For added glitz and glamour you could drive through skid row and maybe meet one of the 200000 or so homeless people in the state. I don't understand why everyone's idea of utopia is California.
To quote the lyrics of Do Ri Me by Woody Guthrie
California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see;
But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot
If you ain't got the do re mi.