Heather Hadwick was a 2023 Woman of the Year (Assembly District 1) [selected by Assemblymember Megan Dahle]
Sade Elhawary was a 2023 Woman of the Year (Assembly District 57) [selected by Assemblyman Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer Sr.]
Priscilla Grijalva was a 2023 Woman of the Year (Assembly District 59) [selected by Assemblyman Phillip Chen]
Annette Chavez was a 2023 Woman of the Year (Assembly District 50) [selected by Assemblymember Eloise Reyes]
Assembly Democratic Caucus
Assembly Republican Caucus
Aviation Caucus - Founded and mostly just 2015 (but still technically exists)
Bay Area Caucus - Existed in 2013 -
Legislative Progressive Caucus
Rural Caucus - as of 2003-2023, 1985?-1996
Legislative Renters Caucus - Founded 2023 - Matt Haney, Isaac Bryan, Alex Lee, Tasha Boerner, and Aisha Wahab
Mental Health Caucus - as of 2018 - 2023
California Technology & Innovation Caucus - Founded 2015 - Senators Ben Allen (D), Jim Beall (D), Anthony Canella (R), Ricardo Lara (D) and Assemblymembers Evan Low (D), Ian Calderon, (D), Autumn Burke (D), Ling Ling Chang (R), Matt Dababneh (D), Kevin Mullin (D), and Phil Ting (D)
Millennial Caucus - Founded 2017
Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus - Founded 2001 - Original Members: Wilma Chan, Carol Liu, Judy Chu, and George Nakano
Latino Legislative Caucus - Founded as the Chicano Legislative Caucus in 1973 - Original Members: Richard J. Alatorre, Peter R. Chacon, Alex P. Garcia, Raymond J. Gonzales, and Joseph B. Montoya
Legislative Black Caucus - Founded 1967 - Original Members: Mervyn M. Dymally, Willie Brown, Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Bill Greene, John J. Miller, Leon D. Ralph,
Legislative Environmental Caucus - Founded 2005 - Senator Sheila Kuehl and Assemblymember Fran Pavley
Legislative Outdoor Sporting Caucus - Founded 2004 - Dennis Hollingsworth, Lois Wolk, Rick Keene, Sam Aanestad, Doug LaMalfa
Legislative Problem Solvers Caucus - Founded 2021 by Assemblymembers Adam Gray (D), Jordan Cunningham (R), and Chad Mayes (I)
Legislative Jewish Caucus - Founded 2014 -
Legislative LGBTQ Caucus - Founded 2002 -
Legislative Native American Caucus - Founded 2021 - Assemblymember James Ramos
Legislative Rural Caucus - 2003-2022 - Assemblymember Dave Cogdill (R-Modesto) and Senator Chuck Poochigian (R-Fresno), Assemblywoman Barbara Matthews (D-Stockton)
Legislative Women's Caucus - Founded 1985 - Original Members: Assemblymembers Teresa Hughes (D), the caucus's first chair; Maxine Waters (D); Sally Tanner (D); Gwen Moore (D); Marian L. Follette (R); Cathie Wright (R); Doris Allen (R); Lucy Killea (D); Sunny Mojonnier (R); Gloria Molina (D);and Bev Hansen (R); and Senators Diane Watson (D); Rose Ann Vuich (D); Marian Bergeson (R); and Rebecca Morgan (R).
First CDNC mention of:
Assembly Majority Leader
1878: Byron Waters (D)
1943: Sam L. Collins (R)
1944
1947: Randall Dickey
1949:
1951:
1953: Harold K. Levering
1955-1958: Richard McCollister
1959-1961: William A. Munnell
1962-1966: Jerome Waldie
1966-1967: George Zenovich
1969-1971: W. Craig Biddle
1971-1972: Walter Karabian
1972: Jack Fenton
1973-1979: Howard Berman
1980-1986: Mike Roos
1986-1995:
1995: Willie Brown
1995-1996: Curt Pringle (R)
1996: Jim Rogan (R)
1996-1998: Antonio Villaraigosa
1998-2002: Kevin Shelley
2002-2004: Marco Antonio Firebaugh
2004-2006: Dario J. Frommer
2006-2008: Karen Bass
2008-2010: Alberto Torrico
2010-2012: Charles M. Calderon
2012-2014: Toni Atkins
2014: V. Manuel Perez
2014-2016:
2016-2020: Ian C. Calderon
2020-2023: Eloise Reyes
2023: Isaac Bryan
2023-Present: Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Assembly Minority Leaders
1939: Gerald C. Kepple
1939: Charles W. Lyon
1943-1945: Alfred W. Robertson
1947-1948: John B. Cooke
1949-1951: Julian Beck (D)
1953-1955: Vincent Thomas
1957-1958: William Munnell
1959-1963: Joseph C. Shell
1963-1965: Charles J. Conrad
1965-1968: Bob Monagan
1969-1970: Jesse Unruh
1970: John J. Miller (June 1970 to December)
1971-1973: Bob Monagan?
