Conservatives move to where they’re wanted. Liberals move to where they’re not wanted.
Also, Democrats encouraged a takeover by immigrants. Southern California has been purged of most native Americans.
My brother moved from California to Georgia.
Many other conservatives also moved out.
In addition, California is not as liberal/Progressive/Socialist/Communist as they would have you believe, because they are committing massive vote fraud to eliminate Republican votes in the elections. We moved our home and business out of California after the Democrats denied me the right to vote in defiance of my legitimate voter registration and fraudulently substituted the names of a group of Hispanic illegal aliens for the address of my own home. When I attempted to report the crimes to any of more than a half dozen California authorities, they either refused to take the complaint or threatened to arrest me for attempting to make the complaint. So, we arranged to have the business and our home to be moved to another state.