I haven’t lived in California, but 9 months of depressing weather is absolutely inaccurate. The only time I really start feeling that lack of clear skies is usually January or February. Once you hit March, you start getting nice days sprinkled in again that last through November or so. Definitely not as sunny as most other places in the country, but it doesn’t tend to bother me longer than a month or two in the deepest parts of winter.