In a statewide special election held on November 4th, California voters adopted new Congressional district maps to be used for the rest of the decade (until the redistricting following the 2030 Census).
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 […]
First Women to Chair Legislative Committees
I was recently asked who the first woman to chair a committee was. As it turns out, there wasn’t a single “first”. Instead, in 1919, the first session which included women legislators, two of the original four women were appointed as committee chairs: Elizabeth Hughes was appointed chair of Assembly Education and Eleanor Miller became […]
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