The truth is California was invaded by people from other places, illegal and otherwise, for at least the last three decades. Pelosi and Boxer are from the east coast for example...
Many of the "California" invaders going to other states now are not from California at all.
No offense meant
@DB I've punched cows and rode the rodeo circuit with cowboys from the Sierras. Good folks - Just what you'd expect. Solid gold.
I am friends with another feller that lost the water battle, and his hacienda in the (central?) valley... He's got a place up here in the sticks... Same thing. Salt of the earth.
I even know more than a few CA granola-head hippie types homesteading off-grid... They're a bit weird, but good folks. Usually in the vanguard teaching folks things long forgotten wrt pre-refrigeration preservation tech, and as a group, tend to excel in foraging. Great folks. Most of what we know up here about Thermal Mass Heat, and probably Solar power comes from them.
ALL of the above are good Conservative folks.
But the liberalism descending upon the West is an infection spreading primarily from the Left Coast, and there ain't no denying it, whether you want to claim them or not. 'Californication' became a word for a reason. And the word is wide-spread.
Not exactly fair, as Portland and Seattle do their part too - And Washingtonians and Oregonians don't want to claim them either... But there it is.