the people leaving Cal are the retirees getting their big payoffs but not having to live in the mess they themselves help create....
If they leave California they can’t vote to keep their benefits. When it comes down to it, the citizens will have the final say about whether these pensions will get paid. Right now this is a big part of the reason democrats want high immigration. Someone has to pay the bill. But immigrants aren’t going to pay these bills either. They have a place to go back to.