This house is for the use of his large family. He won’t make CA a permanent residence because of high income taxes. But he can still spend the winter months there with the family.
Lots of rich people are doing the tear down of small old homes in San Diego and Lajolla and building larger homes for part time use. We live on the coast and have lots of examples in our neighborhood.
I live at Lake Geneva, WI, where people such as the Wrigley family live, and as we speak they are tearing down beautiful estates and erecting bigger homes.
Some people just have money. Get used to it! And what about Tiger Woods’ ex. Didn’t she tear down a beachfront home to erect a new, bigger one in Florida?
Yes but very few people runing for president would do such a politically bone headed thing.