The $122 million-dollar Los Angeles mayor’s race between US Rep. Karen Bass and real estate magnate Rick Caruso is still too close to call, along with six House races in California that could determine the balance of power in Washington, raising a perennial question: Why does it take California so long to count its votes?

(SOURCE) https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/california-midterm-election-counting-house-control/index.html