California State Assembly

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The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members to the Assembly, representing a relatively equal amount of constituencies, with each district having a population of at least 420,000 citizens. Due to the state's large population and relatively small legislature, the Assembly has the largest population per representative ratio of any lower house legislature in the United States; only the federal U.S. House of Representatives has a larger ratio. California is the only state with state legislative districts more populous than its U.S. House districts. Since a referendum in 1990, members to the Assembly are limited by term limits, limiting members to three two-year terms (six years).

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Leadership of the Assembly

The Speaker of the Assembly presides over the Assembly in the chief leadership position, controlling the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus, followed by confirmation of the full Assembly on passage of a floor vote. Other Assembly leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses according to each party's strength in the chamber.

The current Speaker is Fabian Nunez of California's 46 Assembly District, D-Los Angeles. The Majority Leader is Karen Bass of California's 47th Assembly District, D-Los Angeles. The Minority Leader is Michael Villines of California's 29th Assembly District, R-Fresno.

Full List of Members, 2007-2008

District Name Party
1st Patty Berg Dem
2nd Doug La Malfa Rep
3rd Rick Keene Rep
4th Ted Gaines Rep
5th Roger Niello Rep
6th Jared Huffman Dem
7th Noreen Evans Dem
8th Lois Wolk Dem
9th Dave Jones Dem
10th Alan Nakanishi Rep
11th Mark DeSaulnier Dem
12th Fiona Ma Dem
13th Mark Leno Dem
14th Loni Hancock Dem
15th Guy S. Houston Rep
16th Sandré Swanson Dem
17th Cathleen Galgiani Dem
18th Mary Hayashi Dem
19th Gene Mullin Dem
20th Alberto Torrico Dem
21st Ira Ruskin Dem
22nd Sally J. Lieber Dem
23rd Joe Coto Dem
24th Jim Beall Jr. Dem
25th Tom Berryhill Rep
26th Greg Aghazarian Rep
27th John Laird Dem
28th Anna M. Caballero Dem
29th Michael Villines Rep
30th Nicole Parra Dem
31st Juan Arambula Dem
32nd Jean Fuller Rep
33rd Sam Blakeslee Rep
34th Bill Maze Rep
35th Pedro Nava Dem
36th Sharon Runner Rep
37th Audra Strickland Rep
38th Cameron Smyth Rep
39th Felipe Fuentes Dem
40th Lloyd E. Levine Dem
41st Julia Brownley Dem
42nd Mike Feuer Dem
43rd Paul Krekorian Dem
44th Anthony J. Portantino Dem
45th Kevin de León Dem
46th Fabian Nuñez Dem
47th Karen Bass Dem
48th Mike Davis Dem
49th Mike Eng Dem
50th Hector De La Torre Dem
51st Curren D. Price Jr. Dem
52nd Mervyn M. Dymally Dem
53rd Ted Lieu Dem
54th Betty Karnette Dem
55th Warren Furutani Dem
56th Tony Mendoza Dem
57th Edward P. Hernandez Dem
58th Charles M. Calderon Dem
59th Anthony Adams Rep
60th Bob Huff Rep
61st Nell Soto Dem
62nd Wilmer Amina Carter Dem
63rd Bill Emmerson Rep
64th John J. Benoit Rep
65th Paul Cook Rep
66th Kevin Jeffries Rep
67th Jim Silva Rep
68th Van Tran Rep
69th Jose Solorio Dem
70th Chuck DeVore Rep
71st Todd Spitzer Rep
72nd Michael D. Duvall Rep
73rd Mimi Walters Rep
74th Martin Garrick Rep
75th George A. Plescia Rep
76th Lori Saldaña Dem
77th Joel Anderson Rep
78th Shirley Horton Rep
79th Mary Salas Dem
80th Bonnie Garcia Rep

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