Oh, and another thing...
The MetroMob are agravated that there are so many people out on their rural landscape ruining their "rural environment" (with they pronounce "rule") by building ANY rural homes to despoil their viewshed from I-5, or any river bottom, or even from a jet liner.
They may not be able to have our rural homes razed right now, but by golly they're gonna make sure that no more are ever built!!! People snear when they hear this prejudice articulated in public, but it's nonetheless the truth!!!
They figure they'll drive rural folks back into the congested, crime riddled cities with "smart growth," mass transit and "in-fill development!" They also figure we'll just "lye back and enjoy" this gang-rape job with fees!!!
Arnold doesn't get this and Pete's no help because he never got it, either!!! McClintock understood it, but he didn't have the star power of a personality to get elected. For that matter, Reagan never got it either, so maybe CA is truly ungovernable. The only real solution is to split the state into "Coastal California," and the rest of CA.