Look, for all of its faults, there are large swaths of CA that are sane and reasonable.
I believe you’re thinking of douche bags like the LA County Sheriff, a pure political hack who only issues permits to the well connected and celebrity.
The rural county Sheriffs are pretty good at issuing permits. From what I know, my Sheriff in Kern County doesn’t have any problems with them. If I recall correctly, a gun safety course, the CCW course, pay the tribute and she’s done.
Now that she’s had this incident, it should be even easier because she’s unfortunately, been the victim of a crime.