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style="display:inline" class="fn org">California State Legislature</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><a href="/wiki/California_State_Legislature,_2023%E2%80%9324_session" title="California State Legislature, 2023–24 session">2023–24 session</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Seal_of_the_State_of_California_Colored.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms or logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Great_Seal_of_the_State_of_California_Colored.svg/150px-Great_Seal_of_the_State_of_California_Colored.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Great_Seal_of_the_State_of_California_Colored.svg/225px-Great_Seal_of_the_State_of_California_Colored.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="California State Assembly">Assembly</a> (lower)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Term limits</div></th><td class="infobox-data">12 years</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #3333FF; border-bottom: 2px solid #3333FF">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">New session started</div></th><td class="infobox-data">December 5, 2022</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #3333FF; border-bottom: 2px solid #3333FF">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_California" title="Lieutenant Governor of California">President of the Senate/Lt. Gov.</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Eleni_Kounalakis" title="Eleni Kounalakis">Eleni Kounalakis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party of California">D</a>) <br />since January 7, 2019 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/President_pro_tempore_of_the_California_State_Senate" title="President pro tempore of the California State Senate">President Pro Tem of the Senate</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Mike_McGuire_(politician)" title="Mike McGuire (politician)">Mike McGuire</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party of California">D</a>) <br />since February 5, 2024 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Senate Republican Leader</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Brian_W._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="Brian W. Jones">Brian W. Jones</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party of California">R</a>) <br />since December 2022 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_California_State_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the California State Assembly">Speaker of the Assembly</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Rivas" title="Robert A. Rivas">Robert Rivas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party of California">D</a>) <br />since June 30, 2023 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Assembly Minority Leader</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/James_Gallagher_(California_politician)" title="James Gallagher (California politician)">James Gallagher</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party of California">R</a>) <br />since February 8, 2022 </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #3333FF; border-bottom: 2px solid #3333FF">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>120</b><br />40 Senators<br />80 Assemblymembers</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:California_State_Senate_Composition.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/California_State_Senate_Composition.svg/250px-California_State_Senate_Composition.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/California_State_Senate_Composition.svg/375px-California_State_Senate_Composition.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/California_State_Senate_Composition.svg/500px-California_State_Senate_Composition.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Senate political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:blue; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/California_Democratic_Party" title="California Democratic Party">Democratic</a> (31)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ff3333; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/California_Republican_Party" title="California Republican Party">Republican</a> (9)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:California_State_Assembly_Composition.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/California_State_Assembly_Composition.svg/250px-California_State_Assembly_Composition.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/California_State_Assembly_Composition.svg/375px-California_State_Assembly_Composition.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/California_State_Assembly_Composition.svg/500px-California_State_Assembly_Composition.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Assembly political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:blue; color:white;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/California_Democratic_Party" title="California Democratic Party">Democratic</a> (62)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ff3333; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/California_Republican_Party" title="California Republican Party">Republican</a> (17)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #3333FF; border-bottom: 2px solid #3333FF">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last Senate election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2022_California_State_Senate_election" title="2022 California State Senate election">November 8, 2022</a><br />(20 seats)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last Assembly election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2022_California_State_Assembly_election" title="2022 California State Assembly election">November 8, 2022</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next Senate election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2024_California_State_Senate_election" title="2024 California State Senate election">November 5, 2024</a><br />(20 seats)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next Assembly election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2024_California_State_Assembly_election" title="2024 California State Assembly election">November 5, 2024</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #3333FF; border-bottom: 2px solid #3333FF">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:California_State_Capitol_from_Capitol_Mall_-_Sacramento_(26429122855).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/California_State_Capitol_from_Capitol_Mall_-_Sacramento_%2826429122855%29.jpg/220px-California_State_Capitol_from_Capitol_Mall_-_Sacramento_%2826429122855%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/California_State_Capitol_from_Capitol_Mall_-_Sacramento_%2826429122855%29.jpg/330px-California_State_Capitol_from_Capitol_Mall_-_Sacramento_%2826429122855%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/California_State_Capitol_from_Capitol_Mall_-_Sacramento_%2826429122855%29.jpg/440px-California_State_Capitol_from_Capitol_Mall_-_Sacramento_%2826429122855%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5668" data-file-height="3779" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label"><a href="/wiki/California_State_Capitol" title="California State Capitol">California State Capitol</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #3333FF; border-bottom: 2px solid #3333FF">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov">leginfo<wbr />.legislature<wbr />.ca<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #3333FF; border-bottom: 2px solid #3333FF">Constitution</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_California" title="Constitution of California">Constitution of California</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #3333FF; border-bottom: 2px solid #3333FF">Rules</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/sites/clerk.assembly.ca.gov/files/20230SCR1_97.pdf">Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=California_State_Legislature&params=38.576572_N_121.493411_W_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°34′36″N</span> <span class="longitude">121°29′36″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.576572°N 121.493411°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.576572; -121.493411</span></span></span></a></span></span> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:California_State_Assembly_room_p1080879.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/California_State_Assembly_room_p1080879.jpg/220px-California_State_Assembly_room_p1080879.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/California_State_Assembly_room_p1080879.jpg/330px-California_State_Assembly_room_p1080879.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/California_State_Assembly_room_p1080879.jpg/440px-California_State_Assembly_room_p1080879.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>California State Assembly chamber</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:California_Senate_chamber_p1080899.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/California_Senate_chamber_p1080899.jpg/220px-California_Senate_chamber_p1080899.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/California_Senate_chamber_p1080899.jpg/330px-California_Senate_chamber_p1080899.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/California_Senate_chamber_p1080899.jpg/440px-California_Senate_chamber_p1080899.