https://www.siliconvalley.com/2023/03/17/borenstein-californias-population-boom-is-over-plan-accordingly/

California’s years of major population growth have ended, and a state forecast suggests that the numbers might peak by as early as 2030 and then start to decline.

At the turn of the century, when the population was about 34 million, state forecasters were predicting 45 million by 2020 and 59 million by 2040. That isn’t happening.