1973-1976: Bob Beverly
1976-1979: Paul V. Priolo
1979-1982: Carol Hallett
1982-1984: Bob Naylor
1984-1988: Pat Nolan
1988-1991: Ross Johnson
1991-1992: Bill Jones
1992-1995: Jim Brulte
1995: Willie Brown (D)
1995-1996: Richard Katz (D)
1996-1997: Curt Pringle
1997-1998: Bill Leonard
1998-1999: Rod Pacheco
1999-2000:
2000-2001: William J. Campbell
2001-2004: Dave Cox
2004-2006: Kevin McCarthy
2006: George Plescia
2006-2009: Mike Villines
2009-2010: Sam Blakeslee
2010: Martin Garrick
2010-2014: Connie Conway
2014-2016: Kristin Olsen
2016-2017: Chad Mayes
2017-2018: Brian Dahle
2018-2022: Marie Waldron
2022-Present: James Gallagher
Senate Majority Leader
1907-1910: Albert E. Boynton
1911: Charles W. Bell
1969-1970: George Deukmejian (R)
1970: Lou Cusanovich
1971-1976: George R. Mostone
1976-1980: David Roberti
1980-1985: John Garamendi
1985-1992: Barry Keene
1992-1996: Henry Mello
1996-1998: Charles Calderon
1998-2002: Richard Polanco
2002-2004: Don Perata
2004-2009: Gloria Romero
2009-2010: Dean Florez
2010-2014: Ellen Corbett
2014-2018: Bill Monning
2018-2022: Bob Hertzberg
2022-Present: Mike McGuire
Senate Minority Leader
1963-1964: John F. McCarthy
1971-1974: Fred W. Marler Jr.
1974-1979: George Deukmejian
1979-1983: William P. Campbell
1983-1987: Jim Nielsen
1987-1995: Ken Maddy
1995-1998: Rob Hurtt
1998-2000: Ross Johnson
2000-2004: Jim Brulte
2004-2008: Dick Ackerman
2008-2009: Dave Cogdill
2009-2010: Dennis Hollingsworth
2010-2012: Bob Dutton
2012-2015: Bob Huff
2015-2017: Jean Fuller
2017-2019: Patricia Bates
2019-2021: Shannon Grove
2021-2022: Scott T. Wilk
2022-Present: Brian W. Jones
1862
SB 408 (Banks) to establish a State Normal School (died in the Senate)
SB 356 (Parks) to cede land from California to Nevada
AB 96 by Dudley of Placer (authorize the Governor to reside and keep his office in San Francisco in 1862 and thereafter)
AB 129 (Maclay) Act to create the University of the State of California
AB 404 (Benton) to change the name of Lake Bigler.
AB 446 (Sargent) An act to establish and maintain a State Normal School.
Presidential vs Gubernatorial
In Gubernatorial election years (2014-2020), Democratic candidates for Assembly receive an average of 1.01% less of the total vote compared to Presidential election years. In Gubernatorial election years, Republican candidates for Assembly receive an average of 1.71% more of the total vote compared to Presidential election years.
The difference is significantly less when you consider only those candidates who won. In Gubernatorial years, winning Democratic candidates for Assembly received 0.29% more of the vote while Republicans get 0.04% more.
Close Contests
In 2014, Democrats won 3 of the 4 "close contests" determined by less than 2%*
In 2016, Republicans won 2 of the 4 "close contests" determined by less than 2%*
In 2018, Republicans won 2 of the 4 "close contests" determined by less than 2% but one of the two Republicans later changed party affiliation to Democratic.
In 2020, Republicans won 4 of the 5 "close contests" determined by less than 2%
In 2022, Republicans won 3 of the 5 "close contests" determined by less than 2%
*This includes one contest that featured two Democratic candidates.
