I have lived in California, for over 10 years. Not now, but I still like it.
I have spent a LOT of time in PA, as my wife is born and bred in Pittsburgh.
I know em both pretty well.
I cant agree with you.
But of course, being born in 1955, I have been a hippie, a punk, and listened to rap music since it started 40 years ago, so I already qualify as a socialist. There are about 8 actual communists left in California, they are all over 70.
Your problem appears to be that your actual pennsylvania neighbors are more liberal than you are, and keep voting for the people they want.
This is not California's fault.
I would add that PA gets back from the feds $1.15 for every tax dollar you guys pay. That fifteen cents is coming to you from California, and the other socialist states who actually make more than the get back. You know, the blue states, called that, because their budgets are not in the red.
Fact remains, whether you like what your governor does or not, California, and the money it makes, helps float your boat and pay for your roads and schools.