It is a wonderful place, but with the large population center, I don't see it moving to the right any time soon. There are too many people who want the gov. to take care of their every need. You should see the horrendous propositions on the ballot this time around. One of them is to ratify the law that was passed requiring businesses with more than (I think) 20 employees to provide health insurance, and they cannot charge their employees more than 20% the cost of the premiums. How many business that have 20 or more employees do you suppose will suddenly downsize? How many will simply not expand, or move out of state? Another one will impose a 1% surcharge on income over $1,000,000. That's on gross, not net income. How many millionaires do you suppose will simply move across the state line if this passes?
I heard on the radio today that there were about 44,000 californians making a million or more dollars just a few years ago. There are now about 25,000. Seems like that would be an unreliable source of income for the state (besides being outrageous). My husband and I don't make anywhere near a million/year, but I just find this kind of "tax the rich" crap to be just outrageous.
The Democrat way: If you don't pay for it, it must be free! Free health insurance. Free everything. They never stop to ask where all the businesses--and jobs--went.