I live on the Central Coast. It has very liberal cities such as Santa Cruz, Carmel, etc. although our state senator is a Republican.
I didn’t include Santa Cruz even though many do. Up until about ten years ago I didn’t even mind that place, wacky old hippie town that it was and I suppose still is. But, something changed, hardened. It can be ugly at times there now, when it was once sort of gentle and fun, in a countercultural way, the big old boardwalk and amusement park on the oceanfront. Pity.