[6] From 1974 to 1975, during Reagan's tenure, a new executive mansion was constructed in the Casa de los Gobernadores neighborhood of Carmichael, a suburb of Sacramento.

Brown, during his first two terms as governor from 1975 to 1983, lived in a sparsely-furnished two-bedroom apartment at the Dean Apartments at 1400 N St.[7] Governors George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson, and Gray Davis lived (successively) in an east Sacramento residence bought by Deukmejian and later leased by the state.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ordinarily commuted each day by private plane from his home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles.

[9] In July 2012, the Governor's Mansion was one of 70 California State Parks proposed for closure as part of a deficit reduction program.

[12][13] In 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom and his family lived briefly in the mansion before taking up residence in a house purchased in the Sacramento suburb of Fair Oaks.

Casa de los Gobernadores was built in 1974–75, in the Sacramento suburb of Carmichael, to serve as the new official residence of the governor.