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 April 3: 2022 Sacramento shooting May 15: 2022 Laguna Woods shooting July 11: 2022 Brink's theft July 16: Killing of Rob Marquise Adams September 27: Stockton serial shootings September 28: 2022 Oakland school shooting October 28: Attack on Paul Pelosi
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 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 December 4: 12th Streamy Awards References