What gives the government the right to 'take it away from them?'
That said, Californians complaining about government isn't surprising, they have the worst possible state government of the union. Their bias is understandable, but entirely their own doing.
So government is the best friend of man's rights, while libertarianism is the biggest enemy. Libertarianism = corporate feudalism.
Must be all the rich people that live here; they ruin everything!
I'm unable to reconcile your comment with what I understand to be John Lock's theory regarding property rights. They seem incompatible to me.