Noice. Yeah, time for Democratic governors to take the lead. Given federal gridlock, states are where the action is.
Start with the right-wing playbook entirely. Tax, fine, and sue gun manufacturers with a death-by-a-thousand-cuts strategy, the same way red states harassed abortion clinics out of their states even prior to the Dobbs ruling.
Pass environmental standards that the rest of the country will have to follow if they want to do business in California.
The Republican Party has rural-based gerrymandering working in its favor, but Democrats and cities generally hold the economic center-of-gravity in this country.
So much can be done. Get creative with it!