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>California State Senate chamber</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Californialegislaturejournals.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Californialegislaturejournals.jpg/220px-Californialegislaturejournals.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Californialegislaturejournals.jpg/330px-Californialegislaturejournals.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Californialegislaturejournals.jpg/440px-Californialegislaturejournals.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2564" data-file-height="1959" /></a><figcaption>A few volumes of the journals of each house (Senate [upper chamber] is red; Assembly [lower chamber] is green).</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:California_State_Capitol_Annex_Swing_Space,_1021_O_Street,_Sacramento,_main_entrance.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/California_State_Capitol_Annex_Swing_Space%2C_1021_O_Street%2C_Sacramento%2C_main_entrance.jpg/220px-California_State_Capitol_Annex_Swing_Space%2C_1021_O_Street%2C_Sacramento%2C_main_entrance.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/California_State_Capitol_Annex_Swing_Space%2C_1021_O_Street%2C_Sacramento%2C_main_entrance.jpg/330px-California_State_Capitol_Annex_Swing_Space%2C_1021_O_Street%2C_Sacramento%2C_main_entrance.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/California_State_Capitol_Annex_Swing_Space%2C_1021_O_Street%2C_Sacramento%2C_main_entrance.jpg/440px-California_State_Capitol_Annex_Swing_Space%2C_1021_O_Street%2C_Sacramento%2C_main_entrance.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="4200" /></a><figcaption>Capitol Annex Swing Space. During the replacement of the Capitol Annex, starting in 2022 Legislature offices are located at <a href="/wiki/1021_O_Street" title="1021 O Street">1021 O Street</a> two blocks from the Capitol.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>California State Legislature</b> is the <a href="/wiki/Bicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral">bicameral</a> <a href="/wiki/State_legislature_(United_States)" title="State legislature (United States)">state legislature</a> of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, consisting of the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">California State Assembly</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">lower house</a> with 80 members) and the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Senate" title="California State Senate">California State Senate</a> (<a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">upper house</a> with 40 members).<sup id="cite_ref-leg_members_and_term_limits_first_m_dec_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leg_members_and_term_limits_first_m_dec-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both houses of the Legislature convene at the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Capitol" title="California State Capitol">California State Capitol</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento</a>. </p><p>The California State Legislature is one of ten full-time <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_state_legislatures" title="List of United States state legislatures">state legislatures in the United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The houses are distinguished by the colors of the carpet and trim of each house: the Senate uses red and the Assembly uses green, inspired by the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>'s <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> and <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/California_Democratic_Party" title="California Democratic Party">Democratic Party</a> currently holds veto-proof <a href="/wiki/Supermajority" title="Supermajority">supermajorities</a> in both houses of the California State Legislature.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Assembly consists of 62 Democrats and 17 <a href="/wiki/California_Republican_Party" title="California Republican Party">Republicans</a>, while the Senate is composed of 31 Democrats and 9 Republicans. Except for a brief period from 1995 to 1996, the Assembly has been in Democratic hands since the 1970 election. The Senate has been under Democratic control since 1970, except for a brief period from 1973 to 1975. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_State_Legislature&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1849_Constitution">1849 Constitution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_State_Legislature&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1849 Constitution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Article IV of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_California" title="Constitution of California">1849 California Constitution</a> prescribed that the legislative power of the state is invested in an Assembly and a Senate which was to be designated as the Legislature of the State of California.<sup id="cite_ref-1849IV1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1849IV1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sessions were required to be annual and began on the first Monday of the January after the previous election unless if the Governor called an extraordinary session by <a href="/wiki/Proclamation" title="Proclamation">proclamation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1849IV2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1849IV2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The terms of Assembly members lasted for one year while the terms of Senators lasted for two years.<sup id="cite_ref-1849IV3,5_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1849IV3,5-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1849 Constitution did not prescribe the size of either house, but it did require that the Senate was to be composed of no less than one third but no more than one half of the number of members in the Assembly, with half of the Senators being up for election each year while requiring the legislature to fix the number of Senators and Assemblymembers, with there to be no less than 24 and no more than 36 members in the Assembly until the population of the state reached 100,000 residents, upon which the number of members in the Assembly was to be no less than 36 and no more than 80.<sup id="cite_ref-1849IV6,29_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1849IV6,29-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Legislative districts were to be apportioned among the "several counties and districts" according to the <a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">white population</a> of said areas.<sup id="cite_ref-1849IV29_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1849IV29-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Section 25 imposed a <a href="/wiki/Single-subject_rule" title="Single-subject rule">single-subject rule</a> on legislative bills, Section 26 prohibited the legislature from granting a <a href="/wiki/Divorce" title="Divorce">divorce</a>, Section 31 prohibited the legislature from establishing a corporation with a special act (similar to a <a href="/wiki/Private_bill" class="mw-redirect" title="Private bill">private bill</a>), Section 34 prohibited the legislature from granting a charter "for banking purposes" while Section 35 required the legislature to enact a statute which prohibited any person or corporation from "..exercising the privileges of banking or creating paper to circulate as money", and Section 38 required all votes in the legislature to be conducted via voice vote.<sup id="cite_ref-1849IV25,26_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1849IV25,26-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1879_Constitution">1879 Constitution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_State_Legislature&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1879 Constitution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In its original form, Article IV of the 1879 California Constitution structured the legislature in a similar way to the 1849 Constitution. However, the 1879 Constitution explicitly stated that the Senate has 40 members and that the Assembly has 80 members.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The constitution also explicitly provides that Senators terms are four years and the terms of members of the Assembly are two years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legislative_session_schedule">Legislative session schedule</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_State_Legislature&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legislative session schedule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>New legislators convene each new two-year session, to organize, in the Assembly and Senate chambers, respectively, at noon on the first Monday in December following the election.<sup id="cite_ref-regsess_convene_adjourn_sine_die_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regsess_convene_adjourn_sine_die-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the organizational meeting, both houses are in recess until the first Monday in January, except when the first Monday is January 1 or January 1 is a Sunday, in which case they meet the following Wednesday. Aside from the recess, the legislature is in session year-round.