California State Legislature, 2013–2014 session explained

2013–2014 session of the California State Legislature
Body:	California State Legislature
State:	California
Term Start:	December 3, 2012
Term End:	November 30, 2014
Before:	2011–2012
After:	2015–2016
Chamber1:	Senate
Membership1:	40
Control1:	Democratic
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:	President of the Senate
Chamber1 Leader1:	Gavin Newsom (D) Dec. 3, 2012 – Nov. 30, 2014
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:	President pro tempore
Chamber1 Leader2:	Darrell Steinberg (D–6th) Dec. 3, 2012 – Oct. 15, 2014 Kevin de León (D–22nd) Oct. 15, 2014 – Nov. 30, 2014
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:	Minority Leader
Chamber1 Leader3:	Bob Huff (R–29th) Dec. 3, 2012 – Nov. 30, 2014
Chamber2:	Assembly
Membership2:	80
Control2:	Democratic
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:	Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:	John Pérez (D–53rd) Dec. 3, 2012 – May 12, 2014 Toni Atkins (D–78th) May 12, 2014 – Nov. 30, 2014
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:	Minority Leader
Chamber2 Leader2:	Connie Conway (R–26th) Dec. 3, 2012 – Nov. 6, 2014 Kristin Olsen (R–12th) Nov. 6, 2014 – Nov. 30, 2014

The 2013–2014 session was a session of the California State Legislature. The session first convened on December 3, 2012, and adjourned sine die on November 30, 2014.

Major events

Vacancies and special elections

• August 31, 2012: Republican state senator Doug LaMalfa (4th–Richvale) resigned to run for Congress.^[1]
• January 2, 2013: Democratic state senators Gloria Negrete McLeod (32nd–Chino) and Juan Vargas (40th–San Diego) resigned to take their seats in Congress.^[2]
• January 10, 2013: Former Republican assemblyman Jim Nielsen of Gerber is sworn into office after winning the January 8 special election for the 4th State Senate district to replace LaMalfa.^[3]
• February 22, 2013: Democratic state senator Michael Rubio (32nd–Shafter) resigned to become government relations manager for Chevron Corporation.^[4]
• March 21, 2013: Democratic assemblyman Ben Hueso (80th–San Diego) is sworn into office after winning the March 12 special election for the 40th State Senate district to replace Vargas.^{[5] [6]}
• May 20, 2013: Democratic assemblywoman Norma Torres (52nd–Pomona) is sworn into office after winning the May 14 special election for the 32nd State Senate district to replace Negrete McLeod.^{[7] [8]}
• May 28, 2013: Democrat Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego is sworn into office after winning the May 21 special election for the 80th State Assembly district to replace Hueso.^[9]
• June 30, 2013: Democratic state senator Curren Price (26th–Los Angeles) and Democratic assemblyman Bob Blumenfield (45th–Woodland Hills) resigned to take up their seats on the Los Angeles City Council.^{[10] [11]}
• August 10, 2013: Republican Andy Vidak of Hanford is sworn into office after winning the July 23 special election for the 16th State Senate district to replace Rubio.^[12]
• September 26, 2013: Democratic assemblywoman Holly Mitchell (54th–Los Angeles) is sworn into office after winning the September 17 special election for the 26th State Senate district to replace Price.^{[13] [14]}
• October 11, 2013: Democrat Freddie Rodriguez of Pomona is sworn into office after winning the September 24 special election for the 52nd State Assembly district to replace Torres.^[15]
• December 1, 2013: Republican state senator Bill Emmerson (23rd–Hemet) resigned for personal reasons.^[16]
• December 5, 2013: Democrat Sebastian Ridley-Thomas of Los Angeles is sworn into office after winning the December 3 special election for the 54th State Assembly district to replace Mitchell.^[17]
• January 6, 2014: Democrat Matt Dababneh of Encino is sworn into office after winning the November 19 special election for the 45th State Assembly district to replace Blumenfield.^[18]
• March 28, 2014: Democratic state senators Ron Calderon (30th–Montebello), Rod Wright (35th–Inglewood), and Leland Yee (8th–San Francisco) are suspended from service.^[19]
• April 3, 2014: Republican assemblyman Mike Morrell (40th–Rancho Cucamonga) is sworn into office after winning the March 25 special election for the 23rd State Senate district to replace Emmerson.^{[20] [21]}
• September 22, 2014: Democratic state senator Rod Wright (35th–Inglewood) resigned to serve a jail sentence after conviction for perjury and voter fraud.^[22]

Leadership changes

• May 12, 2014: Democratic assemblywoman Toni Atkins (78th–San Diego) replaces assemblyman John Pérez (53rd–Los Angeles) as Speaker of the Assembly, as Pérez is termed out at the end of the session.^[23]
• October 15, 2014: Democratic state senator Kevin de León (22nd–Los Angeles) replaces state senator Darrell Steinberg (6th–Sacramento) as President pro tempore of the State Senate, as Steinberg is termed out at the end of the session.

