Rollo, I have lived in California for some years, and nostra caro Dottore is right on in his descriptions of the demography of that skinny state.
There are some viscious "I hate everbody 'cept baby jeebus" types in California, but an extreme minority--interestingly primarily what's called 'the Republican core' which is: high school education only, older white males in service or farming trades.
Personally it seems to me to be you'll find these "I hate everybody 'cept baby Jeebus" types in areas directly dependant on an abundance of extremely low cost, usually undocumented workers , which is ironic as those types are constantly barking at people about how they "did everything themselves and nobody ain't never helped me with no handouts" (like the worlds largest water distribution system, or highways, or electricity to water, process and transport the crops the poor Mexicans did the labor to grow, oh no, Nobody ever helped them with anything)
One little note: way back when---in the 1960s in the now affluent suburban area called "Orange County" I heard my relatives there refer to Richard Nixon as "that liberal boy from Whittier". plus ca change, eh? )
