Dude, I loved California when I lived there. '85-'88. Only reason I left was the cops. I kept getting into it with this outfit called East Side Buena Park gang. And the cops I guess had to try to do something about the ones they could catch. I assumed those brown guys all looked the same to them, but a band of long hairs from Missouri wreaking havoc on the local scene was kinda hard to miss I suppose.
I think the politicians running your state are insane, but I think about it like this. The people get elected in a state by the people who live there. I wouldn't tell you guys to change your laws any more than I would want you to try to change the laws in my state.
And I do have plans to be in SoCal in the not too distant future. There's an old hippie in Bonny Doon I need to go and see while he's still living.