<sup id="cite_ref-NextCa_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NextCa-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_House">State House</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_State_Legislature&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: State House"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since California was given official statehood by the U.S. on September 9, 1850, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Compromise_of_1850" title="Compromise of 1850">Compromise of 1850</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the state capital was variously <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a> (1850–1851), <a href="/wiki/Vallejo,_California" title="Vallejo, California">Vallejo</a> (1852–1853) and <a href="/wiki/Benicia,_California" title="Benicia, California">Benicia</a> (1853–1854), until <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento</a> was finally selected in 1854. </p><p>The first Californian State House was originally a hotel in <a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose</a> owned by businessman <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Sainsevain" class="mw-redirect" title="Pierre Sainsevain">Pierre "Don Pedro" Sainsevain</a> and his associates.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The State Legislature currently meets in the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Capitol" title="California State Capitol">California State Capitol</a> in Sacramento. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terms_and_term_limits">Terms and term limits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_State_Legislature&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Terms and term limits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Members of the Assembly are elected from 80 districts and serve two-year <a href="/wiki/Term_limits_in_the_United_States" title="Term limits in the United States">terms</a>. All 80 Assembly seats are subject to election every two years. Members of the Senate are elected from 40 districts and serve four-year <a href="/wiki/Term_limits_in_the_United_States" title="Term limits in the United States">terms</a>. Every two years, one half of the Senate (20 seats) is subject to election, with odd-numbered districts up for election during <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election" title="United States presidential election">presidential elections</a>, and even-numbered districts up for election during <a href="/wiki/United_States_midterm_election" title="United States midterm election">midterm elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-leg_members_and_term_limits_first_m_dec_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leg_members_and_term_limits_first_m_dec-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Term limits were initially established in 1990 following the passage of Proposition 140.<sup id="cite_ref-NextCa_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NextCa-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2012, voters approved Proposition 28,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which limits legislators to a maximum of 12 years, without regard to whether they serve those years in the State Assembly or the State Senate. Legislators first elected on or before June 5, 2012, are restricted by the previous term limits, approved in 1990, which limited legislators to three terms in the State Assembly and two terms in the State Senate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Record_keeping">Record keeping</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_State_Legislature&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Record keeping"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The proceedings of the California State Legislature are briefly summarized in regularly published journals, which show votes and who proposed or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/withdrew" class="extiw" title="wikt:withdrew">withdrew</a> what.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reports produced by California executive agencies, as well as the Legislature, were published in the Appendices to the Journals from 1849 to 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the 1990s, the legislature has provided a live video feed for its sessions, and has been broadcast state-wide on the California Channel and local <a href="/wiki/Public-access_television" title="Public-access television">Public-access television</a> <a href="/wiki/Cable_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Cable TV">cable TV</a>. Due to the expense and the obvious political <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/downside" class="extiw" title="wikt:downside">downside</a>, California did not keep <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verbatim" class="extiw" title="wikt:verbatim">verbatim</a> records of actual speeches made by members of the Assembly and Senate until the video feed began. As a result, reconstructing legislative intent outside of an <a href="/wiki/Statute" title="Statute">act</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Preamble" title="Preamble">preamble</a> is extremely difficult in California for legislation passed before the 1990s. </p><p>Since 1993, the Legislature has hosted a web or <a href="/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol" title="File Transfer Protocol">FTP</a> site in one form or another. The current website contains the text of all statutes, all bills, the text of all versions of the bills, all the committee analyses of bills, all the votes on bills in committee or on the floor, and veto messages from the governor.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before then, committees occasionally published reports for significant bills, but most bills were not important enough to justify the expense of printing and distributing a report to archives and law libraries across the state. For bills lacking such a formal committee report, the <i>only</i> way to discover legislative intent is to access the state archives in <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a> and manually review the files of relevant legislators, legislative committees, and the Governor's Office from the relevant time period, in the hope of finding a statement of intent and evidence that the statement actually reflected the views of several of the legislators who voted for the bill (as opposed to just one). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legislative_committees">Legislative committees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_State_Legislature&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Legislative committees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most sought-after <a href="/w/index.php?title=Legislative_committee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Legislative committee (page does not exist)">legislative committee</a> appointments are to governance and finance, business and professions, and health. These are sometimes called "juice" committees, because membership in these committees often aids the campaign fundraising efforts of the committee members because powerful lobbying groups want to donate to members of these committees.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pocket_veto">Pocket veto</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_State_Legislature&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Pocket veto"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The legislature can "<a href="/wiki/Pocket_veto" title="Pocket veto">pocket veto</a>" laws by avoiding consideration and thus avoiding a vote. The Appropriations "Suspense File", which was created in the mid-1980s,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a popular way to avoid a vote.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When a committee refuses to vote a bill out of committee, a <a href="/wiki/Discharge_petition" title="Discharge petition">discharge petition</a> can typically be passed by the broader membership. In California, as of 2019 this was governed by Senate Rule 28 which requires 21 members and Assembly Rule 96(a) which requires 41 members;<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the procedure was notably used in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, a rule change in the Assembly allowed committee chairs to avoid considering bills, which effectively kills the proposal.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A proposed amendment to the constitution (ACA-23<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) was proposed for the 2017–2018 session to require a vote.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Across the country, pocket veto powers are not uncommon in legislatures; in Colorado, the power was notably repealed in a citizen initiative constitutional amendment in 1988 driven by various reform groups.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview_of_legislative_procedure">Overview of legislative procedure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_State_Legislature&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Overview of legislative procedure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Bill_(proposed_law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill (proposed law)">bill</a> is a proposal to change, repeal, or add to existing <a href="/wiki/California_law" class="mw-redirect" title="California law">state law</a>. An Assembly Bill (AB) is one introduced in the Assembly; a Senate Bill (SB), in the Senate. </p><p>Bills are designated by number, in the order of introduction in each house. For example, AB 16 refers to the 16th bill introduced in the Assembly. The numbering starts afresh each session. There may be one or more "extraordinary" sessions. The bill numbering starts again for each of these. For example, the third bill introduced in the Assembly for the second extraordinary session is ABX2 3. The name of the author, the legislator who introduced the bill, becomes part of the title of the bill. