In 1985, California state legislators were paid $33,732 plus $66 in per diem.

Q: How often do Lt. Governors become Governor through the resignation or death of the incumbent? A: It has happened three times in the last century, following the resignations of Earl Warren (1953) and Hiram Johnson (1917) and the death of James Rolph (1934).

Q: Who was the first Governor of California to be born in in the State of California (after it became a state). A: George C. Pardee (born 1857 in San Francisco)