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The California State Legislature is the bicameral state legislature of the U.S. state of California, consisting of the California State Assembly (lower house with 80 members) and the California State Senate (upper house with 40 members). [1] Both houses of the Legislature convene at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
These are tables of members of the California State Legislature (California State Senate and California State Assembly). Background colors show their stated political party affiliation, according to the following table:
January 7, 2019: Democrat Eleni Kounalakis, a former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, is sworn in as Lieutenant Governor (and Senate President), replacing Gavin Newsom, who termed out but was elected Governor. March 1, 2019: Republican senator Shannon Grove (16th–Bakersfield) replaces senator Patricia Bates (36th–Laguna Niguel) as Senate ...
The California State Senate has never been expanded since the enactment of the 1879 constitution. In 1962, voters were asked via initiative California Proposition 23 whether to expand the state senate by 10 seats, thereby increasing the size of the body to 50 seats, and to abandon the little federal model. [9]
The author of ABX2-1, Assembly member Gregg Hart, D-Santa Barbara, acknowledged that it may be amended in the Senate over lingering concerns about how it could affect refinery worker safety.
The party affiliation and district numbers of Assembly members are listed after their names in this list. Greg Aghazarian (R-26); Patricia C. Bates (R-73); John J. Benoit (R-64)
The crowded, wide-open race to succeed the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein in California has hit a suspenseful turn as candidates wait for newly appointed Sen. Laphonza Butler to decide if she ...
4:31 p.m. Jan. 3, 2025: An earlier version of this report said former Rep. Michelle Steel flipped a congressional seat in 2020 held by Rep. Katie Porter. She defeated Rep. Harley Rouda. Friday was ...