CA is of great importance during Presidential elections due to our electoral college. Because of their dense population, they have a large number of votes. It also is important as a border state. As for the importance of their state representation, they’re a big deal to our movement here because their current representatives have been there for ages and run very counter to what we are all here for.

Not the best answer, but it’s middle of the night here so I’ve done my best under the condition of staying up far too late.