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The bills are part of the historic 2024 Reparations Priority Bill Package introduced in February by the California ... which passed with a 6-1 vote in the state Senate Judiciary Committee. ...
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]
Elected to the California Senate as a Democrat in 1974, Rains served three terms prior to running for the Office of Attorney General of California. [2] His Senate district included over a million constituents in the Central Coast area of California between Los Angeles and San Francisco, including, but not limited to, the Counties of Ventura, Santa Barbara and Northern Los Angeles.
On September 10, 1987, while Lockyer chaired the State Senate Judiciary Committee, he and Speaker of the Assembly Willie Brown met at Frank Fat's Restaurant [10] in Sacramento with representatives of bitterly competing special interests – insurance companies, trial lawyers, doctors and manufacturers – to formalize their agreement to "the ...
Sonia Sotomayor testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination for the United States Supreme Court. The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally known as the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 22 U.S. senators [1] whose role is to oversee the Department of Justice (DOJ), consider executive and judicial nominations, and review pending ...
Hannah-Beth Jackson (born May 19, 1950) is an American politician who served in the California State Senate from 2012 to 2020. A Democrat, she represented the 19th Senate District, encompassing Santa Barbara County and most of Ventura County.
The speaker of the California State Assembly presides over the State Assembly. The lieutenant governor is the ex officio president of the Senate and may break a tied vote, and the president pro tempore of the California State Senate is elected by the majority party caucus. The Legislature meets in the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
María Elena Durazo (born March 20, 1953) is an American politician serving in the California State Senate.A Democrat, from 2018 to 2022 she represented the 24th State Senatorial district and has been representing the 26th district since 2022 which encompasses Central Los Angeles, East Los Angeles, and Vernon.