I wasn’t born in CA, but grew up 90 miles north of Sacramento. My father was in the USAF, and we moved around quite a bit before my parents divorced. Both my father’s and mother’s ancestors originated in Virginia (1653 on my father’s side, and late 1800’s on my mother’s). We have relations scattered throughout the U.S.
Northern CA was always like another state to me. Now SoCal is infested with illegals and I hate that, but San Diego is still my home and I love it. CA will never get fixed so long as democrats own both legislative houses, so color it gone.
We raided our kids in Sacramento. We’ve only been gone for about 5 years now. There are times I miss it but not in the summer! LOL