"off the charts" for levels of citizen activism, leftism and tolerance ... open-mindedness; ... creative ... talent and tolerance ... brain power ... economic clout ... experts say ... diverse, trendy, enterprising and fun-loving ... the rest of the country hasn't caught up with us yet.
The Bay Area is the most narcissistic region in the world. Narcissists hate being irrelevant.
He's got that right. Our holiday from history and the decade of Fraud and Deceit is over. California used to brag that they were a starting point for political trends because when their liberal state government made liberal laws they were copied by other states whose governments were run by democrats. However, state houses are now run by Republicans.
Furthermore, these people are not "open minded". They have in fact made perverstity the norm and run anyone who does not agree with them out of town.