California State Assembly

The **California State Assembly** is the lower house of the California State Legislature. It has 80 members. The assembly is currently controlled by the Democratic Party. It meets at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.

## Composition

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### Officers

|scope="col"  width="220"|Position|scope="col" width="150"|Name|scope="col" width="70"|Party|scope="col" width="180"|District|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Speaker|Anthony Rendon|Democratic|63rd–Lakewood|||||
|Speaker pro tempore|Kevin Mullin|Democratic|22nd–South San Francisco|||||
|Assistant speaker pro tempore|Rebecca Bauer-Kahan|Democratic|16th–Orinda|||||
|Majority leader|Eloise Reyes|Democratic|47th–Grand Terrace|||||
|rowspan="2"|Assistant majority leaders|Rob Bonta|Democratic|18th–Alameda||||
|Al Muratsuchi|Democratic|66th–Rolling Hills Estates||||||
|Majority whip|Jesse Gabriel|Democratic|45th–Encino|||||
|rowspan="2"|Assistant majority whips|Tasha Boerner Horvath|Democratic|76th–Encinitas||||
|Chris Ward|Democratic|78th–San Diego||||||
|Democratic caucus chair|Mike Gipson|Democratic|64th–Carson|||||
|Republican leader|Marie Waldron|Republican|75th–Escondido|||||
|Republican floor leader|Heath Flora|Republican|12th–Ripon|||||
|Republican caucus chair|Jay Obernolte|Republican|33rd–Big Bear Lake|||||
|Republican chief whip|Phillip Chen|Republican|55th–Yorba Linda|||||
|Republican whip|Devon Mathis|Republican|26th–Visalia|||||
|scope="row" colspan="2"|Acting Chief Clerk|colspan="3"|Sue Parker|||||
|scope="row" colspan="2"|Acting Chief Sergeant-at-Arms|colspan="3"|Alisa Buckley|||||
|scope="row" colspan="2"|Chaplain|colspan="3"|Reverend Patti Oshita (Buddhist Churches of America)|||||

The Chief Clerk, the acting Chief Sergeant-at-Arms, and the Chaplains are not members of the Legislature.

