Newport Beach is in Orange County. Orange County has always had a large number of Republicans. I would not call it a red county but more of a purple county because libs are all over California. They are a huge blight on the state and not a single one of them are worthy to live in such a great state.
Instead the exodus out of the state are mostly conservatives. They are migrating to mostly red states so they can be free. I live in Utah and there are tons and tons of Californians moving here. They have created a housing shortage which has caused housing prices to skyrocket. I am very, very, very fortunate I bought my house when houses were still affordable.
The migration to Utah is not even the biggest. The biggest migrations are long the 10 freeway, Arizona to Florida, and mostly Texas and Florida.