# California State Legislature, 1997–1998 session

The 1997–1998 session was a former session of the California State Legislature.

## Members

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### Assembly

Democrats: 43 Republicans: 37

### Officers

* Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa (D-45) from February 26, 1998
** Cruz Bustamante (D-31) to February 26, 1998
* Speaker pro Tempore Sheila Kuehl (D-41)
* Majority Floor Leader Kevin Shelley (D-12)
* Minority Floor Leader Rod Pacheco (R-64) from November 5, 1998
** Bill Leonard (R-63) to November 5, 1998
* Chief Clerk E. Dotson Wilson
* Sergeant at Arms Ronald Pane
Note: The Chief Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms are not Members of the Legislature
Analysis of Bills
The party affiliation and district numbers of Assembly members are listed after their names in this list.
| District | Name | Party |
| 1st | Virginia Strom-Martin | Dem |
| 2nd | Tom Woods | Rep |
| 3rd | Bernie Richter | Rep |
| 4th | Thomas "Rico" Oller | Rep |
| 5th | Barbara Alby | Rep |
| 6th | Kerry Mazzoni | Dem |
| 7th | Valerie K. Brown | Dem |
| 8th | Helen Thomson | Dem |
| 9th | Deborah Ortiz | Dem |
| 10th | Larry Bowler | Rep |
| 11th | Tom Torlakson | Dem |
| 12th | Kevin Shelley | Dem |
| 13th | Carole Migden | Dem |
| 14th | Dion Aroner | Dem |
| 15th | Lynne Leach | Rep |
| 16th | Don Perata | Dem |
| 17th | Michael Machado | Dem |
| 18th | Michael Sweeney | Dem |
| 19th | Louis J. Papan | Dem |
| 20th | Liz Figueroa | Dem |
| 21st | Ted Lempert | Dem |
| 22nd | Elaine Alquist | Dem |
| 23rd | Mike Honda | Dem |
| 24th | Jim Cunneen | Rep |
| 25th | George House | Rep |
| 26th | Dennis Cardoza | Dem |
| 27th | Fred Keeley | Dem |
| 28th | Peter Frusetta | Rep |
| 29th | Charles Poochigian | Rep |
| 30th | Robert Prenter | Rep |
| 31st | Cruz M. Bustamante | Dem |
| 32nd | Roy Ashburn | Rep |
| 33rd | Tom J. Bordonaro, Jr. | Rep |
| 34th | Keith Olberg | Rep |
| 35th | Brooks Firestone | Rep |
| 36th | George Runner | Rep |
| 37th | Nao Takasugi | Rep |
| 38th | Tom McClintock | Rep |
| 39th | Tony Cardenas | Dem |
| 40th | Robert M. Hertzberg | Dem |
| 41st | Sheila James Kuehl | Dem |
| 42nd | Wally Knox | Dem |
| 43rd | Scott Wildman | Dem |
| 44th | Jack Scott | Dem |
| 45th | Antonio R. Villaraigosa | Dem |
| 46th | Louis Caldera | Dem |
| 47th | Kevin Murray | Dem |
| 48th | Roderick Wright | Dem |
| 49th | Diane Martinez | Dem |
| 50th | Martha M. Escutia | Dem |
| 51st | Edward Vincent | Dem |
| 52nd | Carl Washington | Dem |
| 53rd | Debra Bowen | Dem |
| 54th | Steven T. Kuykendall | Rep |
| 55th | Richard Floyd | Dem |
| 56th | Sally Havice | Dem |
| 57th | Martin Gallegos | Dem |
| 58th | Grace F. Napolitano | Dem |
| 59th | Bob Margett | Rep |
| 60th | Gary G. Miller | Rep |
| 61st | Fred Aguiar | Rep |
| 62nd | Joe Baca | Dem |
| 63rd | Bill Leonard | Rep |
| 64th | Rod Pacheco | Rep |
| 65th | Brett Granlund | Rep |
| 66th | Bruce Thompson | Rep |
| 67th | Scott Baugh | Rep |
| 68th | Curt Pringle | Rep |
| 69th | Jim Morrissey | Rep |
| 70th | Marilyn C. Brewer | Rep |
| 71st | Bill Campbell | Rep |
| 72nd | Dick Ackerman | Rep |
| 73rd | Bill Morrow | Rep |
| 74th | Howard Kaloogian | Rep |
| 75th | Jan Goldsmith | Rep |
| 76th | Susan Davis | Dem |
| 77th | Steve Baldwin | Rep |
| 78th | Howard Wayne | Dem |
| 79th | Denise Moreno Ducheny | Dem |
| 80th | Jim Battin | Rep |