How long before some of these lib-run states impose an exit tax, making it difficult or impossible to escape?
NY DOES employ an army of bureaucrats to follow the movements of these rich exiles to catch them if they spend more than 1 minute of the time needed to be considered to have a tax presence in NY State.
Sell your rental in California on a 1031 exchange, and don't keep the new property as a rental for 5 full years and California will "CLAW BACK" your tax savings.