The best thing one can do is position themselves to take advantage of the situation. Make sure you own a house in a good area - the concentration of families moving into 'safe zones' has been instrumental in pushing up real estate prices in certain parts of SoCal (like coastal OC).
You're going to need the increased equity value to finance the increasingly private education/police/health requirements that used to be covered by taxes and gov't services. We're not just heading to a divided society - we're already there. Just make sure you're on the right side.
i'm neither shocked nor surprised - I'm just relating what's been going on. I am, however, disgusted. And we do live in a "safe area" in the San Francisco east bay area, and paid a premium to do so. Property values of the homes here have done nothing but go up. When homes in my neighborhood go up for sale, they are snapped up in days, and at continually higher prices.