Not sure I follow the criticism. California is a pro-regulation state, you posit, and I'll posit that Texas is an anti-regulation state. Yet, population adjusted, California ranks higher in economy by Gross State Product than Texas.
Amazing how I didn't make any economic claims whatsoever about either state.
People like you ruin conversations about politics. I don't give half a shit how much money California pulls in, I'd never go back, I'll never hire a californian, so it has zero bearing to me.
I'd thank you for the info, but you only posted to try and prove me wrong about something I didn't even say in the first place.
They will support LITERALLY ANYTHING as long as a lawmaker tells them it's going to help them. They'll regulate ANYTHING for any reason.
It's been that way since at least the 40s, probably before then too though.