I lived out there in Monterey while stationed at Ft. Ord. That was mid-late eighties. Wasn't so bad then. Now the place is completely loony. Celebrities, immigrants, and dopers run/ruin the state.
I was at DLI 89-91 and deployed from there to Desert Storm. Nice but nutty. BTW my Mini-14 slept through the assault weapons ban in my attic!