This chart summarizes % change by state. CA population change is in the middle band and doesn’t seem particularly notable.
https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2022/comm/perc...
https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2022/comm/perc...
I would agree that it is not particularly notable; a lot of the headlines are “look at the big numerator and ignore the big denominator, because narrative agenda”.