Question: who was the founder of California? 

Answer: There was no *founder* of California, like there was no founder of America. People just settled there. We can say that the reason there are so many people in California is because of the gold rush. First there was some gold found in a creek in Sutter's mill. So I would say the founder was John Sutter.
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