Speaking as a native born Californian, now you can feel the way we did throughout the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s when we had record in-migration every decade since WWII.
Pres. Reagan's 1986 Amnesty should rate as one of the all-time most consequential causes for the state's political pole reversal.
When California had Nixon and Reagan, Texas had LBJ and then Ann Richards.