From back when California was worth dreaming about, now it’s just a nightmare.
California is still beautiful. But now it's infested with crappy and woke people, including many of my relatives. I mourn for the place of my birth and my ancestors.
When California had two Republican US Senators (although Tom Kuchel was what what we now call a RINO) and, during the later years, a Republican governor and a GOP-controlled State Assembly. San Francisco also had a Republican governor in the early part of the decade, and LA's Democrat mayor was more conservative than most Republicans. Despite the heavy smog, which has long since disappeared, California had the world's hottest economy, and I couldn't imagine wanting to live anywhere else.