Highly doubt California will secede, they're just salty at the moment. They couldn't let go of the federal funding, left on their own they'd be hosed. They currently have a total state debt of $1.3 trillion as of Jan 2017. Especially since that would put them in an awkward position with the U.S. surrounding them, given that's where they get most of their water. It would no longer be interstate, it would create international imports for water from the U.S. Not to mention being a democrat state it would hurt the remainder of the democrat party when it came to elections. Within their party they like to stick together, so worried about the globalist viewpoint I don't think the rest of the dems would allow 55 electoral votes to go by the wayside. Meaning people like Pelosi and Waters have a stronger devotion to the democrat party as a whole than they do the constituents of California. Forced to choose they would rather be part of one big happy family than left on their own.
I'd imagine with all the assistance they need given all the recent wildfires they're plenty happy to remain in the union, so there's those factors as well. I notice not too many officials barking to secede when they're holding out their hand for federal money.
From my run ins with folks from across the pond, they definitely have different political views. They also have different upbringings, world views, cultures etc. Maybe what they prefer works for them over there, the beauty of not all belonging to a global government. Plenty of folks who didn't care for it there moved here and vice versa. My only real issue is with people from other regions telling me how my region of the world should do things. Me thinks they should worry themselves with their own shitshows as they usually have quite the laundry list of broken things at home to contend with.
I won't go so far as to lump entire groups of people together but any time there's say a gun related tragedy here in the U.S. a lot of talking heads from Europe like to chime in and stick their noses in. "See, you yanks and all your damn bloody guns, that's what you get you morons". Yet as an American I don't feel it necessary when a homeowner defends themselves against crime with a gun to go butt in on European based sites and be like 'yea see? you damn euro pussies can't protect yourself, thank god we have guns'. When it comes time for British or German or French or even middle eastern elections, how many Americans first off - know who the hell is running for what office? Know what candidate xyz stands for? Feels it's somehow their compulsive duty to mouth off and tell whichever nation what they 'ought' to be doing? Yet let an American election take place and people come out of the woodwork to tell another place how to do their business and it doesn't even affect them. Half the time places I didn't even know had internet lmao.