How do you know which one is illegal? It’s the one that’s going too fast.

Ebikes are an excellent, relatively inexpensive solution to several problems. They’re going to try to regulate them until they become impractical.

I agree with all of your points. However, in California, ebikes are already regulated:

https://riding5.com/blogs/news/california-ebike-laws-class-1-2-3

The only “wild west” thing happening is that some people are riding illegal, (they’re already illegal. We don’t need new laws) unregistered electric motorcycles. The 30+ mph “ebikes” you refer to: those are motorcycles.

And when will he face retribution?

A warrant is a start. Now let’s see some more warrants and some arrests and convictions.