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Louisiana police have no authority to do anything in California.
Who is going to stop them?
The same thing that stops any kidnapper. If your point is "people can do crimes in California" then, yes, people can do crimes in any state.
EDIT:
Actually, you know what? Let's game this out, since I get the impression you have a somewhat naive view of how things actually work in the real world.
Here's what happens: Louisiana fails to extradite the doctor, so Louisiana State Trooper Cletus and his loyal, but not-too-bright cohorts decide they're gonna go to Cali and arrest them sumbitch.
The thing you have to understand is that the way policing works is mostly, mostly through enforcement of consequences by the state. If a cop tells you that you are under arrest you comply because the state will levy severe penalties on you if you don't.
So Cletus, et. al. show up in Santa Rosa and go to the doctor's office, because they know that's the safest place to arrest someone. They show up and are stopped at the front desk. The admin isn't going to give them access to the facility because they are not the California cops. The Santa Rosa PD gets called and, if the State Troopers are lucky they are told to get lost, if not they catch charges.
Ok, so that doesn't work, maybe Cletus and Co decide to go to the doctor's home. They bang on the door in the evening and demand he come with them because he is under arrest in the state of Louisiana. The doctor does not open the door and call the Santa Rosa PD who come and blah, blah blah. Maybe charges. If they are very, very stupid, they kick in the door and try to abduct the doctor, extraordinary rendition style. Maybe they get shot, maybe they get pepper sprayed, maybe the doc is a black belt and whoops their ass. In any case, now they are home invaders and SRPD shows up code 1 because the doctor or his spouse are on the phone with them already. This is serious felony time for Cletus and you can be sure the state will throw the biggest book they can find at him.
Of course, Cletus and his posse know the consequences for failing here are 10+ years in California penitentiary so they are simply not going to try. Thinking Lousiana cops are going to go to California to cart off some doctor for an indictment is fantasy. If a California judge rules against extradition, the doctor is perfectly safe as long as he stays there.
What about an assassination? Head in, shoot the doctor while he's on his way to work, get out. No extradition would be necessary.
Do y'all not know what an indictment is? Just supposing that the state of Louisiana would send vigilante assassins to another state to kill someone accused of a crime. Please take a check on reality here.
You’re gonna feel silly when it happens, and no one does anything.
Ah yes, nu uh.
Jurisdictional authority.