### Members

|scope="col" width="30"|District|scope="col" width="170"|Name|scope="col" width="70"|Party|scope="col" width="130"|Residence|scope="col" width="80"|First elected|scope="col" width="80"|Term limited|scope="col" width="350"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Megan Dahle|Republican|Bieber|2019†|2030|||||||||
|2|Jim Wood|Democratic|Santa Rosa|2014|2026|||||||||
|3|James Gallagher|Republican|Yuba City|2014|2026|||||||||
|4|Cecilia Aguiar-Curry|Democratic|Winters|2016|2028|||||||||
|5|Frank Bigelow|Republican|O'Neals|2012|2024|||||||||
|6|Kevin Kiley|Republican|Rocklin|2016|2028|||||||||
|7|Kevin McCarty|Democratic|Sacramento|2014|2026|||||||||
|8|Ken Cooley|Democratic|Rancho Cordova|2012|2024|||||||||
|9|Jim Cooper|Democratic|Elk Grove|2014|2026|||||||||
|10|Marc Levine|Democratic|Greenbrae|2012|2024|||||||||
|11|Jim Frazier|Democratic|Discovery Bay|2012|2024|||||||||
|12|Heath Flora|Republican|Ripon|2016|2028|||||||||
|13|Carlos Villapudua|Democratic|Stockton|2020|2032|||||||||
|14|Tim Grayson|Democratic|Concord|2016|2028|||||||||
|15|Buffy Wicks|Democratic|Oakland|2018|2030|||||||||
|16|Rebecca Bauer-Kahan|Democratic|Orinda|2018|2030|||||||||
|17|David Chiu|Democratic|San Francisco|2014|2026|||||||||
|18|Rob Bonta|Democratic|Alameda|2012|2024|||||||||
|19|Phil Ting|Democratic|San Francisco|2012|2024|||||||||
|20|Bill Quirk|Democratic|Hayward|2012|2024|||||||||
|21|Adam Gray|Democratic|Merced|2012|2024|||||||||
|22|Kevin Mullin|Democratic|South San Francisco|2012|2024|||||||||
|23|Jim Patterson|Republican|Fresno|2012|2024|||||||||
|24|Marc Berman|Democratic|Palo Alto|2016|2028|||||||||
|25|Alex Lee|Democratic|San Jose|2020|2032|||||||||
|26|Devon Mathis|Republican|Visalia|2014|2026|||||||||
|27|Ash Kalra|Democratic|San Jose|2016|2028|||||||||
|28|Evan Low|Democratic|Campbell|2014|2026|||||||||
|29|Mark Stone|Democratic|Scotts Valley|2012|2024|||||||||
|30|Robert Rivas|Democratic|Hollister|2018|2030|||||||||
|31|Joaquin Arambula|Democratic|Fresno|2016|2028|||||||||
|32|Rudy Salas|Democratic|Bakersfield|2012|2024|||||||||
|33|Thurston Smith|Republican|Hesperia|2020|2032|||||||||
|34|Vince Fong|Republican|Bakersfield|2016|2028|||||||||
|35|Jordan Cunningham|Republican|Paso Robles|2016|2028|||||||||
|36|Tom Lackey|Republican|Palmdale|2014|2026|||||||||
|37|Steve Bennett|Democratic|Ojai|2020|2032|||||||||
|38|Suzette Martinez Valladares|Republican|Santa Clarita|2020|2032|||||||||
|39|Luz Rivas|Democratic|North Hollywood|2018|2030|||||||||
|40|James Ramos|Democratic|Highland|2018|2030|||||||||
|41|Chris Holden|Democratic|Pasadena|2012|2024|||||||||
|42|Chad Mayes|Independent|Yucca Valley|2014|2026|Changed party affiliation on December 6, 2019||||||||
|43|Laura Friedman|Democratic|Glendale|2016|2028|||||||||
|44|Jacqui Irwin|Democratic|Thousand Oaks|2014|2026|||||||||
|45|Jesse Gabriel|Democratic|Encino|2018|2030|||||||||
|46|Adrin Nazarian|Democratic|Sherman Oaks|2012|2024|||||||||
|47|Eloise Reyes|Democratic|Grand Terrace|2016|2028|Majority Leader||||||||
|48|Blanca Rubio|Democratic|Baldwin Park|2016|2028|||||||||
|49|Ed Chau|Democratic|Arcadia|2012|2024|||||||||
|50|Richard Bloom|Democratic|Santa Monica|2012|2024|||||||||
|51|Wendy Carrillo|Democratic|Boyle Heights|2017|2030|||||||||
|52|Freddie Rodriguez|Democratic|Pomona|2013|2024|||||||||
|53|Miguel Santiago|Democratic|Los Angeles|2014|2026|||||||||
|54|Sydney Kamlager-Dove|Democratic|Los Angeles|2018|2030|||||||||
|55|Phillip Chen|Republican|Yorba Linda|2016|2028|||||||||
|56|Eduardo Garcia|Democratic|Coachella|2014|2026|||||||||
|57|Lisa Calderon|Democratic|Whittier|2020|2032|||||||||
|58|Cristina Garcia|Democratic|Bell Gardens|2012|2024|||||||||
|59|Reggie Jones-Sawyer|Democratic|Los Angeles|2012|2024|||||||||
|60|Sabrina Cervantes|Democratic|Riverside|2016|2028|||||||||
|61|Jose Medina|Democratic|Riverside|2012|2024|||||||||
|62|Autumn Burke|Democratic|Marina del Rey|2014|2026|||||||||
|63|Anthony Rendon|Democratic|Lakewood|2012|2024|Speaker||||||||
|64|Mike Gipson|Democratic|Carson|2014|2026|||||||||
|65|Sharon Quirk-Silva|Democratic|Fullerton|2016|2026|Previously served from 2012 to 2014.||||||||
|66|Al Muratsuchi|Democratic|Rolling Hills Estates|2016|2026|Previously served from 2012 to 2014.||||||||
|67|Kelly Seyarto|Republican|Murrieta|2020|2032|||||||||
|68|Steven Choi|Republican|Irvine|2016|2028|||||||||
|69|Tom Daly|Democratic|Anaheim|2012|2024|||||||||
|70|Patrick O'Donnell|Democratic|Long Beach|2014|2026|||||||||
|71|Randy Voepel|Republican|Santee|2016|2028|||||||||
|72|Janet Nguyen|Republican|Garden Grove|2020|2028|Previously served in the Senate from 2014 to 2018||||||||
|73|Laurie Davies|Republican|Laguna Niguel|2020|2032|||||||||
|74|Cottie Petrie-Norris|Democratic|Laguna Beach|2018|2030|||||||||
|75|Marie Waldron|Republican|Escondido|2012|2024|Minority Leader||||||||
|76|Tasha Boerner Horvath|Democratic|Encinitas|2018|2030|||||||||
|77|Brian Maienschein|Democratic|San Diego|2012|2024|Changed party affiliation on January 24, 2019||||||||
|78|Chris Ward|Democratic|San Diego|2020|2032|||||||||
|79|Shirley Weber|Democratic|San Diego|2012|2024|||||||||
|80|Lorena Gonzalez|Democratic|San Diego|2013|2024|||||||||
- elected in a special election