Most Recents
Last time a US Senator lost reelection in a General Election: 1992 (John Seymour)
Last time a constitutional officer lost reelection in a General: 2010 (Lt Gov Abel Maldonado)
Last time a Member of Congress lost reelection in a General: 2020 (T. J. Cox, Gil Cisneros, and Harley Rouda)
Last time a State Senator lost reelection in a General: 2020 (Ling-Ling Chang and John M. W. Moorlach)
Last time a State Assembly lost reelection in a General: 2022 (Steven Choi, Randy Voepel, Suzette Martinez-Valladares, Ken Cooley, and Thurston "Smitty" Smith)
Last time a US Senator lost reelection to a member of their own party: 1982 (S. I. Hayakawa)*, 1968 (Thomas Kuchel)
Last time a constitutional officer lost reelection to a member of their own party: 2010 (BOE Barbara Alby)
Last time a statewide officer lost reelection to a member of their own party: 1982 (SPI Wilson Riles)** 1958 (Lt Gov Harold J. Powers, Treasurer Ronald Button & Controller Robert Kirkwood))
Last time a Member of Congress lost reelection to a member of their own party: 2012 (Pete Stark)
Last time a State Senator lost reelection to a member of their own party: 2018 (Vanessa Delgado)
Last time a State Assembly lost reelection to a member of their own party: 2022 (Randy Voepel and Thurston "Smitty" Smith)
* Didn't actually appear on the 1982 Primary ballot.
** Technically, SPI is a nonpartisan office.
Last time a former legislator was elected Governor: Gray Davis (1998, 2002), Pete Wilson (1990, 1994)
Last time a former legislator was elected Lt. Governor: John Garamendi (2006), Cruz Bustamante (1998, 2002), Gray Davis (1994)
Last time a former legislator was elected Secretary of State: Shirley Weber (2022) - All 6 elected Secretaries of State since 1975 have been former state legislators.
Last time a former legislator was elected Controller: Gray Davis (1986, 1990), Ken Cory (1974, 1978, 1982) - no state legislators since 1987
Last time a former legislator was elected Treasurer: Fiona Ma (2018, 2022), Bill Lockyer (2006, 2010), Jesse Unruh (1978, 1982, 1986)
Last time a former legislator was elected Attorney General: Rob Bonta (2022), Xavier Becerra (2018), Bill Lockyer (1998, 2002), George Deukmejian (1978)
Last time a former legislator was elected Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara (2018, 2022), Dave Jones (2010, 2014) - with the exception of Steve Poizner in 2006, all Insurance Commissioners have been former state legislators.
Last time a former legislator was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond (2018, 2022), Tom Torlakson (2010, 2014), Jack O'Connell (2002, 2006) - All SPIs since 1994 have been former state legislators.
Last time a sitting legislator was elected Governor: Culbert L. Olson (1938), John Bigler (1851)
Last time a sitting legislator was elected Lt. Governor: Cruz Bustamante (1998), (non-Speaker was Merv Dymally in 1974)
Last time a sitting legislator was elected Secretary of State: Alex Padilla (2014)
Last time a sitting legislator was elected Controller: Ken Cory (1974)
Last time a sitting legislator was elected Treasurerr: Jesse M. Unruh (1970), (last non-Speaker was Romualdo Pacheco in 1863)
Last time a sitting legislator was elected Attorney General: Bill Lockyer (1998)
Last time a sitting legislator was elected Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara (2018)
Last time a sitting legislator was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tony Thurmond (2018)
Last time a sitting legislator was elected to the US Senate: James T. Farley (1877)*
* Some may think of John Seymour, who was a State Senator before being appointed to the US Senate in 1991
* Sam Cannon (R). Samuel A Cannon Born: August 10, 1967 in Kern County Married: Michelle Children: Madeline and Cameron 2002 -2006: Chief of Staff, Assemblyman Bill Maze, 2007-2012: Chief of Staff, Assemblyman Paul Cook 2012-2016: Chief of Staff, Assemblyman Don Wagner, 2017: Chief of Staff, Devon Mathis 2005-2010: Member, Roseville Planning Commission 2000-2005: Member, Roseville Public Utilities Commission 2019-Present: Member, Placer County Planning Commission. 2010: Candidate for Roseville City Council (Lost; 14.2%) 2008: Candidate for Roseville City Council (Lost; 11.3%)
* Neil Pople (D) Born: ~1980. 2020: Candidate for Roseville City Council (Lost). 2008: Political Director, Charlie Brown for Congress
Special Elections Schedule
2022
AD61 (Autumn Burke)
Resignation February 1. Proclamation on January 7 (+4 days). Special Primary on April 5 (+93 days). Special General on June 7 (+ 156 days).
