Counterpoint just to play devil's advocate.
There's lots of places that are relaxed and liberal that's not in California. Portland, Seattle, Twin Cities, Boulder, Ann Arbor, Ashville, Raleigh, Pittsburg, Austin, Chicago, etc... All of those will be cheaper and some don't even have state income tax, which would be an automatic 9% raise per year.
Food quality is going up all around the country, especially in the bigger cities. Just look at the James Beard finalists/semifinalists for each year and see how many are outside of CA/NY. You might not get as many diverse options though, but there will still be options.
Those activities are also very expensive. Have you seen how much a park hopper costs at Disneyland nowadays let a lone a season pass? I know people who don't live in CA who take their kids to Disneyland more than the SoCal locals do.
Lots of
states guarantee admission to colleges or have high percentage rates of admission for residents.
Much of CA is not a financially wise choice for doctors for the most part although there are parts of CA that are cheaper than places that we typically think are lower COL. Now if you were in tech getting hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars in RSU refreshers per year where you cannot get that elsewhere or with remote work, that's a different story.