Population growth began to slow in the late 1990s, thanks largely to out-migration of Southern California aerospace workers and their families as defense spending dried up after the breakup of the Soviet Union.

California sought to raise voter turnout by passing vote by mail, which election officials say slows the ballot counting process.

Trump is fully aware of the strategy, having hinted at implementing it if he took office while on the campaign trail. He specifically targeted federal disaster aid, in a state which can rack up tens of billions of dollars in damage due to wildfires.

Some regions "don't feel like they're fully engaged in the prosperity that is the state of California," the governor admitted.

Now, some Democrats say that is a problem. So, what, if anything, does the state need to do to win back Democratic voters? Taryn Luna covers the governor for the Times and she joined Lisa McRee from Sacramento.

Ex-Obama fundraiser and Silicon Valley tech pioneer Allison Huynh spoke to Fox News Digital about the recent progressive losses in California after the election.

Lake County elections officials are tired of the rush to count ballots, defending their history of being the last in California and possibly the nation to tally votes.

Democrat Derek Tran has taken the lead over GOP Rep. Michelle Steel in California's 45th Congressional District with 6% of the vote still uncounted two weeks after the election.

Nearly 2 million undocumented immigrants are the backbone of some industries, and they pay billions in taxes for services they never receive.

Complaints and conspiracy theories about California election results are back. A nonpartisan group hopes its vote tracker will help.

The closest House race in the nation is in Southern California, where Representative Michelle Steel is trailing her challenger, Derek Tran, by a tiny margin after nearly 310,000 votes have been counted.

More than a handful of races are still too close to call, largely because the state’s commitment to vote-by-mail balloting guarantees the process will be slow.