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In 1947, the California State Assembly ended its participation and the committee was reorganized by the California State Senate under authority of the Rules Committee of the State Senate as a subcommittee of the General Research Committee. CUAC was the California equivalent of the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
One Member of the Senate is appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one Member of the Assembly is appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Legislative Counsel serves ex officio. [ 9 ] The Commission's staff consists of its executive director, chief deputy counsel, two staff attorneys, and two administrative support staff. [ 10 ]
The president pro tempore of the California State Senate (President Pro Tem) is the chief executive and highest-ranking member the California State Senate and serves as chair of the Senate Rules Committee. The Pro Tem is chosen at the beginning of each two-year session, via election by all the other senators-elect.
Senate President pro Tem Mike McGuire previously said his chamber “won’t be convening in a special session this fall.” California Senate sets special session date after Assembly passes bill ...
A bipartisan California bill that would make it a crime for a person to sit, lie, sleep, or camp on a street or sidewalk within 500 feet of a school, park or major transit stop was voted down ...
The California Senate will meet in a special session to consider legislation aimed at mitigating sharp, seasonal spikes of gasoline. ... McGuire said the Senate will have two committee hearings on ...
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 ]
Noreen Marie Evans (born April 22, 1955) is an American lawyer and politician who was a member of the California State Senate. [2] As a Democrat , she represented the 2nd district , encompassing Humboldt , Mendocino , Lake and Napa counties, as well as parts of Sonoma and Solano counties.