I don't think that is entirely true. There are many things here that people try to eradicate or improve. For example, the people fought like an army to preserve NEM 2.0 instead of cancelling it. It was grandfathered in for time being. Many people here have been trying for years to limit assault rifles magazines to 10 bullets. Federal judges strike it down. Judges in San Francisco prevent the homeless from being taken off the street unless the city has a free bed for them. The state is being inundated with migrants seeking asylum and being absorbed into the city centers with no places for them. This is a Federal issue and state doing all it can. Air quality and wildfires are REAL in problems California and yet people are in a constant battle against fossil fuels ruining the state. California is generally socially very liberal, but the citizens still want good, common sense government that works on behalf of people. They don't want graft and corruption. They only get two choices at the ballot box, RED or BLUE. RED's are usually rural areas, if in urban centers they lose. BLUES's are split among Whites, Asians, Hispanics, African Americans, Native Americans, LGBTQ and this requires a coalition of the willing to get anything done.