High taxes. Regulations imposed on everything. Cops everywhere. Millionaire government employees with golden pensions.
Now about half of California’s voters hope to leave the state.
1 in 5 Californians pay more than 50% of their income for housing. (Real estate is something of a rare tax haven in California, after voters approved Proposition 13 in 1978; consequently, demand for real estate has increased housing prices statewide.)