oh yeah, i agree, california is a bit forgeted up for a variety of reasons, but its not primarily cause of liberalism or anything political afaik. if anything, its economical/capitalism thats loving most of the state due to extremely high cost of living and the amount of housing speculation from the rich, both overseas and in america.
personally though, ill admit that i try to stay out of all of it and just focus on myself, so im not completely in on the loop regarding the state of politics or how much it impacts day to day life. but as far as i can tell, very little has changed directly due to political stuff, and much more changed directly due to economic influences