I lived in SV for 15 years. It used to be nicely insulated from the craziness of Santa Cruz.
Don’t know if that’s still the case. The people I know that still live there want to leave CA.
Just ran into a new nurse at my doctor’s office. She’s older and had just left California a month ago, getting an apartment.
Her husband and four grown children are also moving out over the next few months. One son is a policeman. They can’t put up with the craziness in California any longer.