While I understand why you did, it disturbs me how many people left the state who could have helped us turn the place around.
A major portion of the state is still Conservative, but the major cities outvote it.
If all those who left were still here, the place wouldn’t be nearly as bad as it is.
We would prevail much more often.
We did all we could to try and “fix” this state. We went to every local, state and federal meeting and voiced our opinion.We went door to door, when we could, to make sure all voters knew what was going on. It did not help at all.
We lived in a somewhat conservative area in Northern CA. Then the Bay area people moved in, because it was cheaper to live in our area.
Soon, we could not say Merry Christmas because someone might be offended. Then there was all this transgender bathroom stuff for school children.
We got hit with a “fire tax” because we had trees in our backyard and they “might” burn.
After that, we could not water our lawns or gardens.
I could go on and on.
We finally voted with our feet and moved away.
We miss our prior home and our friends, but we needed to face reality.
CA is a failed state due to its’ own stupidity.