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The California State Senate has never been expanded since the enactment of the 1879 constitution. In 1962, voters were asked via initiative California Proposition 23 whether to expand the state senate by 10 seats, thereby increasing the size of the body to 50 seats, and to abandon the little federal model. [ 9 ]
The president pro tempore of the California State Senate (President Pro Tem) is the chief executive and highest-ranking member the California State Senate and serves as chair of the Senate Rules Committee. The Pro Tem is chosen at the beginning of each two-year session, via election by all the other senators-elect.
Cortese is the son of former Santa Clara County Supervisor and California Assembly member Dominic L. Cortese and Suzanne Cortese. Cortese's paternal grandfather, Vince Cortese Sr., was an immigrant farmer from Sicily [7] who found success in agriculture and commercial development.
Resigned on January 28, 2021, to become Secretary of State of California: Vacant from January 28, 2021, to April 19, 2021 Akilah Weber: Democratic La Mesa: 80: Lorena Gonzalez: Democratic San Diego: Resigned on January 5, 2022 to become head of the California Labor Federation Vacant from January 5, 2022 to June 15, 2022 David Alvarez ...
The California State Legislature is the bicameral state legislature of the U.S. state of California, consisting of the California State Assembly (lower house with 80 members) and the California State Senate (upper house with 40 members). [1] Both houses of the Legislature convene at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
Seven Democrats and one Republican are vying in the top-two primary March 5 to replace termed-out Democrat Steven Bradford in state Senate District 35 in South L.A. County.
January 2, 2013: Democratic state senators Gloria Negrete McLeod (32nd–Chino) and Juan Vargas (40th–San Diego) resigned to take their seats in Congress. [2] January 10, 2013: Former Republican assemblyman Jim Nielsen of Gerber is sworn into office after winning the January 8 special election for the 4th State Senate district to replace ...
Marie Alvarado-Gil is sworn in Dec. 5, 2022 as a state senator at the Capitol in Sacramento. She represents Stanislaus and 12 other counties. Behind her is Bruce Farrell, her adoptive father.