FILE – In this Dec. 7, 2020, file photo, a person wearing a protective mask walks in front of the skyline on Bernal Heights Hill during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco. California’s population has declined for the first time in its history. State officials announced Friday, May 7, 2021, that the nation’s most populous state lost 182,083 people in 2020. California’s population is now just under 39.5 million. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)