If you have a cali license obviously you're not just passing through. The fact that my name was on the registration for my car with a cali residence showed I wasn't just passing through.
You can do what a friend of mine did. He owns a place in Az so all of his none daily drivers are registered out there. His daily is still registered here. But he went ahead and got an Az license. He was pulled over once in one of his Az registered cars and was let go with no issue.
Exactly.. always a work around.
Sucks to be a car enthusiast in CA, but work arounds exist and likely always will. We just have to be smarter.