A five year old is far from having been raised. As a parent of a 6 year old I know a bunch of other parents that have similar experiences where their kids are revolting against being forced to sit in front of a virtual teacher for hours every day.