respectfully disagree - I spend a heck of a lot of time in California. Grew up here, plenty of school friends still here.
California is very different than the rest of the country. So much different that it might as well be a foreign country. Its too foreign to revert back to the old days, even Orange County is extreme liberal these days.
As long as California remains part of the Union, there will always be a huge tension between the sensibilities of the rest of the country and California. Let them go, and the rest of the country will be able to choose its own path with consensus
Cal is 49 parts other states refugees, 25 parts Mexicans, 22 parts asian, and the rest alive Calies.