California_State_Legislature,_2017–2018_session

2017–2018 session of the
California State Legislature
2017–2018 session of the; California State Legislature
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Overview
Legislative body	California State Legislature
Jurisdiction	California
Term	December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2018
Senate
Members	40
President of the Senate	Gavin Newsom (D); Dec. 5, 2016 – present
President pro tempore	Kevin de León (D–24th); Dec. 5, 2016 – Mar. 21, 2018; Toni Atkins (D–39th); Mar. 21, 2018 – present;
Minority Leader	Jean Fuller (R–16th); Dec. 5, 2016 – Apr. 12, 2017; Patricia Bates (R–36th); Apr. 12, 2017 – present;
Party control	Democratic
Assembly
Members	80
Speaker	Anthony Rendon (D–63rd); Dec. 5, 2016 – present
Minority Leader	Chad Mayes (R–42nd); Dec. 5, 2016 – Sep. 18, 2017; Brian Dahle (R–1st); Sep. 18, 2017 – Nov. 8, 2018; Marie Waldron (R–75th); Nov. 8, 2018 – present;
Party control	Democratic

California State Legislature, 2017–2018 session

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The 2017–2018 session was a session of the California State Legislature. The session first convened on December 5, 2016, and adjourned sine die on November 30, 2018.

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"Friday, December 8, 2017" (PDF). Assembly Daily Journal. Sacramento, California: Chief Clerk of the California State Assembly. pp. 3651–3652. Retrieved February 1, 2018.

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"Monday, April 16, 2018" (PDF). Assembly Daily Journal. Sacramento, California: Chief Clerk of the California State Assembly. p. 4693. Retrieved June 17, 2018.

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26	14
Democratic	Republican

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature	26	13	39	1

Begin	27	13	40	0
February 22, 2018	26	13	39	1
June 25, 2018	25	14	39	1
August 14, 2018	26	14	40	0
Latest voting share	65%	35%

Position		Name	Party	District
	Lieutenant Governor	Gavin Newsom	Democratic
	President pro tempore	Toni Atkins	Democratic	39th–San Diego
	Majority leader	Bill Monning	Democratic	17th–Carmel
	Majority whip	Nancy Skinner	Democratic	9th–Berkeley
	Majority caucus chair	Connie Leyva	Democratic	20th–Chino
	Majority caucus vice chair	Mike McGuire	Democratic	2nd–Healdsburg
	Minority leader	Patricia Bates	Republican	36th–Laguna Niguel
	Minority caucus chair	Jim Nielsen	Republican	4th–Gerber
	Minority whip	Ted Gaines	Republican	1st–El Dorado Hills
Secretary		Daniel Alvarez
Sergeant-at-Arms		Debbie Manning
Chaplain		Sister Michelle Gorman

	Name	Party	Residence	Term-limited?	Notes
1	Ted Gaines	Republican	El Dorado Hills
2	Mike McGuire	Democratic	Healdsburg
3	Bill Dodd	Democratic	Napa
4	Jim Nielsen	Republican	Gerber
5	Cathleen Galgiani	Democratic	Stockton
6	Richard Pan	Democratic	Sacramento
7	Steve Glazer	Democratic	Orinda
8	Tom Berryhill	Republican	Modesto	Yes
9	Nancy Skinner	Democratic	Berkeley
10	Bob Wieckowski	Democratic	Fremont
11	Scott Wiener	Democratic	San Francisco
12	Anthony Cannella	Republican	Ceres	Yes
13	Jerry Hill	Democratic	San Mateo
14	Andy Vidak	Republican	Hanford
15	Jim Beall	Democratic	San Jose
16	Jean Fuller	Republican	Bakersfield	Yes	Minority leader from August 27, 2015, to April 12, 2017
17	Bill Monning	Democratic	Carmel
18	Robert Hertzberg	Democratic	Van Nuys
19	Hannah-Beth Jackson	Democratic	Santa Barbara
20	Connie Leyva	Democratic	Chino
21	Scott Wilk	Republican	Santa Clarita
22	Ed Hernandez	Democratic	West Covina	Yes
23	Mike Morrell	Republican	Rancho Cucamonga
24	Kevin de León	Democratic	Los Angeles	Yes	President pro tempore from October 15, 2014, to March 21, 2018
25	Anthony Portantino	Democratic	La Cañada Flintridge
26	Ben Allen	Democratic	Santa Monica
27	Henry Stern	Democratic	Canoga Park
28	Jeff Stone	Republican	Temecula
29	Josh Newman	Democratic	Fullerton		Recalled on June 5, 2018
29	Ling Ling Chang	Republican	Diamond Bar		Sworn in on June 25, 2018, to replace Newman
30	Holly Mitchell	Democratic	Los Angeles
31	Richard Roth	Democratic	Riverside
32	Tony Mendoza	Democratic	Artesia		Resigned on February 22, 2018
	Vacant from February 22, 2018, to August 14, 2018
	Vanessa Delgado	Democratic	Montebello		Sworn into office on August 14, 2018
33	Ricardo Lara	Democratic	Bell Gardens
34	Janet Nguyen	Republican	Fountain Valley
35	Steven Bradford	Democratic	Gardena
36	Patricia Bates	Republican	Laguna Niguel		Minority leader since April 12, 2017
37	John Moorlach	Republican	Costa Mesa
38	Joel Anderson	Republican	Alpine	Yes
39	Toni Atkins	Democratic	San Diego		President pro tempore since March 21, 2018
40	Ben Hueso	Democratic	San Diego

