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December 21, 2025 By Alex Vassar

How Big a Footprint?

The State Controller’s latest Active State Employees by Agency / Facility report had some interesting information. Two items in particular that are worth noting: How many positions does each constitutional body oversee?Governor – 233,608 employeesAttorney General – 5,443 employeesSuperintendent of Public Instruction – 2,428 employeesCourts – 1,673 employees Divided into Supreme Court (130), Judicial Council […]

Filed Under: California law, Constitutional Officers, Current Research, Top Stories

January 29, 2021 By Alex Vassar

Women in Statewide Office

As an update to a post from 2018, which noted that three was the highest number of women statewide officials to serve concurrently… the confirmation of Shirley Weber as Secretary of State brings that number to four, which is the new record for California. As a recap, the previous highs were: 4 Women in Statewide […]

Filed Under: 2018 Election, 2022 Election, Constitutional Officers, Current Research

December 29, 2016 By Alex Vassar

Those we lost in 2016

We lost some good ones this year. There’s just not a lot more that I can say. Marian Bergeson was the 21st woman to serve in the California legislature and Sharon Runner was the 99th. George House and John Benoit both had long careers as Highway Patrol officers before joining the legislature. Greg Schmidt played a […]

Filed Under: Constitutional Officers, Current Research, Deaths, Editorial, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly, State Senate, Top Stories

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