There are 80 members to the Assembly, representing a relatively equal amount of constituencies. House of Representatives has a larger ratio. From to , the California Assembly stayed reliably blue, with Democrats ceding the majority just once as a consequence of the election. The heavy Democratic tilt in those years was in line with the chamber's history going back to the s, where Democrats first established their majority that mostly stayed intact afterward.
The table below shows the partisan history of the California Assembly following every general election from to Republicans controlled the Assembly from to But in there began an almost unbroken period of Democratic control through Before , the only election where Republicans won a majority was , the same year that Republican Richard Nixon became the first native Californian to be elected president. Republicans next won a numerical majority in , an election where Republicans also took control of the U.
House after decades of Democratic control. However, Republicans did not maintain control of the chamber after the elections. Defections from their majority gave a Democratic-led coalition control of the chamber until January Democrats retook a majority in the elections. Between then and , they increased their majority into the 40s and 50s, reaching 60 seats in and maintaining them following the election.
In , Democrats won a majority despite national Republican gains. In , they won 56 seats, which was two more than needed for a two-thirds majority. This is the margin needed to raise taxes, certify constitutional amendments for the ballot, and override gubernatorial vetoes. Democrats briefly lost their two-thirds majority in when they won 52 seats.
They won it back in by gaining a edge over Republicans. State legislatures can override governors' vetoes. Depending on the state, this can be done during the regular legislative session, in a special session following the adjournment of the regular session, or during the next legislative session. The rules for legislative overrides of gubernatorial vetoes in California are listed below.
How many legislators are required to vote for an override? Two-thirds of members in both chambers. The California State Senate is one of 16 state senates that was Democratic for more than 80 percent of the years between During the final three years of the study, California was under Democratic trifectas.
Across the country, there were Democratic and Republican state senates from to The California State House is one of 18 state Houses that was Democratic for more than 80 percent of the years between Across the country, there were Democratic and Republican State Houses of Representatives from to Over the course of the year study, state governments became increasingly more partisan. At the outset of the study period , 18 of the 49 states with partisan legislatures had single-party trifectas and 31 states had divided governments.
In , only 13 states had divided governments, while single-party trifectas held sway in 36 states, the most in the 22 years studied. The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Office of the Governor of California , the California State Senate and the California House of Representatives from to The chart below depicts the partisanship of the California state government and the state's SQLI ranking for the years studied.
For the SQLI, the states were ranked from , with 1 being the best and 50 the worst. California has never had a Republican trifecta, but did have Democratic trifectas between the years and and again after to the present. California fell steadily in the SQLI ranking until finally reaching the bottom in The state reached its highest ranking 28th in and , first under divided government and then under a Democratic trifecta.
Except for the years and , the California legislature has been consistently under Democratic control. Although the California Constitution establishes the right of California citizens to directly legislate vian initiated constitutional amendments and initiated state statutes , the state legislature develops the ground rules for most of the details of the laws governing the initiative process in California.
Through these rules, it can make the initiative process easier or harder, and less expensive or more expensive. The state legislature can also propose constitutional changes to the initiative process. Several such changes were proposed in the session of the state legislature. The sponsors of these changes hope to gain the approval of enough of their fellow legislators to qualify their proposed changes for the ballot.
The California State Legislature has the authority to refer statewide ballot propositions to the ballot; these can be:. In every state but Delaware, voter approval is required to enact a constitutional amendment.
In each state, the legislature has a process for referring constitutional amendments before voters. In 18 states, initiated constitutional amendments can be put on the ballot through a signature petition drive. There are also many other types of statewide measures.
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Current members of the California State Assembly. Speaker of the House: Anthony Rendon. District 1. James Gallagher R. Cecilia Aguiar-Curry D. Frank Bigelow R. Kevin McCarty D. Jim Cooper D. Marc Levine D. Carlos Villapudua D. Rebecca Bauer-Kahan D. David Chiu D. Kevin Mullin D. Jim Patterson R. Devon Mathis R. Robert Rivas D. Joaquin Arambula D. Thurston Smith R. Jordan Cunningham R. Steve Bennett D. Suzette Valladares R.
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Find someone who looks like you if you can in this interactive tool, and then read below for the highlights:. Of members of the Legislature one seat is vacant , 13 were born outside the United States.
And some were born outside the country because their parents were in the U. It also stands out as a relative bastion of immigrant political representation. But California still likely sits at or very near the top.
There are plenty of states with large immigrant populations where state political power skews disproportionately born-in-the-USA. What makes California different? A larger network of candidate-recruitment organizations, a longer history of politically active immigrant communities, and more encouragement from political parties could play a role, said Sadiqe.
In a Legislature with seats, there is still a single female Asian American lawmaker. Assemblymember Nguyen, an Orange County Republican, was born in Saigon and served in the state Senate from to Among her firsts, Nguyen was the first Vietnamese American elected to the state Senate. Little Saigon is part of her Assembly district and Orange County has one of the largest communities of Vietnamese Americans nationwide. But statewide, of 17 competitive legislative races, few candidates were Asian American women.
Chang replaced Newman in a special election after he was recalled. This legislative session includes 19 Latina lawmakers and several of them will chair Assembly committees.
How does Latina representation make a tangible difference? In , Sen. John Laird made history as one of the first openly gay mayors in the United States. Twelve years later, Assemblymember Alex Lee was born. At age 70, he has watched that evolution firsthand. There has yet to be an openly transgender member. Together, Laird and Lee bookend the history of gay, lesbian and bisexual political representation in state government.
They also reinforce how much the caucus has grown and changed in its two decades.
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