CA's downturn, IMO, began in the 1970s' Jerry Brown maladministration. Governor Deukmejian couldn't reverse the trend, and Governor Wilson barely tried (if at all). But don't dump CA's situation on Noisome alone; the Moonbeam I, Davis, and Moonbeam II maladministrations all aided the plunge; Ahnold the RINO sort of tried, maybe for a year or two, but then went full-on RINO.