D.C. is probably a better example here. California is 1/6th of the US economy. It's not really creating "good" jobs relative to its size.

And D.C. is only doing that because it's just one city. Cities are the winners in the current economy. They happen to be liberal. Cities in Texas and Tenesee happen to be conservative, and they're doing swimmingly also.

Despite how much people get worked up, policy doesn't have a huge macroeconomic effect.