I feel your pain Dan, but Cali or Kali is becoming the butt of many jokes, no matter how you spell it.
Take it in good cheer and change things before it turns to outright scorn.
Florida went through a 6 year nationwide castigation for NOT electing Gore but we bore the outright lies and slander because we prevailed.
Turn things around and praises will shower on you.
If not, then no.