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Pages in category "Appropriations Committee member, California State Senate" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
He was a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus. [2] ... Holden served as chairman of the Appropriations Committee, [3] ... Total votes 70,496 : 100.0 :
These are tables of members of the California State Legislature (California State Senate and California State Assembly). Background colors show their stated political party affiliation, according to the following table:
California's 71st State Assembly district election, 2014 Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Republican: Brian Jones (incumbent) 40,326 76.1 Republican: Tony Teora 12,573 23.7 Democratic: Howard L. Katz 109 0.2 Total votes 53,008 : 100.0 : General election Republican: Brian Jones (incumbent) 64,613 : 70.6 : Republican: Tony Teora 26,935 29 ...
The Appropriations "Suspense File", which was created in the mid-1980s, [21] is a popular way to avoid a vote. [22] When a committee refuses to vote a bill out of committee, a discharge petition 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 ...
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 ]
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.
The Senate is divided into three classes to stagger the terms of its members such that one-third of the Senate would be up for re-election every two years. Upon California's admission to the Union in 1850, the state was assigned a Class 1 seat and a Class 3 seat, first elected in 1849.