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.

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.

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,

It appears inmates in California will continue to work for little or no pay, as tallies released Thursday show voters opposed Proposition 6, a bid to change the state constitution to outlaw involuntary servitude in state prisons. No on Proposition 6 led 54.6% to 45.4%

Three days after the historic election, the results of only a couple of state ballot measures were out as of Friday. The California Secretary of State’s Office said, after processing 10.7 million ballots, election workers still have some 5.4 million ballots to count.

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.

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

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issued a proclamation Thursday to convene a special session of the state Legislature, with the goal of preserving civil rights and enabling potential litigation ahead of the incoming Trump administration. The special ...