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December 14, 2024 By Alex Vassar

New 2025 “California Lawmaker” Released

The new edition of “California Lawmaker” by JoinCalifornia.com editor Alex Vassar is now available. Updated for the new session, you’ll find both the latest information and everything you need to know about the history of the California state legislature. The new edition includes new chapters on the history of the veto override (including one episode […]

Filed Under: Current Research, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly, State Senate, Term Limits, Top Stories

December 8, 2024 By Alex Vassar

Legislative Retirement

In December 2024, Assemblyman Corey Jackson introduced legislation (ACA 2 of 2024), the “Legislative Diversification Act”, which would create a retirement system for state lawmakers who served at least a decade. Of particular note is that the legislation is retroactive, requiring that the retirement system include “Members elected to or serving in the Legislature on […]

Filed Under: California law, Current Research, Legislation, Propositions, State Assembly, State Senate, Term Limits

March 26, 2022 By Alex Vassar

Running Unopposed in 2022

According the Notice to Candidates, issued by the Secretary of State on March 26, there will be 13 candidates for partisan office running unopposed in the June Primary. It’s important to remember that additional candidates may appear when the official list of candidates is released early next week, and that candidates can still qualify for […]

Filed Under: 2022 Election, Congress, Current Research, JoinCalifornia, State Assembly, State Senate, Term Limits, Top Stories

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The highest vote count for a State Senator was in 1958, when Richard Richards ran unopposed for reelection and won with more than 1.4 million votes. At the time, State Senate districts were apportioned by county rather than population, and Richards represented the entirety of Los Angeles County (which now contains parts of 14 Senate […]

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