That is at least in part because hard working people like me (6 figure income) quit the state (born and raised in L.A. area, mind you) since we are tired of being told we are evil for working so hard.
Add to that the number of idiotic things that happen at the State (debates in Spanish) and City (encouraging the OWS) levels, besides just handing my money to illegals, and you will end up where I think California is now: more people in the wagon than pulling it.
If all y’all are smart you’ll join me here in Texas, where the weather may not always be great but God always smiles on us Lone Star folk.