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55	25
Democratic	Republican

California_State_Legislature,_2017–2018_session

California State Legislature, 2017–2018 session

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Vacancies and special elections

Leadership changes

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Position		Name	Party	District
	Speaker	Anthony Rendon	Democratic	63rd–Lakewood
	Speaker pro tempore	Kevin Mullin	Democratic	22nd–South San Francisco
	Assistant speaker pro tempore	Laura Friedman	Democratic	43rd–Glendale
	Majority leader	Ian Calderon	Democratic	57th–Whittier
	Assistant majority leader	Rob Bonta	Democratic	18th–Alameda
	Majority whip	Todd Gloria	Democratic	78th–San Diego
	Assistant majority whip	Eloise Reyes	Democratic	47th–Grand Terrace
	Majority caucus chair	Mike Gipson	Democratic	64th–Carson
	Minority leader	Marie Waldron	Republican	75th–Escondido
	Republican floor manager	Heath Flora	Republican	12th–Ripon
	Deputy Republican leaders	Frank Bigelow	Republican	5th–O'Neals
	Deputy Republican leaders	Rocky Chávez	Republican	76th–Oceanside
	Assistant Republican leaders	Phillip Chen	Republican	55th–Diamond Bar
	Assistant Republican leaders	Chad Mayes	Republican	42nd–Yucca Valley
	Republican caucus chair	Jay Obernolte	Republican	33rd–Big Bear Lake
Chief Clerk		E. Dotson Wilson
Chief Sergeant-at-Arms		Bryon G. Gustafson, Ph.D
Chaplain		Reverend Bob Oshita
Alternate Chaplain		Reverend Patti Oshita

