California State Assembly

California State Assembly
California State Assembly
	California State Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house of the California State Legislature
Term limits	Elected before 2012:; 3 terms (6 years); Elected 2012 and after:; 6 terms (12 years)
History
New session started	December 1, 2014
Leadership
Speaker	Toni Atkins (D); Since May 12, 2014
Speaker pro Tempore	Kevin Mullin (D); Since December 1, 2014
Majority Leader	Chris Holden (D); Since December 1, 2014
Minority Leader	Chad Mayes (R); Since January 4, 2016
Structure
Seats	80
Political groups	Democratic (52) Republican (28)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article 4, California Constitution
Salary	$95,291/year + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 4, 2014
Next election	November 8, 2016
Redistricting	California Citizens Redistricting Commission
Motto
	Legislatorum est justas leges condere; ("It is the duty of legislators to pass just laws.")
Meeting place
	State Assembly Chamber; California State Capitol; Sacramento, California
Website
	California State Assembly

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The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. It consists of 80 members, with each member representing at least 465,000 people. Due to the state's large population and relatively small legislature, the State Assembly has the largest population-per-representative ratio of any state lower house and second largest of any legislative lower house in the United States after the federal House of Representatives. As a result of Proposition 140 in 1990 and Proposition 28 in 2012, members elected to the legislature prior to 2012 are restricted by term limits to three two-year terms (six years), while those elected in or after 2012 are allowed to serve 12 years in the legislature in any combination of four-year state senate or two-year state assembly terms.^[1]

The State Assembly convenes at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.

Leadership

The Speaker presides over the State Assembly in the chief leadership position, controlling the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus, followed by confirmation of the full assembly. Other leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses according to each party's strength in the chamber.

The current Speaker is Democrat Toni Atkins (78th–San Diego). The majority leader is Democrat Chris Holden (41st–Pasadena), while the minority leader is Republican Chad Mayes (42nd–Yucca Valley).

Meeting chamber

The chamber's green tones are based on the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The dais rests along a wall shaped like an "E", with its central projection housing the rostrum. Along the cornice appears a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and a Latin quotation: legislatorum est justas leges condere ("It is the duty of legislators to pass just laws"). Almost every decorating element is identical to the Senate Chamber.

Candidate qualifications

To run for the Assembly, a candidate must be a United States citizen and a registered voter in the district at the time nomination papers are issued and may not have served three terms in the State Assembly since November 6, 1990. According to Article 4, Section 2(c) of the California Constitution, the candidate must have one year of residency in the legislative district and California residency for three years.

Employees

The Chief Clerk, the Sergeant-at-Arms, and the Chaplain are not members of the Legislature. The Sergeant-at-Arms protects the members of the California State Assembly. This position has existed since December 15, 1849, when Samuel N. Houston became the Assembly's first Sergeant-at-Arms.

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature	55	24	79	1

Begin	52	28	80	0
December 31, 2015	51	28	79	1
Latest voting share	64.6%	35.4%

Position		Name	Party	District
	Speaker	Toni Atkins	Democratic	78th–San Diego
	Speaker pro tempore	Kevin Mullin	Democratic	22nd–South San Francisco
	Assistant speaker pro tempore	David Chiu	Democratic	17th–San Francisco
	Majority floor leader	Chris Holden	Democratic	41st–Pasadena
	Assistant majority floor leader	Cristina Garcia	Democratic	58th–Bell Gardens
	Majority whip	Miguel Santiago	Democratic	53rd–Los Angeles
	Assistant majority whips	Evan Low	Democratic	28th–Campbell
	Assistant majority whips	Jim Cooper	Democratic	9th–Elk Grove
	Majority caucus chair	Susan Eggman	Democratic	13th–Stockton
	Minority leader	Chad Mayes	Republican	42nd–Yucca Valley
	Assistant minority leaders	Frank Bigelow	Republican	5th–O'Neals
		Jay Obernolte	Republican	33rd–Big Bear Lake
		Kristin Olsen	Republican	12th–Modesto
	Minority caucus chair	Brian Jones	Republican	71st–Santee
	Minority floor leader	Marie Waldron	Republican	75th–Escondido
	Deputy minority floor leader	Bill Brough	Republican	73rd–Dana Point
	Chief minority whip	James Gallagher	Republican	3rd–Nicolaus
	Minority whips	Ling Ling Chang	Republican	55th–Diamond Bar
	Minority whips	Beth Gaines	Republican	6th–Roseville
Chief Clerk		E. Dotson Wilson
Sergeant-at-Arms		Ronald Pane
Chaplain		Father Constantine Papademos

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v t e Members of the California State Assembly
Speaker of the Assembly: Toni Atkins (D) Speaker Pro Tempore: Kevin Mullin (D) Majority Leader: Chris Holden (D) Minority Leader: Chad Mayes (R)
<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/> Brian Dahle (R) Jim Wood (D) James Gallagher (R) Bill Dodd (D) Frank Bigelow (R) Beth Gaines (R) Kevin McCarty (D) Ken Cooley (D) Jim Cooper (D) Marc Levine (D) Jim Frazier (D) Kristin Olsen (R) Susan Eggman (D) Susan Bonilla (D) Tony Thurmond (D) Catharine Baker (R) David Chiu (D) Rob Bonta (D) Phil Ting (D) Bill Quirk (D) Adam Gray (D) Kevin Mullin (D) Jim Patterson (R) Rich Gordon (D) Kansen Chu (D) Devon Mathis (R) Nora Campos (D) Evan Low (D) Mark Stone (D) Luis Alejo (D) Joaquin Arambula (D) Rudy Salas (D) Jay Obernolte (R) Shannon Grove (R) Katcho Achadjian (R) Tom Lackey (R) Das Williams (D) Scott Wilk (R) Patty López (D) Marc Steinorth (R) Chris Holden (D) Chad Mayes (R) Mike Gatto (D) Jacqui Irwin (D) Matt Dababneh (D) Adrin Nazarian (D) Cheryl Brown (D) Roger Hernández (D) Ed Chau (D) Richard Bloom (D) Jimmy Gomez (D) Freddie Rodriguez (D) Miguel Santiago (D) Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D) Ling Ling Chang (R) Eduardo Garcia (D) Ian Calderon (D) Cristina Garcia (D) Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D) Eric Linder (R) Jose Medina (D) Autumn Burke (D) Anthony Rendon (D) Mike Gipson (D) Young Kim (R) David Hadley (R) Melissa Melendez (R) Don Wagner (R) Tom Daly (D) Patrick O'Donnell (D) Brian Jones (R) Travis Allen (R) Bill Brough (R) Matthew Harper (R) Marie Waldron (R) Rocky Chávez (R) Brian Maienschein (R) Toni Atkins (D) Shirley Weber (D) Lorena Gonzalez (D)
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California State Assembly

Contents

Leadership

Meeting chamber

Candidate qualifications

Employees

Current session

Composition

Officers

Seating chart

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Joint

Recent sessions

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