Until 1988, California was ruled largely by Republicans. Since 1988, it gradually cane to be ruled more by Democrats, with the notable exception of the "modera

Until 1988, California was ruled largely by Republicans. Since 1988, it gradually cane to be ruled more by Democrats, with the notable exception of the "moderate" Republican governor Schwartzenegger. https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-pol-ca-california-voting-history/ https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-pol-ca-california-voting... In both eras, its GDP and population went up, until it became the 5th or 4th largest economy in the world. A bit of mean reversion occurs, after massive spikes in housing prices, wildfires and a pandemic and everyone loses their crap. Seriously, people... this is about as bad as cries of "CARNAGE!!" in 2016 when crime has a slight uptick after 10 years of decline.