Excuse me, but you seem to be clueless.
California is in trouble not because the government dependents are leaving the state! Its because the people PAYING THE TAXES are leaving the state. Anyone who is paying attention will see that the states surrounding California are becoming richer and MORE CONSERVATIVE as California becomes more liberal and further in debt.
People are leaving the state with a pile of wealth set aside over a life time. These are the people who voted for Ronald Reagan as governor.
Intuitively, you would think that, but my experience with people fleeing high tax states from New York, New England is that the come down south and bring their Commie voting habits with them. Why would the refuse form CA be any different? I hope you are correct.
Some decent conservatives come but at to high a cost.