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Legislative_procedure" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative procedure">legislative procedure</a>, is divided into distinct stages:<sup id="cite_ref-leginfo_overview_leg_process_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leginfo_overview_leg_process-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/draft" class="extiw" title="wikt:draft">Drafting</a>. The procedure begins when a Senator or Assembly Member decides to author a bill. A legislator sends the idea for the bill to the <a href="/wiki/California_Office_of_the_Legislative_Counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="California Office of the Legislative Counsel">California Office of the Legislative Counsel</a>, which drafts it into bill form and returns the draft to the legislator for introduction.</li> <li>Introduction or <a href="/wiki/First_Reading" class="mw-redirect" title="First Reading">First Reading</a>. A legislator introduces a bill for the first time by reading or having read: the bill number, name of the author, and descriptive title on the floor of the house. The bill then goes to the Office of State Publishing. The legislator can not act on a bill, except the <a href="/wiki/Budget_Bill" class="mw-redirect" title="Budget Bill">Budget Bill</a>, until 30 days after its introduction.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committee_hearing" class="mw-redirect" title="Committee hearing">Committee hearing</a>. After introduction, a bill goes to the rules committee of the house, which assigns it to the <a href="/wiki/Policy_committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Policy committee">policy committee</a> appropriate to the subject matter, for its first hearing. During the committee hearing, the author presents the bill to the committee, which may hear testimony in support of or opposition to the bill. The committee then votes on whether to pass the bill out of committee, or that it be passed as amended. Bills may be amended several times. It takes a majority vote of the committee membership to pass a bill and send it to the next committee or to the <a href="/wiki/Floor_of_the_house" class="mw-redirect" title="Floor of the house">floor</a>.</li> <li>The Fiscal committee reviews the bill if it contains an <a href="/wiki/Appropriation_(law)" title="Appropriation (law)">appropriation</a> or has financial implications for the state.</li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Second_reading" class="mw-redirect" title="Second reading">second reading</a> on the floor of the house happens when a bill is <a href="/wiki/Recommended_for_passage" class="mw-redirect" title="Recommended for passage">recommended for passage</a>. Ordinarily there is little or no debate. If a bill is amended at this stage, it may be referred back for another committee hearing.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floor_vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Floor vote">Floor vote</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Roll_call_vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Roll call vote">roll call vote</a> is taken. An ordinary bill needs a <a href="/wiki/Majority_vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Majority vote">majority vote</a> to pass . An urgency bill or a bill with tax increases requires a <a href="/wiki/Two-thirds_vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Two-thirds vote">two-thirds vote</a>. The <a href="/wiki/California_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="California Constitution">California Constitution</a> used to require a two-thirds vote of both houses on the yearly budget and on any bill that would increase taxes, but since the passage of <a href="/wiki/California_Proposition_25_(2010)" class="mw-redirect" title="California Proposition 25 (2010)">California Proposition 25 (2010)</a>, the two-thirds vote is required only for tax increases.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before this change, the two-thirds vote requirement was faulted for much of what had been termed "legislative gridlock",<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> enabling a minority party to block approval of a budget before the previous one expired.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Second house. If it receives a favorable vote in the first house, a bill repeats the same steps in the other house. If the second house passes the bill without changing it, it is sent to the governor's desk.</li> <li>Resolution of Differences (<a href="/wiki/Concurrence" title="Concurrence">concurrence</a> or conference). If a measure is <a href="/wiki/Bill_(proposed_law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill (proposed law)">amended</a> in the second house and <a href="/wiki/Pass_(legislature)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pass (legislature)">passed</a>, it is returned to the house of origin for consideration of amendments. The house of origin may <a href="/wiki/Concur" class="mw-redirect" title="Concur">concur</a> with the amendments and send the bill to the governor or reject the amendments and submit it to a two-house <a href="/wiki/Conference_committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference committee">conference committee</a>. If either house rejects the conference report, a second (and even a third) conference committee can be formed. If both houses adopt the conference report, the bill is sent to the governor.</li> <li>Governor's action. Within 30 days after receiving a bill, the governor may <a href="/wiki/Sign_into_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Sign into law">sign it into law</a>, allow it to become law without his/her signature, or veto it.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veto_override" class="mw-redirect" title="Veto override">Overrides</a>. A vetoed bill is returned to the house of origin, where a vote may be taken to override the governor's veto; a two-thirds vote of both houses is required to override a veto. (There has been no override in the California Legislature since 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="California Law">California Law</a> and <a href="/wiki/Effective_date" class="mw-redirect" title="Effective date">effective date</a>. Each bill that is passed by the Legislature and approved by the Governor is assigned a chapter number by the <a href="/wiki/California_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="California Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a>. These chaptered bills are <a href="/wiki/Statute" title="Statute">statutes</a>, and ordinarily become part of the <a href="/wiki/California_Code" class="mw-redirect" title="California Code">California Codes</a>. Ordinarily a law passed during a regular <a href="/wiki/Session_(parliamentary_procedure)" class="mw-redirect" title="Session (parliamentary procedure)">session</a> takes effect January 1 of the following year. A few <a href="/wiki/Statute" title="Statute">statutes</a> <a href="/wiki/Go_into_effect" class="mw-redirect" title="Go into effect">go into effect</a> as soon as the governor signs them; these include acts calling for elections and urgency measures necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Compensation">Compensation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_State_Legislature&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Compensation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From December 4, 2023, members of the California State Legislature receive an annual salary of $128,215. The Assembly Speaker, Senate President pro tempore, and minority floor leaders receive salaries of $147,446. Majority floor leaders and second ranking minority leaders receive salaries of $137,832. As of 2023, California legislators are paid the second highest salary of any state. Senators receive per diem of $211 and Assembly members receive per diem of $214.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reform_proposals">Reform proposals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_State_Legislature&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Reform proposals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expansion_proposals">Expansion proposals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_State_Legislature&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Expansion proposals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>The Neighborhood Legislature Reform Act</b> </p><p>In July 23, 2015, then former Republican presidential primary candidate <a href="/wiki/John_H._Cox" title="John H. Cox">John Cox</a> submitted a ballot measure named "The Neighborhood Legislature Reform Act" which proposed that the Legislature's districts be subdivided into "neighborhood districts" of approximately 5000 people within each Assembly district and 10000 people within each Senate district. The representatives of these "neighborhood districts" within each district would then elect 40 Senate members and 80 Assembly members by majority vote.