Keeley Webster

| California continues to outperform the U.S. in output and income growth, but employment remains weak and uneven, said Jerry Nickelsburg, senior economist and former UCLA Anderson Forecast director.

California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, a Democrat, was the lead vote-getter in preliminary results with 1,616,720 votes or 34.3%.

"Those school districts would each receive 20% when we have the property tax revenue share," said West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero, center.

"Credit ratings are not political endorsements, they are financial risk assessments," California State Controller Malia Cohen said in a statement.

Republican Spencer Pratt's second-place election-night figures have dropped behind those of City Councilwoman Nithya Raman as more votes are counted in L.A.

A view of downtown Riverside, California. The local school district came under scrutiny in a report from the state auditor. Adobe Stock

City officials attribute the structural deficit to inflation-driven spending increases combined with revenues that have not kept pace.

California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, at a Sacramento hearing in December 2023 Assembly Democratic Caucus

Los Angeles Port Executive director Gene Seroka is pictured during a port briefing with California Lt. Gov. Elenia Kounalakis earlier in the year.

California State Sen. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, (pictured) and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, D-Orinda, have introduced legislation that would place guardrails around artificial intelligence technologies.