No, this is all verifiable. Here, look up the info for yourself on the website of the International Nations' Research Institute in Switzerland; they are the most reputable unbiased (in either direction) source one can find-Nations of the World: California
Long story short, it basically backs up everything I've seen here.(but it also does talk about the CalRon gas scandal of the '80s, which, admittedly, the government here initially had trouble admitting was even a thing).
OOC: I hate to seem eager to nitpick, but I was really just trying to keep this whole thing fairly realistic.
Switzerland, unbiased? That's ridiculous.