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been argued that while this proposal would make it easier for citizens to get the attention of any individual community representative, it would also in turn make it harder for these representatives to get the attention of their state legislators.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The measure failed to acquire enough signatures to qualify as a proposition for the <a href="/wiki/2016_California_elections#Propositions" title="2016 California elections">2016 November elections</a> ballot.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sessions">Sessions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_State_Legislature&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sessions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_California_state_legislatures" title="List of California state legislatures">List of California state legislatures</a></div> <div 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amended by voters in 2004 to include a <a href="/wiki/Balanced_budget_amendment" title="Balanced budget amendment">balanced budget amendment</a> that allowed the minority party to negotiate sizable budget cuts, versus revenue increases, by not providing enough votes to pass a budget if certain demands were not met. In 2009, when California faced a major revenue crisis due to the global economic downturn, the state was forced to issue revenue anticipation warrants ("RAWs", or more commonly, "IOUs") for two months because it lacked budgetary authority to issue payments. In 2010, California voters again amended the state's constitution with the approval of <a href="/wiki/California_Proposition_25_(2010)" class="mw-redirect" title="California Proposition 25 (2010)">Proposition 25</a>, which lets a simple majority pass an "all cuts budget" to meet the balanced budget requirement, and provide budgetary authority to issue payments and avoid revenue anticipation warrants, but continued the requirement of a two-thirds vote to increase revenues and reduce budget cuts.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=California_State_Legislature&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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Elena Durazo</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Henry_Stern_(California_politician)" title="Henry Stern (California politician)">Henry Stern</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lola_Smallwood-Cuevas" title="Lola Smallwood-Cuevas">Lola Smallwood-Cuevas</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Josh_Newman_(politician)" title="Josh Newman (politician)">Josh Newman</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Archuleta" title="Bob Archuleta">Bob Archuleta</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_Roth_(politician)" title="Richard Roth (politician)">Richard Roth</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Seyarto" title="Kelly Seyarto">Kelly Seyarto</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lena_Gonzalez" title="Lena Gonzalez">Lena Gonzalez</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Umberg" title="Tom Umberg">Tom Umberg</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steven_Bradford" title="Steven Bradford">Steven Bradford</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Janet_Nguyen" title="Janet Nguyen">Janet Nguyen</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dave_Min" title="Dave Min">Dave Min</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Blakespear" title="Catherine Blakespear">Catherine Blakespear</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a 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legislatures">List of past legislatures</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Members_of_the_California_State_Assembly" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:California_State_Assembly" title="Template:California 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of the California State Assembly">Speaker of the Assembly</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Rivas" title="Robert A. Rivas">Robert Rivas</a></dd> <dt>Speaker <i>pro tempore</i></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wood_(California_politician)" title="Jim Wood (California politician)">Jim Wood</a> (D)</dd> <dt>Majority Leader</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cecilia_Aguiar-Curry" title="Cecilia Aguiar-Curry">Cecilia Aguiar-Curry</a> (D)</dd> <dt>Minority Leader</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/James_Gallagher_(California_politician)" title="James Gallagher (California politician)">James Gallagher</a> (R)</dd></dl></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 16em;"> <ol><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Megan_Dahle" title="Megan Dahle">Megan Dahle</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wood_(California_politician)" title="Jim Wood (California politician)">Jim Wood</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Gallagher_(California_politician)" title="James Gallagher (California politician)">James Gallagher</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cecilia_Aguiar-Curry" title="Cecilia Aguiar-Curry">Cecilia Aguiar-Curry</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Patterson_(California_politician)" title="Joe Patterson (California politician)">Joe Patterson</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McCarty" title="Kevin McCarty">Kevin McCarty</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Josh_Hoover" title="Josh Hoover">Josh Hoover</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Patterson_(California_politician)" title="Jim Patterson (California politician)">Jim Patterson</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Heath_Flora" title="Heath Flora">Heath Flora</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Nguyen_(politician)" title="Stephanie Nguyen (politician)">Stephanie Nguyen</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lori_Wilson_(California_politician)" title="Lori Wilson (California politician)">Lori Wilson</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Damon_Connolly" title="Damon Connolly">Damon Connolly</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Villapudua" title="Carlos Villapudua">Carlos Villapudua</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Buffy_Wicks" title="Buffy Wicks">Buffy Wicks</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Grayson" title="Tim Grayson">Tim Grayson</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Bauer-Kahan" title="Rebecca Bauer-Kahan">Rebecca Bauer-Kahan</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matt_Haney" title="Matt Haney">Matt Haney</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mia_Bonta" title="Mia Bonta">Mia Bonta</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Phil_Ting" title="Phil Ting">Phil Ting</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Liz_Ortega" title="Liz Ortega">Liz Ortega</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Diane_Papan" title="Diane Papan">Diane Papan</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Juan_Alanis_(politician)" title="Juan Alanis (politician)">Juan Alanis</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marc_Berman" title="Marc Berman">Marc Berman</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alex_Lee_(politician)" title="Alex Lee (politician)">Alex Lee</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ash_Kalra" title="Ash Kalra">Ash Kalra</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Evan_Low" title="Evan Low">Evan Low</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Esmeralda_Soria" title="Esmeralda Soria">Esmeralda Soria</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gail_Pellerin" title="Gail Pellerin">Gail Pellerin</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Rivas" title="Robert A. Rivas">Robert Rivas</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Addis" title="Dawn Addis">Dawn Addis</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Arambula" title="Joaquin Arambula">Joaquin Arambula</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><i>Vacant</i></li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Devon_Mathis" title="Devon Mathis">Devon Mathis</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lackey" title="Tom Lackey">Tom Lackey</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jasmeet_Bains" title="Jasmeet Bains">Jasmeet Bains</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eduardo_Garcia_(politician)" title="Eduardo Garcia (politician)">Eduardo Garcia</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Hart" title="Gregg Hart">Gregg Hart</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steve_Bennett_(California_politician)" title="Steve Bennett (California politician)">Steve Bennett</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Juan_Carrillo" title="Juan Carrillo">Juan Carrillo</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pilar_Schiavo" title="Pilar Schiavo">Pilar Schiavo</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Holden" title="Chris Holden">Chris Holden</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jacqui_Irwin" title="Jacqui Irwin">Jacqui Irwin</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Luz_Rivas" title="Luz Rivas">Luz Rivas</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Laura_Friedman" title="Laura Friedman">Laura Friedman</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_Ramos" title="James Ramos">James Ramos</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Gabriel" title="Jesse Gabriel">Jesse