AD80 (Lorena Gonzalez)
Resignation January 3. Proclamation on January 7 (+4 days). Special Primary on April 5 (+93 days). Special General on June 7 (+ 156 days).
CD22 (Devin Nunes)
Resignation January 3. Proclamation on January 7 (+4 days). Special Primary on April 5 (+93 days). Special General on June 7 (+ 156 days).
2021
AD11 (Jim Frazier)
Resignation December 31. Proclamation on January 7 (+7 days). Special Primary on April 5 (+97 days). Special General on June 7 (+ 159 days).
AD49 (Ed Chau)
Resignation December 10. Proclamation on December 10 (+0 days). Special Primary on February 15th (+67 days). Special General on April 19 (+130 days).
AD17 (David Chiu)
Resignation October 31. Proclamation on November 12 (+12 days). Special Primary on February 15th (+108 days). Special General on April 19 (+171 days).
AD54 (Kamlager)
Resignation on March 11. Proclamation on March 12 (+1 day). Special Primary on May 18th (+69 days). General on July 20 (+132 days).
AD18 (Bonta)
Resignation on April 23. Proclamation April 26 (+3 days). Special Primary on June 29 (+68 days). Special General on August 31 (+131 days).
AD79 (Shirley Weber)
Resignation on January 28. Declaration on February 2 (+5 days). Special Primary on April 6 (+69 days). Special General on June 8 (+132 days).
SD30 (Holly Mitchell)
Resignation on December 6. Proclamation on December 17 (+11 days). Special Primary on March 2 (+87 days). Special General on May 4 (+150 days).
2020
SD28 (Jeff Stone)
Resignation on November 1. Proclamation on November 15 (+14 days). Special Primary on March 3 (+122 days). General Election on May 12 (+193 days).
2019
SD01 (Ted Gaines)
Resignation on January 6. Proclamation on January 15 (+9 days). Special Primary on March 26 (+80 days). Special General on June 4 (+150 days).
Proclamation came 8 days after vacancy and set General in 20 weeks (and Primary in 11 weeks)
SD33 (Ricardo Lara)
Resignation on January 7. Proclamation on January 15 (+8 days). Special Primary on March 26 (+79 days). Special General on June 4 (+149 days).
Proclamation came 8 days after vacancy and set General in 20 weeks (and Primary in 11 weeks)
AD01 (Brian Dahle)
Resignation on June 12. Proclamation on June 19 (+7 days). Special Primary on August 27 (+77 days). Special General on November 5 (+147 days).
Proclamation came 8 days after vacancy and set General in 20 weeks (and Primary in 11 weeks)
AD54 - Resignation 12/31/2017 - Special Primary on 4/3/18
AD39 - Resignation on 11/27/17. Special Primary on 4/3/18, General on 6/5/18 (9 weeks Primary to General)
AD45 - Resignation on 1/2/18. Special Primary on 4/3/18, General on 6/5/18 (9 weeks Primary to General)
Vacancies occuring between 0 and 0 days from today can be consolidated with the March 2020 Primary
Governor must call Special Election within 14 calendar days of the occurrence of the vacancy. (Election Code 10700)
No state legislature special election if vacancy occurs after the close of the nomination period for new term. (Election Code 10701)
Special General will fall on a Tuesday at least 126-140 days after the proclamation. (Election Code 10702)
Special General may be conducted within 180 days following the proclamation in order to consolidate the election or the primary election. (Election Code 10703(2))
Special Election will be 126 to 154 (18 to 22 weeks) days after the vacancy (and Primary will be 63 to 91 days), unless:
a) The vacancy occurs within 193 days (27.6 weeks) of a Primary Election (in which case it can be consolidated) - 8/23/2019 to 10/29/19
b) The vacancy occurs after the close of the nomination period which is 89 days (12 weeks, 5 days) before the election (in which case there's no special election) - After 12/6/2019
Swing Space Building (2021-202?)
