Every time I hear someone rail against California, I think of that scene in Mad Men when Don Draper tells Michael Ginsberg: "I don't think about you at all"
I temporarily lived out in Sacramento, and commuted occasionally to MP. This is not bad compared to some others, but seeing stationary brake lights getting on the highway at 4am was something else
I think that would have been the civilized thing to do. But that is the exception, not the rule in the bay; I.e once you have made your intentions known, and are perceived as someone who could cause damage in the interim, you are out straight away. Feels like a natural consequence of at-will employment.