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

President-elect Donald Trump said on his Truth Social platform that Gov. Gavin Newsom "is trying to KILL our Nation's beautiful California." Newsom calls it Trump's "tired, old playbook of grievances.

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,

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.

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.

From family planning to hospital bills, the new Trump administration has the potential to affect a wide range of policies in the Golden State and beyond.

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%

See a county-by-county breakdown of election results in California from the November 2024 and 2020 presidential elections.

Immigration advocates say they’re ready this time for Donald Trump and his efforts for mass deportations. Organizations expect a surge in calls for help after the president-elect returns to the White House on Jan. 20 but say they’re better prepared than in 2016 when Trump began his first term.