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The year 2022 in California involved several major events.

Incumbents

Governor: Gavin Newsom (D)
Lieutenant Governor: Eleni Kounalakis (D)
Chief Justice: Tani Cantil-Sakauye
Senate president pro tempore: Toni Atkins (D)
Speaker of the Assembly: Anthony Rendon (D)

Politics

California State Legislature, 2021–2022 session

January 3: United States v. Elizabeth A. Holmes, et al.

September 29: The Zacky Bill

November 8: 2022 California elections

November 14-December 23: 2022 University of California academic workers' strike

Crime

January 13: Murder of Brianna Kupfer^[1]

April 3: 2022 Sacramento shooting^[2]

May 15: 2022 Laguna Woods shooting

July 11: 2022 Brink's theft

July 16: Killing of Rob Marquise Adams

September 27: Stockton serial shootings^[3]

September 28: 2022 Oakland school shooting

October 28: Attack on Paul Pelosi^[4]

Geography

2022 California wildfires

December 2021-January 2022: 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami

July–August 2022 United States floods

December 20: 2022 Ferndale earthquake^[5]

December 26-: 2022–2023 California floods

Events

January 9: San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 2022

April 2: 26th Satellite Awards

October 25: 50th Anniversary Saturn Awards^[6]

December 4: 12th Streamy Awards

References

^ Hayes, Christal. "Man arrested in random knife slaying of UCLA student working at furniture store, LAPD says". USA TODAY. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ Powell, Tori B. (April 6, 2022). "Police say at least 5 people fired weapons in Sacramento mass shooting; likely gang violence - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ "Stockton Serial Killer: Timeline of Attacks and What to Know About the Victims". NBC Bay Area. October 7, 2022. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ "'Radicalized': Paul Pelosi attacker takes stand, testifies on right-wing conspiracies". MSNBC.com. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ "M 6.4 - 15km WSW of Ferndale, CA". Earthquake Hazards Program. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
^ "ELECTRICNOW WILL AIR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY SATURN AWARDS SHOW". Electric Entertainment. December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2024.

v t e Years in California
19th century	1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

History of California

Before 1900	Native Californian Precontact First explorations Later explorations Genocide of indigenous population Spanish colonization Mexican rule California Trail Mexican–American War Californios California Republic Conquest of California Interim government of California United States rule Gold Rush Civil War
Since 1900	Labor Engineering Water wars Industrial growth Postwar culture Development Legal revolution Tech boom Present day
By topic	Etymology Highways Maritime Missions Railroads Ranchos Slavery Territorial evolution
By region	Bay Area San Fernando Valley Santa Catalina Island Yosemite

Regions

San Fernando Valley

Years in the United States

By U.S. state/territory

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Washington D.C.	Washington, D.C.
Territories	American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

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