Out of work Hardware/Embedded systems engineer with a CS degree here. There's a lack of embedded programming jobs being offered by manufacturers in California

Out of work Hardware/Embedded systems engineer with a CS degree here. There's a lack of embedded programming jobs being offered by manufacturers in California right now. I live in San Diego and it is terrible. One might think this is because California isn't business friendly (noncompetes are illegal), or that salaries are too high. I call B.S. on this. The best talent prefers to live in CA due to the weather and the lack of backwards policies. There are some of us who will not work in certain areas of the country due to the lack of employee rights. We'd rather live off our investments, and recurring income than work in such hell holes, where the rights of employees are dead last.