### Seating chart

||||||||colspan="3"|Speaker Rendon|||||||||||||||||||||
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|width="80"|Chu|width="103"|Bonta||width="80"|Vacant|width="90"|Lackey||width="80"|Brough|width="80"|**Waldron**||width="80"|**Calderon**|width="80"|Petrie-Norris||width="80"|Rubio|width="80"|Holden||width="80"|Smith|width="80"|Irwin|
||Dahle||Cunningham|||Santiago||Cooper|||Diep||Flora|||Wicks||Gipson|||Limón||Bloom|||C. Garcia||Chau|
||Kiley||Fong|||Patterson||Gallagher|||Grayson||Daly|||Ting||Gray|||Maienschein||McCarty|||Mathis||Obernolte|
||Chen||Bigelow|||Wood||Cooley|||Carrillo||L. Rivas|||Reyes||Quirk-Silva|||Low||Burke|||Choi||Voepel|
||Medina||Rodriguez|||Frazier||Jones-Sawyer|||R. Rivas||Kalra|||Weber||Kamlager|||Muratsuchi||Chiu|||Nazarian||Levine|
||Gonzalez||Boerner Horvath|||Quirk||Bauer-Kahan|||O'Donnell||Friedman|||Aguiar-Curry||Eggman|||Cervantes||Salas|||Arambula||Ramos|
|||||Berman||Gabriel|||E. Garcia||**Rendon**|||Mullin||Gloria|||Mayes||Stone||||||||

## Infobox (legislature)

- **background color**: blue
- **name**: California State Assembly
- **legislature**: California State Legislature
- **coa pic**: Seal of the Assembly of the State of California.svg
- **session room**: California State Assembly room p1080879.jpg
- **house type**: Lower house
- **term limits**: 6 terms (12 years)
- **new session**: December 5, 2022
- **leader1 type**: Speaker of the California State Assembly, Speaker
- **leader1**: Robert Rivas (politician), Robert Rivas (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **election1**: June 30, 2023
- **leader2 type**: Speaker pro tempore
- **leader2**: Jim Wood (California politician), Jim Wood (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **election2**: November 22, 2023
- **leader3 type**: Majority Leader
- **leader3**: Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (Democratic Party (United States), D)
- **election3**: November 22, 2023
- **leader4 type**: Minority Leader
- **leader4**: James Gallagher (California politician), James Gallagher (Republican Party (United States), R)
- **election4**: February 8, 2022
- **term length**: 2 years
- **authority**: Article 4, California Constitution
- **salary**: $114,877/year + $211 per diem
- **seats**: 80
- **structure1**: California State Assembly 2019-20 diagram.svg
- **structure1 res**: 250px
- **structure1 alt**: Composition of the California State Assembly
- **voting system1**: Nonpartisan blanket primary
- **last election1**: 2022 California State Assembly election, November 8, 2022
- **next election1**: 2024 California State Assembly election, November 5, 2024
- **redistricting**: California Citizens Redistricting Commission
- **political groups1**: **Majority**

**Minority**

**Vacant**
- **motto**: _Legislatorum est justas leges condere_
("It is the duty of legislators to enact just laws.")
- **meeting place**: State Assembly Chamber
California State Capitol
Sacramento, California, Sacramento, California
- **website**: [https://assembly.ca.gov California State Assembly]
- **rules**: [https://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/sites/clerk.assembly.ca.gov/files/20230HR2_99.pdf Standing Rules of the Assembly]