No, not painting all California citizens that way.
I AM a California citizen.
I do understand there are many decent people here.
But even in rural areas, things in our state are changing for the worse-which is not necessarily due to the average citizens but more to the crazy half of the population and government officials.
Consult with VDH.
I live in a very rural mountainous area of California. Looks like Idaho here. No crazy homeless people and very low crime.
So move to Idaho. You’ll love the winters!