Once Trump is gone California will get the bailout of their dreams. Maybe even get the train project well. So nothing they do matters. Its going to be covered.
Or conversely, because there is nothing California can do to further help the new revolutionary government that takes over power after Trump leaves office, it becomes the new version of Venezuela, but with no place for its denizens to escape from the grinding poverty and deprivation.
The Maoist reform of China comes to mind. Only there won’t be a United States around to steal technological advances from.