Gabriel</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Greg_Wallis" title="Greg Wallis">Greg Wallis</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blanca_Rubio" title="Blanca Rubio">Blanca Rubio</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Fong" title="Mike Fong">Mike Fong</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eloise_Reyes" title="Eloise Reyes">Eloise Reyes</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rick_Zbur" title="Rick Zbur">Rick Zbur</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Carrillo" title="Wendy Carrillo">Wendy Carrillo</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Rodriguez" title="Freddie Rodriguez">Freddie Rodriguez</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Miguel_Santiago" title="Miguel Santiago">Miguel Santiago</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Bryan" title="Isaac Bryan">Isaac Bryan</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Calderon" title="Lisa Calderon">Lisa Calderon</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jones-Sawyer" title="Reggie Jones-Sawyer">Reggie Jones-Sawyer</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sabrina_Cervantes" title="Sabrina Cervantes">Sabrina Cervantes</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Phillip_Chen" title="Phillip Chen">Phillip Chen</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Corey_Jackson_(politician)" title="Corey Jackson (politician)">Corey Jackson</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tina_McKinnor" title="Tina McKinnor">Tina McKinnor</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Rendon_(politician)" title="Anthony Rendon (politician)">Anthony Rendon</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Essayli" title="Bill Essayli">Bill Essayli</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blanca_Pacheco" title="Blanca Pacheco">Blanca Pacheco</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gipson" title="Mike Gipson">Mike Gipson</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Muratsuchi" title="Al Muratsuchi">Al Muratsuchi</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Quirk-Silva" title="Sharon Quirk-Silva">Sharon Quirk-Silva</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Avelino_Valencia" title="Avelino Valencia">Avelino Valencia</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Josh_Lowenthal" title="Josh Lowenthal">Josh Lowenthal</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span 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title="Brian Maienschein">Brian Maienschein</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tasha_Boerner" title="Tasha Boerner">Tasha Boerner</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Ward_(California_politician)" title="Chris Ward (California politician)">Chris Ward</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Akilah_Weber" title="Akilah Weber">Akilah Weber</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Alvarez_(politician)" title="David Alvarez (politician)">David Alvarez</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>(D)</li></ol> </div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Assembly_of_the_State_of_California.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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title="United States congressional delegations from California">congressional delegations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_California" title="Elections in California">elections</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_California" title="List of people from California">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_protected_areas" class="mw-redirect" title="California protected areas">Protected areas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_California_state_parks" title="List of California state parks">state parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_California_Historical_Landmarks" title="List of California Historical Landmarks">state historic landmarks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_California_state_symbols" title="List of California state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_California" title="Transportation in California">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_in_California" title="Water in California">Water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_California-related_articles" title="Index of California-related articles">Index of articles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#FCC200;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_California" title="List of regions of California">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antelope_Valley" title="Antelope Valley">Antelope Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Sur" title="Big Sur">Big Sur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/California_Coast_Ranges" title="California Coast Ranges">California Coast Ranges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cascade_Range" title="Cascade Range">Cascade Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_California" title="Central California">Central California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_(California)" title="Central Coast (California)">Central Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Valley_(California)" title="Central Valley (California)">Central Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_Islands_(California)" title="Channel Islands (California)">Channel Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coachella_Valley" title="Coachella Valley">Coachella Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_California" title="Coastal California">Coastal California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conejo_Valley" title="Conejo Valley">Conejo Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cucamonga_Valley" title="Cucamonga Valley">Cucamonga Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Death_Valley" title="Death Valley">Death Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)" class="mw-redirect" title="East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)">East Bay (SF Bay Area)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_County,_San_Diego" title="East County, San Diego">East County (SD)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_California" title="Eastern California">Eastern California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerald_Triangle" title="Emerald Triangle">Emerald Triangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Country" title="Gold Country">Gold Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Basin" title="Great Basin">Great Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino_Valley" title="San Bernardino Valley">Greater San Bernardino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inland_Empire" title="Inland Empire">Inland Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klamath_Basin" title="Klamath Basin">Klamath Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Tahoe" title="Lake Tahoe">Lake Tahoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Los_Angeles_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater Los Angeles Area">Greater Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Basin" title="Los Angeles Basin">Los Angeles Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost_Coast" title="Lost Coast">Lost Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mojave_Desert" title="Mojave Desert">Mojave Desert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Empire,_San_Diego" title="Mountain Empire, San Diego">Mountain Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Bay_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)" title="North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)">North Bay (SF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Coast_(California)" title="North Coast (California)">North Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_County_(San_Diego_area)" title="North County (San Diego area)">North County (SD)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_California" title="Northern California">Northern California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Coast" title="Orange Coast">Orange Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owens_Valley" title="Owens Valley">Owens Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxnard_Plain" title="Oxnard Plain">Oxnard Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peninsular_Ranges" title="Peninsular Ranges">Peninsular Ranges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pomona_Valley" title="Pomona Valley">Pomona Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacramento%E2%80%93San_Joaquin_River_Delta" title="Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta">Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Valley" title="Sacramento Valley">Sacramento Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saddleback_Valley" title="Saddleback Valley">Saddleback Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salinas_Valley" title="Salinas Valley">Salinas Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Fernando_Valley" title="San Fernando Valley">San Fernando Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Peninsula" title="San Francisco Peninsula">San Francisco Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Gabriel_Valley" title="San Gabriel Valley">San Gabriel Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Joaquin_Valley" title="San Joaquin Valley">San Joaquin Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_Valley" title="Santa