It would be amusing, but likely irrelevant as CA is (like most states) is a winner take all electoral collage state, and DeSantis has no chance of winning CA. So if he avoids stopping in CA it basically just leaves him more time to focus on places he might be able to win.
I’m not saying DeSantis has no chance of getting any votes in CA (I moved out of a red part of CA last year, many many trump posters/bumperstickers), just no chance of carrying CA.
Probably technically, yes. Flying has some inherent risk, but more so sending someone with no funds off to a state they have no roots in has a likelihood of causing some injury, and a slim chance of death. However I expect courts would apply a pretty high bar to “attempt to influence government policy” in part because he is a sitting governor and expected to influence government policy, and in part because he is an old white dude. I would assume that would be expressed by holding “risked injury or death” to a very high standard, and maybe “illegal” as well.
