To be fair, they weren't invited to Governor Newsom's own wine-country party with lobbyists, and they felt entitled to their own

A special place for special people

California pols defend their week-long junket to Hawaii: “It didn’t cost the taxpayers a dime; everything was paid for by lobbyists”.

Ordinary Californians are under orders to shelter-in-place and are not free to move about the country, Thanksgiving has been canceled, and schools and restaurants closed, but the ruling class is off to the beach. So what? Isn’t that the point of belonging to the political class in the first place?