Dept. of General Services has announced construction has begun on the new “Swing Space” state office building on O St. between 10th and 11th across from the Secretary of State’s Office. The new building, which is expected to be completed in the fall of 2021, will house legislative and administrative offices while the Capitol Annex is being rebuilt, hence the name “swing space,” referring to those who will be moving into this building before they swing back to the new old one. When all’s done, the “Swing Space” will be 10 stories tall and have 472,600 square feet of space. Besides housing legislative and administrative offices, it will also have rooms for committee hearings and caucus meetings. Upon the completion of the annex project, the Swing Space is expected to be home for 2,200 other employees
Elected with less than 50%:
2018 Recall - St. Senate - Ling-Ling Chang - 33.8%
2010 Special - St. Senate - Sam Blakeslee - 48.5%
2010 General - Atty Gen - Kamala Harris - 46.1%
2010 General - Congress - Jerry McNerney - 48%
2010 General - Assembly - Richard Pan - 49.5%
2008 General - Congress - Dan Lungren - 49.5%
2006 General - Lt. Gov. - John Garamendi - 49.1%
2006 General - Congress - Brian P. Bilbray - 49.6%
2005 Special - Congress - John Campbell - 44.4%
2004 General - Assembly - Shirley Horton - 49.1%
Honorary Members of the State Legislature
Georgia Crowley - Assembly - 1941 - HR 257 (1941)
J. F. Thompson of Eureka - Assembly - Prior to 1896
(San Francisco Call, Volume 79, Number 165, 13 May 1896)
1900 Census says J. F. Thompson of Eureka was born May 1844.
Publisher and Editor, HUMBOLDT DAILY STANDARD
Assembly Page
Jack Duhain (1917)
???? Wright (1917) - son of Speaker Henry W. Wright
???? Wright (1919) - son of Speaker Henry W. Wright
Ralph Wright (age 17 in 1921) son of Speaker Henry Wright
William H. Carlson (1880s) - State Assemblyman in 1893
Bill Leonard (1963ish) - State Senator
Johnny Kennedy (1868) - Track runner
John Richardson (1946) - grand-nephew of Assemblyman Jacob M. Leonard
Senate Page
Charles Newell in 1859
Jim Nielsen - State Senator
Anthony Kennedy - US Supreme Court Justice ("he was the California Senate's first page")
William B. Dolan (1875 or 1876)
Ruth Crowley - age 11 in 1921 - first girl selected for the program.
Elmo Sullivan (age 16 in 1929)
Source: "Ruth Crowley First Girl Senate Page" San Francisco Call, Volume 108, Number 155, 4 January 1921
Random Notes
"I can well imagine the joy your parents must have felt as they watched you excel in debate club and Model U.N. competitions. I can also imagine the joy some of your classmates had when they punched you in the face."
Josh Newman (Senate Floor Session, 6/15/17)
In 2000, Eli Polk allegedly punched his mother, Susan Polk, in the face, requiring her to be hospitalized. As a minor, Eli Polk was convicted of "assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury" and "battery causing serious injury" after attacking a person with a flashlight.
On October 14, 2002, Polk's mother Susan fatally stabbed her husband Felix. Susan was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2007. In 2003, Polk tried to outrun police during a pursuit that reached speeds of 120 MPH. In October 2005, Eli Polk was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge and two counts of intimidating a witness. In March 2006, Eli Polk was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor battery against a girlfriend.
At 5:14 PM on September 13, 2019 (the final night of session in 2019), a woman (allegedly Rebecca Dalelio, 43, of Boulder Creek) sitting in the gallery of the Senate chambers yelled "That's for the dead babies!" and threw a container filled with blood down onto the Senate Floor, where it landed on Senators Galgiani, Glazer, Hurtado, Mitchell, Rubio, and Skinner as well as on the desks of Senators Durazo and Mitchell.
The Senate promptly adjourned for 3.5 hours, before reconvening in Room 4203 (because the Senate Floor had been declared a crime scene and closed for investigation by the California Highway Patrol.
