George Skelton: California Republicans have sunk into oblivion. Their anti-immigrant stance is just one reason

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The lofty position held by California Republicans 25 years ago when Proposition 187 passed seems unimaginable today. It was a high-water mark for the party that wouldn't last long.

The California GOP has been sinking into oblivion ever since - but not entirely because of the anti-illegal-immigration measure.

Proposition 187 was the ballot initiative pushed by Republican Gov. Pete Wilson that would have denied schooling, nonemergency health care and other public services to immigrants living here illegally.

It also would have turned teachers into federal immigration snitches, requiring them to report