[DannoXYZ]

Well, 350000 Californians have been fleeing per year. Draconian laws and procedures adding to costs-of-living for everyone. Only lucky top 1% making fortune on tech can afford to live there.

Comparison can be drawn between vehicle licensing and smog-tests. HUGE hoops to jump through for CA shops and car owners. AZ uses exact same smog standards and no CARB hassles. As long as your tail-pipe emissions meets standards, your car passes with any amount of upgrades you want.

In CA, I had entire bone-stock OEM engine, intake, exhaust and ECU I would swap into my Porsche every 2-years because of CARB. Even though it passes tail-pipe sniffer just fine with upgraded engine, aftermarket ECU, custom exhaust and aftermarket catalytic, CARB says all those items must remain factory OEM.... WTF?!@#%€

Endless additional layers of bureaucracy adds costs and inconvenience for everyone. In AZ, I got smog-test done for $15 and registered car for 5-yrs for $75. In CA, it would be over $1000 for all that! And CA's roads are way, way crappier than AZ!!! All that extra money being raked in is going somewhere... most likely politician's pockets!!