1995 in California
The year 1995 in California involved the following events.
Incumbents
- Governor: Pete Wilson
- [Lieutenant Governor of California|Governor of California|Lieutenant Governor]:
- * Leo T. McCarthy
- * Gray Davis
- Chief Justice: Malcolm Lucas
- Senate president pro tempore: Bill Lockyer
- Speaker of the Assembly:
- * Willie Brown
- * Doris Allen
- * Brian Setencich
Events
- January 2 – Pete Wilson is inaugurated for a 2nd term as Governor after winning reelection in the 1994 Gubernatorial election.
- January 24 – Murder trial of O. J. Simpson: The criminal trial of O. J. Simpson for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman begins.
- March 2 – Yahoo! is incorporated in Sunnyvale.
- March 27 – 67th Academy Awards: Robert Zemeckis's Forrest Gump leads the nominations with thirteen, winning six, including Best Picture, Best Director for Zemeckis, and Best Actor for Tom Hanks.
- April 13 – The National Football League approves the Los Angeles Rams's move to St. Louis, Missouri, playing as the St. Louis Rams until relocating back in 2016.
- April 24 – Timber lobbyist Gilbert Murray is killed by Ted Kaczynski in Sacramento, in the final bombing Kaczynski carried out before turning himself in September.
- May 17 – 1995 San Diego tank rampage: Shawn Nelson, a 35-year-old U.S. Army veteran and unemployed plumber, stole an M60A3 Patton tank from a National Guard armory and went on a destructive rampage through the streets of San Diego.
- June 28 – Ted Kaczynski sends a letter to San Francisco Chronicle threatening to detonate an airplane departing from Los Angeles International Airport before sending a letter to The New York Times claiming the scheme was a prank.
- July 11 – The National Football League approves the Las Vegas Raiders's move to Oakland, playing as the Oakland Raiders until relocating back in 2020.
- July 20 – The Regents of the University of California vote to abolish affirmative action.
- October 3 – O.J. Simpson is acquitted in the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, causing polarized reactions.
- November 20 – U.S. district judge Mariana Pfaelzer strikes down Proposition 187, an anti-immigration law.
- December 15 – AltaVista is founded in Palo Alto.