I love/loved California. Over 1/2 of my family are Americans 15 Cousins, 5 Aunts, 6 Uncles, etc etc, and they mostly live in Arizona now, but a couple lived in California, near Chula Vista (San Diego area). Early in life I loved visiting there, as everything about that place and area was fantastic to a boy from the Western part of Canada.
Later on I travelled at ton for work in my early 20s, and of the 40+ flights into the USA for 5 years, a quarter of these would be to L.A. and the southern part of California, with one or two perhaps per year to the Bay area. Great people, great weather, great times on the water, great food (Mexican food as well as the Sushi had no equals in my travels), great everything.
Now, woke-ism is at its peak in California, and anyone claiming that this movement as well as the "progressives" haven't kicked the crap out of California is either delusional or part of the mainstream media apparatus. Such a wonderful, wonderful place, that's now well on its way to being destroyed. Treasonous at best.