That's what they want, but they will never get that here. The culture is different and
Disneyland is and has always been a locals park. My family moved to northern CA in 1994 and I didn't even step foot in Disneyland until 1996 and that was for Grad Nite. Didn't come back until I moved to So Cal in 2001. And we were a HUGE Disney family when we lived in NJ. We went to WDW every other year growing up. Disneyland wasn't even on our radar as a place to visit once we moved to CA, and I'm not sure why. We kept flying to Orlando as a family.
When they decided to add DCA and Downtown Disney and the Grand Californian and Paradise Pier hotels, they were desperately trying to make this a "vacation destination" like WDW, but it has never really worked. Sure, they have increased their reach of non local visitors, but they will always need to have the support of the locals here.
You can see how WDW has practically eliminated the annual passes over there and they are doing fine. WDW probably never needed an annual pass program at all. It seems to be a reluctant offering over there. But they do have the vacationers to support the parks and hotels over there.