The problem is that California leaders have already demonstrated an unwillingness to use police against rioters.

I'm no fan of the Trump administration, but during the George Floyd riots, Santa Monica got wrecked by rioters, and public officials sat by and did nothing. The promenade still hasn't recovered and there are still boarded up shops everywhere.

Very few people would come out and say it, but I don't think too many locals are gonna take the side of the rioters.