Clara Valley">Santa Clara Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_River_Valley" title="Santa Clara River Valley">Santa Clara River Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clarita_Valley" title="Santa Clarita Valley">Santa Clarita Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Ynez_Valley" title="Santa Ynez Valley">Santa Ynez Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shasta_Cascade" title="Shasta Cascade">Shasta Cascade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada" title="Sierra Nevada">Sierra Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley" title="Silicon Valley">Silicon Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Bay_(Los_Angeles_County)" title="South Bay (Los Angeles County)">South Bay (LA)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Bay,_San_Diego" class="mw-redirect" title="South Bay, San Diego">South Bay (SD)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_Valley#San_Francisco_South_Bay" title="Santa Clara Valley">South Bay (SF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Coast_(California)" title="South Coast (California)">South Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Border_Region_(California)" title="Southern Border Region (California)">Southern Border Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_California" title="Southern California">Southern California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transverse_Ranges" title="Transverse Ranges">Transverse Ranges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tri-Valley" title="Tri-Valley">Tri-Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Valley" title="Victor Valley">Victor Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wine_Country_(California)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wine Country (California)">Wine Country</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#FCC200;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Metropolitan statistical area">Metro regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Fresno" title="Metropolitan Fresno">Fresno–Madera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Los_Angeles" title="Greater Los Angeles">Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_metropolitan_area" title="Sacramento metropolitan area">Sacramento–Roseville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inland_Empire" title="Inland Empire">Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego%E2%80%93Tijuana" title="San Diego–Tijuana">San Diego–Tijuana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jose%E2%80%93San_Francisco%E2%80%93Oakland,_CA_Combined_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area">San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#FCC200;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_California" title="List of counties in California">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alameda_County,_California" title="Alameda County, California">Alameda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpine_County,_California" title="Alpine County, California">Alpine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amador_County,_California" title="Amador County, California">Amador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butte_County,_California" title="Butte County, California">Butte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calaveras_County,_California" title="Calaveras County, California">Calaveras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colusa_County,_California" title="Colusa County, California">Colusa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contra_Costa_County,_California" title="Contra Costa County, California">Contra Costa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Norte_County,_California" title="Del Norte County, California">Del Norte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Dorado_County,_California" title="El Dorado County, California">El Dorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fresno_County,_California" title="Fresno County, California">Fresno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_County,_California" title="Glenn County, California">Glenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humboldt_County,_California" title="Humboldt County, California">Humboldt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_County,_California" title="Imperial County, California">Imperial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inyo_County,_California" title="Inyo County, California">Inyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kern_County,_California" title="Kern County, California">Kern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_County,_California" title="Kings County, California">Kings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_California" title="Lake County, California">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lassen_County,_California" title="Lassen County, California">Lassen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madera_County,_California" title="Madera County, California">Madera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariposa_County,_California" title="Mariposa County, California">Mariposa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendocino_County,_California" title="Mendocino County, California">Mendocino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merced_County,_California" title="Merced County, California">Merced</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modoc_County,_California" title="Modoc County, California">Modoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mono_County,_California" title="Mono County, California">Mono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monterey_County,_California" title="Monterey County, California">Monterey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Napa_County,_California" title="Napa County, California">Napa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nevada_County,_California" title="Nevada County, California">Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_California" title="Orange County, California">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Placer_County,_California" title="Placer County, California">Placer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plumas_County,_California" title="Plumas County, California">Plumas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverside_County,_California" title="Riverside County, California">Riverside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_County,_California" title="Sacramento County, California">Sacramento</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Benito_County,_California" title="San Benito County, California">San Benito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino_County,_California" title="San Bernardino County, California">San Bernardino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_County,_California" title="San Diego County, California">San Diego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Joaquin_County,_California" title="San Joaquin County, California">San Joaquin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Luis_Obispo_County,_California" title="San Luis Obispo County, California">San Luis Obispo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Mateo_County,_California" title="San Mateo County, California">San Mateo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_County,_California" title="Santa Barbara County, California">Santa Barbara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_County,_California" title="Santa Clara County, California">Santa Clara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_County,_California" title="Santa Cruz County, California">Santa Cruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shasta_County,_California" title="Shasta County, California">Shasta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_County,_California" title="Sierra County, California">Sierra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siskiyou_County,_California" title="Siskiyou County, California">Siskiyou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solano_County,_California" title="Solano County, California">Solano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Florida_Senate" title="Florida Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_General_Assembly" title="Georgia General Assembly">Georgia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Georgia_House_of_Representatives" title="Georgia House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_Senate" title="Georgia State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_State_Legislature" title="Hawaii State Legislature">Hawaii</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hawaii_House_of_Representatives" title="Hawaii House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Senate" title="Hawaii Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Legislature" title="Idaho Legislature">Idaho</a> (<a href="/wiki/Idaho_House_of_Representatives" title="Idaho House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Idaho_Senate" title="Idaho Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_General_Assembly" title="Illinois General Assembly">Illinois</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_General_Assembly" title="Indiana General Assembly">Indiana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Indiana House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Senate" title="Indiana Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iowa_General_Assembly" title="Iowa