Originally Posted by
rickair7777
The bottom line with CA (and other similar deep blue states) is that you're home free as long as you're actually complying with the law. You can establish *legit* residence elsewhere, keep your house in CA and spend 5 months and 29 days in-state every year* and they can't touch you (federal rules, which they can't over-ride).
Correct me if I’m wrong, but by the nature of this profession, one isn’t likely to spend more than 182 days at their original or new residence anyway, and can easily prove such by CC statements every time one gets coffee in the terminal.
(Assuming one doesn’t live in base bidding reserve)