Histories of California
Bancroft - History of California
I 1542-1800
II 1801-1824
III 1825-1840
IV 1840-1845
V 1846-1848
VI 1848-1859
VII 1860-1890
Theodore Henry Hittell - History of California
I - 1524-1821(1885)
II - 1822-1850 (1885)
III - 1848-1873 (1897)
IV - California Governors (Burnett through Bartlett) (1898)
Rockwell D. Hunt - California and Californians
I The Spanish Period
II The American Period
III Biographical Sketches 1
IV Biographical Sketches 2
V Biographical Sketches 3
Zoeth Skinner Eldredge: History of California: The Rise and Progress of an American State
X
Kevin Starr: Americans and the California Dream
Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915" (1973)
Inventing the Dream: California through the Progressive Era (1986)
Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California (1997)
The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s (2002)
Embattled Dreams: California in War and Peace, 1940-1950 (2002)
Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963 (2011)
Coast Of Dreams: California on the Edge, 1990-2003 (2004)
1768-1804: Las Californias Province, Viceroyalty of New Spain, Spanish Empire
1804-1821: Alta California Province, Viceroyalty of New Spain, Spanish Empire
1821-1823: Alta California Province, First Mexican Empire
1824-1835: Alta California Territory, First Mexican Republic
1835-1846: Las Californias Department, Centralist Republic of Mexico
1846-1848 (Feb): United Mexican States
1848 (Feb)-1850 (Sept): Executive Department of California, United States of America
1850 (Sept)-Present: State of California, United States of America
1846-1848 (Feb): United Mexican States
1848-1863: Second Federal Republic of Mexico
1864-1867: Second Mexican Empire
1868-Present: Mexico
Executive Department of California Legislative Council [Did not meet]
Statuary Hall
Junipero Serra and Thomas Starr King. SCR 17 (1927) by Lyon
Also SCR 18 by Slater and Inman (1927) Failed in first committee
LIED IN STATE AT THE CALIFORNIA STATE CAPITOL
State Senator William I. Ferguson
Senate Chambers (1858)
Assemblyman Thomas Campbell
Assembly Chamber (1863)
J. W. Coffroth
Supreme Court Chambers (1872)
Secretary of State E. G. Waite
Assembly Chamber (1894)
State Treasurer Levi Rackliffe
Assembly Chamber (1898)
Assemblyman Frank M. Rutherford
Assembly Chamber (1915)
Secretary of State Frank C. Jordan
Assembly Chamber (1940)
Assemblyman B. T. Collins
Capitol Rotunda (1993)
Congressman Robert Matsui
Capitol Rotunda (2005)
Assembly Prayer April 5, 1968.
AB 2775 (1974) by Holoman designates January 15th as a State holiday to recognize "Martin Luther King Day". Died without action in first committee.
SB 1489 (1978) by Holden, would add January 15th, Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday as a school holiday. (Senate 21-2, Assembly 41-34. Died on Senate Unfinished Business)
AB 2684 (1978) by Brown would make MLK's birthday a state holiday. (Senate 25-1, Assembly 64-0). Chapter 1066, Stats of 1978. "The governor shall proclaim January 15 to be known hereafter as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Day."
AB 312 (1981) by Elihu Harris, designated MLK birthday a state holiday. Passed the (Assembly 43-24, Senate 21-8). Chapter 325 of 1981.
Govt. Code, Section 6700: "The holidays in this state are: (c) January 15th, known as "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day."
Henry Mello (D-Watsonville) cast the deciding vote declaring Martin Luther King's birthday as a state holiday.
Governor Deukmejian issued Executive Order D–27–83 on November 9, 1983, reading: “Now therefore I, George Deukmejian, Governor of the State of California pursuant to the authority vested in me by Government Code sections 6700 and 19853, do hereby order that the third Monday of January in 1984 and each third Monday in January of succeeding years shall be a holiday for employees of the State of California in recognition of Dr. King's lasting imprint on our state and our nation.”
SCR 4 (Res. Chapt. 4, Stats of 1970) which urged the Governor to proclaim the City of Monterey as the honorary capital of California for 1970. - Grunsky
SCR 3 (Res. Chapt 13) requests the Governor to proclaim Feb 8-14th as Negro History Week in California. - Dymally
ACR 3 (Res Chapt 23) requested DGS to plant a Sequoia sempervirens in Capitol Park in memory of Alan G. Pattee. - Barnes
SCR 49 (Res. Chapt. 61) acknowledges observation of Quality Control Week by San Diego, and urges consideration of described quality control concepts as means of preserving American way of life. - Mills
GOV § 3001
Any State, county, or city officer who is intoxicated while in discharge of the duties of his office, or by reason of intoxication is disqualified for the discharge of, or neglects his duties, is guilty of a misdemeanor. On conviction of such misdemeanor he forfeits his office, and the vacancy occasioned thereby shall be filled in the same manner as if the officer had filed his resignation in the proper office.