There is no secret, many companies, people (esp middle class) and anyone that's not filthy rich or an 'undocumented person' have left, or is planning to leave Cali. There is virtually no affordable housing in urban/suburban Cali thanks to the extreme 'fill in the blank' policies. Tax tax tax tax tax...Even the so called "most beautiful city in America", San Diego has a huge homeless (tent city) problem, just like LA, Anaheim, SF, OAK, SAC and virtually all of urban Cali. Youtube 'Leaving California' and besides a Maroon 5 song, hundreds and hundreds of posts will pop up.
California, the land of urban tent cities that houses mostly Americans, the catering to illegal immigrants, the Hollywood elite, the Dystopian and authoritarian/censorship happy Silicon Valley social media complex; "Left coast ist" politics that brought a mostly Orwellian "left coast ist" shift to the entire country in the 2000s, fleeing companies, $2000 Uhaul cost to leave San Fran (not the other way around though), a horrible mayor in OAK (Libby Schaaf) that managed to lose the Raiders, Warriors, and tip off criminal illegal immigrants from ICE all under her watch, A new poop app so that Bay Area residents can avoid the doo doo from the homeless, astronomically high rent cost; even literal shacks are worth in the millions and on the on with the problems....
States like AZ, OK, and TX appreciate the booming population as people flee the Golden State, but most do not want that detrimental Cali political nonsense invading their states. Might be the most beautiful state, from the 70s and 80s when people viewed Cali as the land of opportunity and it's politics was more even keeled; now vice versa and many people cannot wait to get out of the Golden State. I talk about Cali alot, because I'm afraid of anti-citizen dystopia, esp invading FL.