General Assembly">Iowa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iowa_House_of_Representatives" title="Iowa House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Senate" title="Iowa Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_Legislature" title="Kansas Legislature">Kansas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Kansas House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Senate" title="Kansas Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_General_Assembly" title="Kentucky General Assembly">Kentucky</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives" title="Kentucky House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Senate" title="Kentucky Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Legislature" title="Louisiana State Legislature">Louisiana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maine_Legislature" title="Maine Legislature">Maine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maine_House_of_Representatives" title="Maine House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maine_Senate" title="Maine Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maryland_General_Assembly" title="Maryland General Assembly">Maryland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maryland_House_of_Delegates" title="Maryland House of Delegates">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Senate" title="Maryland Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_General_Court" title="Massachusetts General Court">Massachusetts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Legislature" title="Michigan Legislature">Michigan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Michigan_House_of_Representatives" title="Michigan House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Senate" title="Michigan Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Legislature" title="Minnesota Legislature">Minnesota</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives" title="Minnesota House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Senate" title="Minnesota Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Legislature" title="Mississippi Legislature">Mississippi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mississippi_House_of_Representatives" title="Mississippi House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Senate" title="Mississippi State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_General_Assembly" title="Missouri General Assembly">Missouri</a> (<a href="/wiki/Missouri_House_of_Representatives" title="Missouri House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Senate" title="Missouri Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Montana_Legislature" title="Montana Legislature">Montana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Montana_House_of_Representatives" title="Montana House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montana_Senate" title="Montana Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Legislature" title="Nebraska Legislature">Nebraska</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Legislature" title="Nevada Legislature">Nevada</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nevada_Assembly" title="Nevada Assembly">A</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nevada_Senate" title="Nevada Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_General_Court" title="New Hampshire General Court">New Hampshire</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_House_of_Representatives" title="New Hampshire House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Senate" title="New Hampshire Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Legislature" title="New Jersey Legislature">New Jersey</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_General_Assembly" title="New Jersey General Assembly">GA</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Senate" title="New Jersey Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Legislature" title="New Mexico Legislature">New Mexico</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_House_of_Representatives" title="New Mexico House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Senate" title="New Mexico Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Legislature" title="New York State Legislature">New York</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Assembly" title="New York State Assembly">A</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_General_Assembly" title="North Carolina General Assembly">North Carolina</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="North Carolina House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Legislative_Assembly" title="North Dakota Legislative Assembly">North Dakota</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_House_of_Representatives" title="North Dakota House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Senate" title="North Dakota Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_General_Assembly" title="Ohio General Assembly">Ohio</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ohio_House_of_Representatives" title="Ohio House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Senate" title="Ohio Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Legislature" title="Oklahoma Legislature">Oklahoma</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_House_of_Representatives" title="Oklahoma House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Senate" title="Oklahoma Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Legislative_Assembly" title="Oregon Legislative Assembly">Oregon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oregon_House_of_Representatives" title="Oregon House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oregon_State_Senate" title="Oregon State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_General_Assembly" title="Pennsylvania General Assembly">Pennsylvania</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives" title="Pennsylvania House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Senate" title="Pennsylvania State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_General_Assembly" title="Rhode Island General Assembly">Rhode Island</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_House_of_Representatives" title="Rhode Island House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Senate" title="Rhode Island Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_General_Assembly" title="South Carolina General Assembly">South Carolina</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="South Carolina House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Legislature" title="South Dakota Legislature">South Dakota</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_House_of_Representatives" title="South Dakota House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Senate" title="South Dakota Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_General_Assembly" title="Tennessee General Assembly">Tennessee</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tennessee_House_of_Representatives" title="Tennessee House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Senate" title="Tennessee Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Legislature" title="Texas Legislature">Texas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Texas_House_of_Representatives" title="Texas House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Senate" title="Texas Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Legislature" title="Utah State Legislature">Utah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Utah_House_of_Representatives" title="Utah House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Senate" title="Utah State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vermont_General_Assembly" title="Vermont General Assembly">Vermont</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vermont_House_of_Representatives" title="Vermont House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vermont_Senate" title="Vermont Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_General_Assembly" title="Virginia General Assembly">Virginia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Senate" title="Virginia Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Washington_State_Legislature" title="Washington State Legislature">Washington</a> (<a href="/wiki/Washington_House_of_Representatives" title="Washington House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_State_Senate" title="Washington State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Legislature" title="West Virginia Legislature">West Virginia</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="West Virginia House of Delegates">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Senate" title="West Virginia Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Legislature" title="Wisconsin Legislature">Wisconsin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Assembly" title="Wisconsin State Assembly">A</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Senate" title="Wisconsin Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Legislature" title="Wyoming Legislature">Wyoming</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wyoming_House_of_Representatives" title="Wyoming House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Senate" title="Wyoming Senate">S</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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