There's a lot of truth in what you said above. To wit, the public denouncement of PG&E over having been accused of contributing to wildfires the last few years or so. This despite the greenies keeping PG&E from clear cutting under and around power lines. Then there are the penalties extracted from them by the state. One gets the sense that there was some behind the curtain dealing with PG&E to keep them whole in some fashion, all the while with Newsom mugging for the cameras.
But Musk has shown himself to be increasingly impulsive and erratic the last several years. As you say, there's a lot to keep Musk there in CA, but his other angels may have him leave in a fit of pique. Recall his own denunciation of Unsworth as a "pedo", a guy who was pivotal in his contribution to the rescue of that soccer team trapped in a cave in Thailand. There have been other similar tantrums from Musk in his more business related sphere, so don't be too certain he won't jump ship.
He's really going to fuck the state economy and a lot of businesses downstate, not to mention make and keep unemployment high there and in the Northeast urban corner by Lake Michigan. What's worse (or better, from a consumer point of view) is that the surrounding states of Missouri, Iowa, Kentucky, and Indiana are reopening. So Illinoisans near the borders will simply drive over the Mississippi or Ohio Rivers and go get what they want already. Nowhere is this more pronounced than South of I-64, where I can drive for 45 minutes and get to KY or MO to get a haircut or sit down to eat in a cafe. Or shop in a store.
Gauleiter Pritzker made much a week or so ago about being in a regional consortium of Midwestern states that had agreed to work together on reopening. He seems to have disavowed that and is now proudly annnouncing this past weekend on the Sunday morning news shows that "Illinois will go it's own way." Which in reality is HIS way, because so many here are clamoring to get on with life and business. Methinks he is angling for higher office and trying to put some shade on Cuomo. Or perhaps trying to really drive the economy bad for that big bailout of the state to include pension debt. As you know, this state has been behind the 8 ball for some time because of bad spending, with huge debt in all areas.
As something of an aside, I think the snarky post by a certain resident of NYC may have revealed another element of the divide over reopening the US economy, both sea to sea and within some states. Urbanites are far more dependent on city services like public transit, police, fire, etc. They don't seem to fend well for themselves, so they have to be obedient sheep and hope for the tender mercies of their shepherd and his herd dogs. Outside the big cities, there's less dependence. Individuals know they need to keep an eye on the weather along with other such things to stay whole both financially and physically. So, as we have seen in this thread, the urban folk don't want to rock the boat and at the same time look down on others who are not similarly inclined.