California State Assembly facts for kids
Quick facts for kids California State Assembly |
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| California State Legislature | |
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Term limits
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Elected before 2012: 3 terms (6 years) Elected 2012 and after: 6 terms (12 years) |
| History | |
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New session started
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December 7, 2020 |
| Leadership | |
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Speaker
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Anthony Rendon (D)
Since March 7, 2016 |
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Speaker pro Tempore
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Kevin Mullin (D)
Since December 1, 2014 |
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Majority Leader
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Eloise Reyes (D)
Since December 7, 2020 |
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Minority Leader
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Marie Waldron (R)
Since November 8, 2018 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 80 |
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Political groups
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Majority
Democratic (60) Minority Republican (19) Independent (1) |
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Length of term
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2 years |
| Authority | Article 4, California Constitution |
| Salary | $114,877/year + per diem |
| Elections | |
| Nonpartisan blanket primary | |
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Last election
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November 3, 2020 |
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Next election
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November 8, 2022 |
| Redistricting | California Citizens Redistricting Commission |
| Motto | |
| Legislatorum est justas leges condere ("It is the duty of legislators to pass just laws.") |
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| Meeting place | |
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| State Assembly Chamber California State Capitol Sacramento, California |
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| California State Assembly | |
The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. It has 80 members. The assembly is currently controlled by the Democratic Party. It meets at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
Contents
Composition
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| 61 | 1 | 18 |
| Democratic | Ind | Republican |
| Affiliation | Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | |||
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| Democratic | Republican | Independent | Vacant | ||
| End of previous legislature | 61 | 17 | 1 | 79 | 1 |
| Begin | 60 | 19 | 1 | 80 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 75% | 23.75% | 1.25% | ||
Officers
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| Position | Name | Party | District | |
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| Speaker | Anthony Rendon | Democratic | 63rd–Lakewood | |
| Speaker pro tempore | Kevin Mullin | Democratic | 22nd–South San Francisco | |
| Assistant speaker pro tempore | Rebecca Bauer-Kahan | Democratic | 16th–Orinda | |
| Majority leader | Eloise Reyes | Democratic | 47th–Grand Terrace | |
| Assistant majority leaders | Rob Bonta | Democratic | 18th–Alameda | |
| Al Muratsuchi | Democratic | 66th–Rolling Hills Estates | ||
| Majority whip | Jesse Gabriel | Democratic | 45th–Encino | |
| Assistant majority whips | Tasha Boerner Horvath | Democratic | 76th–Encinitas | |
| Chris Ward | Democratic | 78th–San Diego | ||
| Democratic caucus chair | Mike Gipson | Democratic | 64th–Carson | |
| Republican leader | Marie Waldron | Republican | 75th–Escondido | |
| Republican floor leader | Heath Flora | Republican | 12th–Ripon | |
| Republican caucus chair | Jay Obernolte | Republican | 33rd–Big Bear Lake | |
| Republican chief whip | Phillip Chen | Republican | 55th–Yorba Linda | |
| Republican whip | Devon Mathis | Republican | 26th–Visalia | |
| Acting Chief Clerk | Sue Parker | |||
| Acting Chief Sergeant-at-Arms | Alisa Buckley | |||
| Chaplain | Reverend Patti Oshita (Buddhist Churches of America) | |||
The Chief Clerk, the acting Chief Sergeant-at-Arms, and the Chaplains are not members of the Legislature.
Members
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| District | Name | Party | Residence | First elected | Term limited | Notes | |
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| 1 | Megan Dahle | Republican | Bieber | 2019† | 2030 | ||
| 2 | Jim Wood | Democratic | Santa Rosa | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 3 | James Gallagher | Republican | Yuba City | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 4 | Cecilia Aguiar-Curry | Democratic | Winters | 2016 | 2028 | ||
| 5 | Frank Bigelow | Republican | O'Neals | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 6 | Kevin Kiley | Republican | Rocklin | 2016 | 2028 | ||
| 7 | Kevin McCarty | Democratic | Sacramento | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 8 | Ken Cooley | Democratic | Rancho Cordova | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 9 | Jim Cooper | Democratic | Elk Grove | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 10 | Marc Levine | Democratic | Greenbrae | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 11 | Jim Frazier | Democratic | Discovery Bay | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 12 | Heath Flora | Republican | Ripon | 2016 | 2028 | ||
| 13 | Carlos Villapudua | Democratic | Stockton | 2020 | 2032 | ||
| 14 | Tim Grayson | Democratic | Concord | 2016 | 2028 | ||
| 15 | Buffy Wicks | Democratic | Oakland | 2018 | 2030 | ||
| 16 | Rebecca Bauer-Kahan | Democratic | Orinda | 2018 | 2030 | ||
