2022 in California
The year 2022 in California involved several major events.
Incumbents
- Governor: Gavin Newsom
- Governor of California|Lieutenant Governor]: Eleni Kounalakis
- Chief Justice: Tani Cantil-Sakauye
- President [pro tempore of the California State Senate|Senate president pro tempore]: Toni Atkins
- Speaker of the [California State Assembly|Speaker of the Assembly]: Anthony Rendon
Politics
- 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