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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 the passage of Prop 140 in 1990, members of the Assembly are limited by term limits to a maximum of three two-year terms (six years).

Make-up of the house

Affiliation Members
Image:Bluedot.png Democratic Party 50
Image:Reddot.png Republican Party 28
Independent 1
Vacant 1
Total 80

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 Karen Bass of California's 47 Assembly District, D-Los Angeles. The Majority Leader is Alberto Torrico of California's 20th Assembly District. The Minority Leader is Michael Villines of California's 29th Assembly District, R-Fresno.

Current members

Partisan composition of the 2009-2010 assembly
District Representative Party Notes
1 Wesley Chesbro Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
2 Jim Nielsen Image:Reddot.png Republican
3 Dan Logue Image:Reddot.png Republican
4 Ted Gaines Image:Reddot.png Republican
5 Roger Niello Image:Reddot.png Republican
6 Jared Huffman Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
7 Noreen Evans Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
8 Mariko Yamada Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
9 Dave Jones Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
10 Alyson Huber Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
11 Tom Torlakson Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
12 Fiona Ma Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
13 Tom Ammiano Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
14 Nancy Skinner Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
15 Joan Buchanan Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
16 Sandré Swanson Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
17 Cathleen Galgiani Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
18 Mary Hayashi Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
19 Jerry Hill Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
20 Alberto Torrico Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
21 Ira Ruskin Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
22 Paul Fong Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
23 Joe Coto Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
24 James Beall Jr. Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
25 Tom Berryhill Image:Reddot.png Republican
26 Bill Berryhill Image:Reddot.png Republican
27 Bill Monning Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
28 Anna Caballero Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
29 Michael Villines Image:Reddot.png Republican
30 Danny Gilmore Image:Reddot.png Republican
31 Juan Arambula Independent
32 Jean Fuller Image:Reddot.png Republican
33 Sam Blakeslee Image:Reddot.png Republican
34 Connie Conway Image:Reddot.png Republican
35 Pedro Nava Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
36 Steve Knight Image:Reddot.png Republican
37 Audra Strickland Image:Reddot.png Republican
38 Cameron Smyth Image:Reddot.png Republican
39 Felipe Fuentes Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
40 Bob Blumenfield Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
41 Julia Brownley Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
42 Mike Feuer Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
43 Paul Krekorian Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
44 Anthony Portantino, Jr. Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
45 Kevin de Leon Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
46 John Perez Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
47 Karen Bass Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
48 Mike Davis Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
49 Mike Eng Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
50 Hector De La Torre Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
51 Steve Bradford Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
52 Isadore Hall Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
53 Ted Lieu Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
54 Bonnie Lowenthal Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
55 Warren T. Furutani Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
56 Tony Mendoza Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
57 Edward Hernandez Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
58 Charles Calderon Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
59 Anthony Adams Image:Reddot.png Republican
60 Curt Hagman Image:Reddot.png Republican
61 Norma Torres Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
62 Wilmer Amina Carter Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
63 Bill Emmerson Image:Reddot.png Republican
64 Brian Nestande Image:Reddot.png Republican
65 Paul Cook Image:Reddot.png Republican
66 Kevin Jeffries Image:Reddot.png Republican
67 Jim Silva Image:Reddot.png Republican
68 Van Tran Image:Reddot.png Republican
69 Jose Solorio Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
70 Chuck DeVore Image:Reddot.png Republican
71 Jeff Miller Image:Reddot.png Republican
72 Chris Norby Image:Reddot.png Republican
73 Diane Harkey Image:Reddot.png Republican
74 Martin Garrick Image:Reddot.png Republican
75 Nathan Fletcher Image:Reddot.png Republican
76 Lori Saldana Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
77 Joel Anderson Image:Reddot.png Republican
78 Martin Block Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
79 Mary Salas Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
80 Manuel Perez Image:Bluedot.png Democrat

Legislative committees

Legislative staffs

Each member of the California State Assembly is given an annual budget of about $290,000 with which to hire staff and run their office. Assembly Speaker Karen Bass said on May 11, 2009 that she planned to cut this amount by about 10%, or $29,000 per year per each of the 80 members of the Assembly).[1]

Office in Washington, DC

The California State Assembly maintains an office in Washington, DC. In the face of the state's budget woes, the Assembly plans to close that office on June 30, 2009.

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