| 17 | David Chiu | Democratic | San Francisco | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 18 | Rob Bonta | Democratic | Alameda | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 19 | Phil Ting | Democratic | San Francisco | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 20 | Bill Quirk | Democratic | Hayward | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 21 | Adam Gray | Democratic | Merced | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 22 | Kevin Mullin | Democratic | South San Francisco | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 23 | Jim Patterson | Republican | Fresno | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 24 | Marc Berman | Democratic | Palo Alto | 2016 | 2028 | ||
| 25 | Alex Lee | Democratic | San Jose | 2020 | 2032 | ||
| 26 | Devon Mathis | Republican | Visalia | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 27 | Ash Kalra | Democratic | San Jose | 2016 | 2028 | ||
| 28 | Evan Low | Democratic | Campbell | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 29 | Mark Stone | Democratic | Scotts Valley | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 30 | Robert Rivas | Democratic | Hollister | 2018 | 2030 | ||
| 31 | Joaquin Arambula | Democratic | Fresno | 2016 |
2028 | ||
| 32 | Rudy Salas | Democratic | Bakersfield | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 33 | Thurston Smith | Republican | Hesperia | 2020 | 2032 | ||
| 34 | Vince Fong | Republican | Bakersfield | 2016 | 2028 | ||
| 35 | Jordan Cunningham | Republican | Paso Robles | 2016 | 2028 | ||
| 36 | Tom Lackey | Republican | Palmdale | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 37 | Steve Bennett | Democratic | Ojai | 2020 | 2032 | ||
| 38 | Suzette Martinez Valladares | Republican | Santa Clarita | 2020 | 2032 | ||
| 39 | Luz Rivas | Democratic | North Hollywood | 2018 |
2030 | ||
| 40 | James Ramos | Democratic | Highland | 2018 | 2030 | ||
| 41 | Chris Holden | Democratic | Pasadena | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 42 | Chad Mayes | Independent | Yucca Valley | 2014 | 2026 | Changed party affiliation on December 6, 2019 | |
| 43 | Laura Friedman | Democratic | Glendale | 2016 | 2028 | ||
| 44 | Jacqui Irwin | Democratic | Thousand Oaks | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 45 | Jesse Gabriel | Democratic | Encino | 2018 |
2030 | ||
| 46 | Adrin Nazarian | Democratic | Sherman Oaks | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 47 | Eloise Reyes | Democratic | Grand Terrace | 2016 | 2028 | Majority Leader | |
| 48 | Blanca Rubio | Democratic | Baldwin Park | 2016 | 2028 | ||
| 49 | Ed Chau | Democratic | Arcadia | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 50 | Richard Bloom | Democratic | Santa Monica | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 51 | Wendy Carrillo | Democratic | Boyle Heights | 2017 |
2030 | ||
| 52 | Freddie Rodriguez | Democratic | Pomona | 2013 |
2024 | ||
| 53 | Miguel Santiago | Democratic | Los Angeles | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 54 | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Democratic | Los Angeles | 2018 |
2030 | ||
| 55 | Phillip Chen | Republican | Yorba Linda | 2016 | 2028 | ||
| 56 | Eduardo Garcia | Democratic | Coachella | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 57 | Lisa Calderon | Democratic | Whittier | 2020 | 2032 | ||
| 58 | Cristina Garcia | Democratic | Bell Gardens | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 59 | Reggie Jones-Sawyer | Democratic | Los Angeles | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 60 | Sabrina Cervantes | Democratic | Riverside | 2016 | 2028 | ||
| 61 | Jose Medina | Democratic | Riverside | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 62 | Autumn Burke | Democratic | Marina del Rey | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 63 | Anthony Rendon | Democratic | Lakewood | 2012 | 2024 | Speaker | |
| 64 | Mike Gipson | Democratic | Carson | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 65 | Sharon Quirk-Silva | Democratic | Fullerton | 2016 | 2026 | Previously served from 2012 to 2014. | |
| 66 | Al Muratsuchi | Democratic | Rolling Hills Estates | 2016 | 2026 | Previously served from 2012 to 2014. | |
| 67 | Kelly Seyarto | Republican | Murrieta | 2020 | 2032 | ||
| 68 | Steven Choi | Republican | Irvine | 2016 | 2028 | ||
| 69 | Tom Daly | Democratic | Anaheim | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 70 | Patrick O'Donnell | Democratic | Long Beach | 2014 | 2026 | ||
| 71 | Randy Voepel | Republican | Santee | 2016 | 2028 | ||
| 72 | Janet Nguyen | Republican | Garden Grove | 2020 | 2028 | Previously served in the Senate from 2014 to 2018 | |
| 73 | Laurie Davies | Republican | Laguna Niguel | 2020 | 2032 | ||
| 74 | Cottie Petrie-Norris | Democratic | Laguna Beach | 2018 | 2030 | ||
| 75 | Marie Waldron | Republican | Escondido | 2012 | 2024 | Minority Leader | |
| 76 | Tasha Boerner Horvath | Democratic | Encinitas | 2018 | 2030 | ||
| 77 | Brian Maienschein | Democratic | San Diego | 2012 | 2024 | Changed party affiliation on January 24, 2019 | |
| 78 | Chris Ward | Democratic | San Diego | 2020 | 2032 | ||
| 79 | Shirley Weber | Democratic | San Diego | 2012 | 2024 | ||
| 80 | Lorena Gonzalez | Democratic | San Diego | 2013 |
2024 | ||
- elected in a special election
Seating chart
| Speaker Rendon |
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| Chu | Bonta | Vacant | Lackey | Brough | Waldron | Calderon | Petrie-Norris | Rubio | Holden | Smith | Irwin | |||||
| Dahle | Cunningham | Santiago | Cooper | Diep | Flora | Wicks | Gipson | Limón | Bloom | C. Garcia | Chau | |||||
| Kiley | Fong | Patterson | Gallagher | Grayson | Daly | Ting | Gray | Maienschein | McCarty | Mathis | Obernolte | |||||
| Chen | Bigelow | Wood | Cooley | Carrillo | L. Rivas | Reyes | Quirk-Silva | Low | Burke | Choi | Voepel | |||||
| Medina | Rodriguez | Frazier | Jones-Sawyer | R. Rivas | Kalra | Weber | Kamlager | Muratsuchi | Chiu | Nazarian | Levine | |||||
| Gonzalez | Boerner Horvath | Quirk | Bauer-Kahan | O'Donnell | Friedman | Aguiar-Curry | Eggman | Cervantes | Salas | Arambula | Ramos | |||||
| Berman | Gabriel | E. Garcia | Rendon | Mullin | Gloria | Mayes | Stone | |||||||||
See also
In Spanish: Asamblea Estatal de California para niños
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