	Name	Party	Residence	Term-limited?	Notes
1	Brian Dahle	Republican	Bieber		Minority leader from September 18, 2017, to November 8, 2018
2	Jim Wood	Democratic	Healdsburg
3	James Gallagher	Republican	Nicolaus
4	Cecilia Aguiar-Curry	Democratic	Winters
5	Frank Bigelow	Republican	O'Neals
6	Kevin Kiley	Republican	Rocklin
7	Kevin McCarty	Democratic	Sacramento
8	Ken Cooley	Democratic	Rancho Cordova
9	Jim Cooper	Democratic	Elk Grove
10	Marc Levine	Democratic	Greenbrae
11	Jim Frazier	Democratic	Oakley
12	Heath Flora	Republican	Ripon
13	Susan Eggman	Democratic	Stockton
14	Tim Grayson	Democratic	Concord
15	Tony Thurmond	Democratic	Richmond
16	Catharine Baker	Republican	Dublin
17	David Chiu	Democratic	San Francisco
18	Rob Bonta	Democratic	Alameda
19	Phil Ting	Democratic	San Francisco
20	Bill Quirk	Democratic	Hayward
21	Adam Gray	Democratic	Merced
22	Kevin Mullin	Democratic	South San Francisco
23	Jim Patterson	Republican	Fresno
24	Marc Berman	Democratic	Palo Alto
25	Kansen Chu	Democratic	San Jose
26	Devon Mathis	Republican	Visalia
27	Ash Kalra	Democratic	San Jose
28	Evan Low	Democratic	Campbell
29	Mark Stone	Democratic	Scotts Valley
30	Anna Caballero	Democratic	Salinas	Yes
31	Joaquin Arambula	Democratic	Kingsburg
32	Rudy Salas	Democratic	Bakersfield
33	Jay Obernolte	Republican	Big Bear Lake
34	Vince Fong	Republican	Bakersfield
35	Jordan Cunningham	Republican	Templeton
36	Tom Lackey	Republican	Palmdale
37	Monique Limón	Democratic	Santa Barbara
38	Dante Acosta	Republican	Santa Clarita
39	Raul Bocanegra	Democratic	Pacoima		Resigned on November 27, 2017
	Vacant from November 27, 2017, to June 11, 2018
	Luz Rivas	Democratic	North Hollywood		Sworn into office on June 11, 2018
40	Marc Steinorth	Republican	Rancho Cucamonga
41	Chris Holden	Democratic	Pasadena
42	Chad Mayes	Republican	Yucca Valley		Minority leader from January 4, 2016, to September 18, 2017
43	Laura Friedman	Democratic	Glendale
44	Jacqui Irwin	Democratic	Thousand Oaks
45	Matt Dababneh	Democratic	Encino		Resigned on January 2, 2018
	Vacant from January 2, 2018, to June 11, 2018
	Jesse Gabriel	Democratic	Encino		Sworn into office on June 11, 2018
46	Adrin Nazarian	Democratic	Sherman Oaks
47	Eloise Reyes	Democratic	Grand Terrace
48	Blanca Rubio	Democratic	Baldwin Park
49	Ed Chau	Democratic	Monterey Park
50	Richard Bloom	Democratic	Santa Monica
51	Jimmy Gomez	Democratic	Echo Park		Resigned on July 11, 2017^[1]
	Vacant from July 11, 2017 to December 16, 2017
	Wendy Carrillo	Democratic	Boyle Heights		Sworn into office on December 16, 2017
52	Freddie Rodriguez	Democratic	Pomona
53	Miguel Santiago	Democratic	Los Angeles
54	Sebastian Ridley-Thomas	Democratic	Los Angeles		Resigned on December 31, 2017
	Vacant from December 31, 2017, to April 16, 2018
	Sydney Kamlager	Democratic	Los Angeles		Sworn into office on April 16, 2018
55	Phillip Chen	Republican	Diamond Bar
56	Eduardo Garcia	Democratic	Coachella
57	Ian Calderon	Democratic	Whittier
58	Cristina Garcia	Democratic	Bell Gardens
59	Reggie Jones-Sawyer	Democratic	Los Angeles
60	Sabrina Cervantes	Democratic	Riverside
61	Jose Medina	Democratic	Riverside
62	Autumn Burke	Democratic	Marina del Rey
63	Anthony Rendon	Democratic	Lakewood		Speaker
64	Mike Gipson	Democratic	Carson
65	Sharon Quirk-Silva	Democratic	Fullerton
66	Al Muratsuchi	Democratic	Rolling Hills Estates
67	Melissa Melendez	Republican	Lake Elsinore
68	Steven Choi	Republican	Irvine
69	Tom Daly	Democratic	Anaheim
70	Patrick O'Donnell	Democratic	Long Beach
71	Randy Voepel	Republican	Santee
72	Travis Allen	Republican	Huntington Beach
73	Bill Brough	Republican	Dana Point
74	Matthew Harper	Republican	Huntington Beach
75	Marie Waldron	Republican	Escondido		Minority leader since November 8, 2018
76	Rocky Chávez	Republican	Oceanside
77	Brian Maienschein	Republican	San Diego
78	Todd Gloria	Democratic	San Diego
79	Shirley Weber	Democratic	San Diego
80	Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher	Democratic	San Diego