My situation is very similar to yours...but in what I thought was purple VA.
Also, I was raised in the SF area during the 60s and 70s so I know CA too.
My first impulse is to hunker down, ignore the chattering (even weather reports) and stay busy and get in shape and try to not support this regime any....
You are a much more giving and altruistic soul than I...
I want to say eff them all!
“I want to say eff them all!”
I already said that but that attitude isn’t a good lifestyle choice. It just eats us up. My best method for pulling out of a funk is putting together an action plan. I admire those who are able to totally go off the grid. We aren’t at that point but I think I can make a difference if I focus on what I can do and stop ignoring the rot.
BTW, I live just east of SF, about fifty miles in the Big Valley.