It's normal - as you said, the ethanol content in CA is on the high side. It's been about 55-65 F here in the mornings and the first start of the day will usually take 2-3 attempts.
One fix is to add a gallon of 91 with every tank of e85.
Another fix would be to modify the cranking fuel injector pulse width tables, as shown in this thread:
https://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=131387