The Myth Of California

California is already mythic.
The story is set in The City Of Angels (Los Angeles) and features fallen stars (bitter actors and actresses), men who imagine themselves to be gods who are able to create men in their own idealized image (studio heads, directors, producers), and Sodom (San Francisco) Gomorrah ( Las Vegas) and a modern day Babylon (Los Angeles).
The mythical city of Avalon is really to the west.
Lucifer (Venus) could be Nancy Pelossi and Arnold could play himself.
Santa Ana, San Bernardino, San Diego... the state is filled with saints.
And the religion channel TBN is based there too.
After the Big One - California could be a new version of old mythologies with a Zardoz twist.
Maybe the story could revolve around Pelossi battling Arnold for state supremacy and her taking two thirds of the state with her.
Hmm... maybe you have something there SeeNew.