When Arnold lost his referendums, Maria took over running the state. Arnie thought he was elected to do what he had said he would do. But as usual, when the dems were defeated, they pushed back and got their ‘voters’ to the polls to destroy Arnold. It worked. From then on his Admin was Dem all the way and the Republicans/Conservatives in California just gave up. We moved with my husband’s company shortly after. It was a good move.
Congrats on leaving CA!