It appears inmates in California will continue to work for little or no pay, as tallies released Thursday show voters opposed Proposition 6, a bid to change the state constitution to outlaw involuntary servitude in state prisons. No on Proposition 6 led 54.6% to 45.4%

A better alternative for California is to scale back this project, so that something useful can be completed with existing resources.

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California sued the Trump administration more than 100 times in his first term and secured some major victories on the environment, immigration and health care.

AD-70, an Orange County-only district, covers the cities of Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Los Alamitos, Midway City, Rossmoor, Stanton and Westminster. The district encompasses Little Saigon in northwestern Orange County, home to the largest Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam.

See a county-by-county breakdown of how California voted for president. Vice President Kamala Harris has won the state's 54 electoral votes, CBS News projects.

Some battleground contests may not be called for weeks because of the state’s voter-friendly laws and reliance on mail-in ballots.

Kamala Harris' loss opens an avenue for California Gov. Gavin Newsom to lead the Democratic resistance and potentially run for president in 2028.

Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) has once again beat a Democrat in California’s 40th Congressional District, which voted for Biden in 2020, topping Joe Kerr, a retired fire captain. Kim beat Kerr with 56.4% of the vote to Kerr’s 43.

California immigrant advocates and state officials are bracing for what they describe as the likely massive impact of a second Trump presidency on border policies — vowing to fight his plans in court even as they remain uncertain which will make it from the campaign trail to reality.