re: As a Californian:

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I've seen it in a handful of threads. Neither side can/wants a secession.
California is a top 10 GDP in the world by itself, yet we can't even provide our own water. It bothers me that people even mention this as a possibility.

Having said that, I live in San Diego County. I've never seen a protest. Never been targeted because I am white, I've never seen a single ICE agent, nor have I heard anyone talk of succession. Just prissy democratic office banter.

Just wanted to let you know, it's not a lawless land.
I've spent a good bit of time in Cali--mainly San Diego (Navy). I think it's the shite aside from the cost of living.

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It's the best place to live and visit in America if cost is not an issue.

But the economics of the state are not sustainable.

It's an absolutely horrible place to do business; it's the France of the United States in that sense. It succeeds, somewhat, in spite of itself.

The wealth dispersion (both ways) is becoming breath-taking in much of the state. You have areas that quite literally resemble the third world (as much as anywhere in America) and then the nicest places on the planet all within a 100 miles of each other in the same state. It's a natural consequence of their tax policy and the rampant rent-seeking all throughout the state. The middle class is getting squeezed in California probably more than anywhere else in the country.

Victor Davis Hanson, though he has his faults, has articulated this about California probably better than anyone else out there.