You could validly claim there is a higher frequency of weirdness in California and even that there is a tendency to anticipate it in some random news story. This is no excuse for letting your brains fall out.
I hate to see that as much as to see people who will not sing “Deck The Halls” at Christmastime because it speaks of “gay apparel.” Well, who stole the word?
Some stories one only needs to see what state it is from.
Like I said, “a New York politician..” and those brave souls continuing to read were treated to Carlos Danger.