Lived in CA in the 80's - helped vote out Rose Bird as state supreme court chief justice.
Have not been back (except for visits) since. I am beginning to think the only way to fix it is martial law.
Left in 95. Take away statehood and return it to a territory. Property will be cheap once we get rid of illegals and/or stop welfare to non-citizens.
Wait until Spanish is the official language then everything will be OK.