My point is that if you cannot get a passport with a California short form BC (AKA abstract). That point should’ve been clear to just about anyone, including you. When I said “if you live in California”, I was talking about people who were born and are still in California. Yes, it was a little unclear but c’mon, I didn’t think that would confuse anyone.
Your point is pointless. It’s like correcting someone for misspelling something.
The real problem with your post is a conflation of the Hawaii short form with the California Certified Abstract.There’s a specific reason that the California absract is not accepted for passport identification. That doesn’t mean that all short form birth certificates are invalid for that purpose.