As the State continues to make itself more and more unlivable... And to dictate policy, morays and laws to the rest of the Country.
They export it via the people leaving. Californians love California's laws. Californian is quickly becoming a pejorative in almost every other western state. Even Portland, arguably the closest in terms of law and disarray of Los Angeles and it's siblings, has shown a distinct hate for Californians moving in in the last decade or so. There is really only one state literally no one else in the country likes and that is California. I would wager if you polled the country California would be #1, and New York and Alabama would be tied for a distant second.
C'mon, guys! Disease, geologic strife, race riots and county-devouring conflaggerations, led by robotic Republicans and recovering Democrats, to lead the nation in venture capital, patents, research citations, and a Gross State Product that rivals the GDP of 90% of the world's nations. If we did not have a California, we'd have to invent one.
DuPont needs to fire up the Fluorocarbon plants and start depleting the ozone again. Once the world wide flood hits California will be the first to go!
It's funny, I have visited CA a few times for the wine. For a state that you always hear is so incredibly green, there are seemingly limitless cars on the road proceeding at a crawl. I thought traffic would be great since everyone allegedly just rode bikes there - not so much.