In the year to July 2022, the population of California declined by 0.3 percent, while the U.S. population as a whole grew and some Republican-controlled states such as Florida and Texas saw considerable population increases.

Voters approved a measure to reverse progressive criminal reform and were positioned to reject propositions that hike the minimum wage and end forced prison labor.

Voters in the Democratic-run state overwhelmingly approved a measure to impose harsher sentences for crimes and were on their way to ousting two progressive district attorneys.

California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, on Thursday called for lawmakers to convene a special session later this year to safeguard the state’s progressive policies on climate change,

California's push toward cleaner vehicles may be in jeopardy under a second Trump administration. Governor Gavin Newsom has a plan to phase out sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035, but President-Elect Donald Trump has pledged to stop the state's vehicle regulation.

House Republican incumbents are duking it out with Democratic challengers in the blue stronghold of California after GOP lawmakers lost several New York seats.

AD-70, an Orange County-only district, covers the cities of Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Los Alamitos, Midway City, Rossmoor, Stanton and Westminster. The district encompasses Little Saigon in northwestern Orange County, home to the largest Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam.

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The nation’s largest state by population has one of the longest vote-counting processes, both because of the sheer number of ballots and efforts to make voting easier.

The famously liberal state of California voted with conservative groups on a flurry of propositions, including on crime penalties and minimum wage.

In the Golden State, 10 counties that previously chose President Joe Biden have now flipped to President-elect Donald Trump.