CA has been able to flirt with collectivism because of their terminal addiction with Fed dollars. They don’t have the revenue to go alone and be the sugar daddy for so many dependent people and projects. No doubt most of their voters are not aware of this.
Not to mention they are dependent on other states for water and electricity.
If Portugal can figure out how to be a country then CA could do it. There is no economic or physical reason why CA cannot be a country. The problems are purely political.