Are Neo-Nazi's making a move on Calif Politics?

The Huffington post seems to think so with their latest article Your California Neo-Nazi and Pro-White Voting Guide

Jeff Hall is one of them. Hall, Southwest Regional Director of the neo-Nazi is running for Riverside Municipal Water Board and has a message for voters in this divers city of 300,000 people about an hour East of Los Angeles:

Now you may wonder what experience a Neo-Nazi would have that makes him qualified to be on the
municipal water board??? Well none but A vote for a representative of the NSM is a vote for America and White civil rights.
Another Inland Empire "pro-White" candidate is mobile home repairman and former Aryan Nations California Chapter leader, Daniel B. (DB) Schruender, who is one of six candidates running for two open seats on the Rialto Unified School District board. At its peak Aryan Nations was one of the most popular neo-Nazi groups in the nation, known for its summer hate fests which attracted people like Bufford Furrow, who shot kids at a Jewish camp before murdering an Asian postal worker in August 1999.
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So I have to ask...
What's going on in Calif that would make such extremists have a shot at running for public office?
And what message does it send if they win?