Party changes

Senate

25	1	2	12
Democratic	Vacant	Suspended	Republican

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican		Vacant	Suspended
End of previous legislature		25	14	39	1	0
Begin		29	10	39	1	0
January 2, 2013	rowspan="2"	27		37	3
January 10, 2013	11	38	2
February 22, 2013			26	37	3
March 21, 2013			27	38	2
May 20, 2013			28	39	1
July 1, 2013		rowspan="2"	27	38	2
August 10, 2013	12	39	1
September 26, 2013		rowspan="2"	28	40	0
December 1, 2013	11	39	1
March 28, 2014		rowspan="3"		25	36	3
April 4, 2014	12	37	0
September 22, 2014			1	2
Latest voting share

Officers

Position		Name	Party	District
	Lieutenant Governor	Gavin Newsom	Democratic
	President pro tempore	Kevin de León	Democratic	22nd–Los Angeles
	Majority leader	Ellen Corbett	Democratic	10th–Hayward
	Majority caucus chair	Jerry Hill	Democratic	13th–San Mateo
	Minority leader	Bob Huff	Republican	29th–Diamond Bar
	Minority caucus chair	Ted Gaines	Republican	1st–Rocklin
Secretary		Greg Schmidt
Sergeant-at-Arms		Tony Beard, Jr.
Chaplain		Rabbi Mona Alfi

The Secretary, the Sergeant-at-Arms, and the Chaplain are not members of the Legislature.

Members

Note that odd-numbered districts are based on the new maps created in 2011 by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, while even-numbered districts are based on the old maps created in 2001 by the state legislature. Odd districts can overlap with even districts or leave gaps.^[24]

District		Name	Party	Residence	Term-limited?	Notes
	1	Ted Gaines	Republican	Rocklin
	2	Noreen Evans	Democratic	Santa Rosa
	3	Lois Wolk	Democratic	Davis
	4	Vacant from September 1, 2012, to January 10, 2013
		Jim Nielsen	Republican	Gerber		Sworn into office on January 10, 2013
	5	Cathleen Galgiani	Democratic	Stockton
	6	Darrell Steinberg	Democratic	Sacramento	Yes	President pro tempore from December 2, 2012, to October 15, 2014
	7	Mark DeSaulnier	Democratic	Concord
	8	Leland Yee	Democratic	San Francisco	Yes	Suspended on March 28, 2014
	9	Loni Hancock	Democratic	Berkeley
	10	Ellen Corbett	Democratic	Hayward	Yes
	11	Mark Leno	Democratic	San Francisco
	12	Anthony Cannella	Republican	Ceres
	13	Jerry Hill	Democratic	San Mateo
	14	Tom Berryhill	Republican	Twain Harte
	15	Jim Beall	Democratic	San Jose
	16	Michael Rubio	Democratic	Shafter		Resigned on February 22, 2013
		Vacant from February 22 to August 10
		Andy Vidak	Republican	Hanford		Sworn into office on August 10, 2013
	17	Bill Monning	Democratic	Carmel
	18	Jean Fuller	Republican	Bakersfield
	19	Hannah-Beth Jackson	Democratic	Santa Barbara
	20	Alex Padilla	Democratic	Pacoima	Yes
	21	Steve Knight	Republican	Palmdale
	22	Kevin de León	Democratic	Los Angeles		President pro tempore since October 15, 2014
	23	Bill Emmerson	Republican	Hemet		Resigned on December 1, 2013
		Vacant from December 1, 2013, to April 4, 2014
		Mike Morrell	Republican	Rancho Cucamonga		Sworn into office on April 4
	24	Edward Hernández	Democratic	West Covina
	25	Carol Liu	Democratic	La Cañada Flintridge
	26	Curren Price	Democratic	Los Angeles		Resigned on July 1, 2013
		Vacant from July 1 to September 26
		Holly Mitchell	Democratic	Los Angeles		Sworn into office on September 26, 2013
	27	Fran Pavley	Democratic	Agoura Hills
	28	Ted Lieu	Democratic	Torrance
	29	Bob Huff	Republican	Diamond Bar		Minority leader
	30	Ronald Calderon	Democratic	Montebello	Yes	Suspended on March 28, 2014
	31	Richard Roth	Democratic	Riverside
	32	Gloria Negrete McLeod	Democratic	Chino	Yes	Resigned on January 2, 2013
		Vacant from January 2 to May 20
		Norma Torres	Democratic	Pomona		Sworn into office on May 20, 2013
	33	Ricardo Lara	Democratic	Bell Gardens
	34	Lou Correa	Democratic	Santa Ana	Yes
	35	Rod Wright	Democratic	Inglewood		Suspended on March 28, 2014 Resigned on September 22, 2014
		Vacant since September 22
	36	Joel Anderson	Republican	Alpine
	37	Mimi Walters	Republican	Irvine
	38	Mark Wyland	Republican	Escondido	Yes
	39	Marty Block	Democratic	San Diego
	40	Juan Vargas	Democratic	San Diego		Resigned on January 2, 2013
		Vacant from January 2 to March 21
		Ben Hueso	Democratic	San Diego		Sworn into office on March 21, 2013

Assembly

55	1	24
Democratic	V	Republican

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)	Total
Democratic	Independent	Republican	Vacant
End of previous legislature		52	1	27	80	0
Begin		55	0	25	80	0
March 21, 2013		54			79	1
May 16, 2013		53			78	2
May 28, 2013		54			79	1
July 1, 2013		53			78	2
September 26, 2013		52			77	3
October 11, 2013		53			78	2
December 5, 2013		54			79	1
January 6, 2014	rowspan="2"	55			80	0
April 4, 2014	24	79		1
Latest voting share

Officers

Position		Name	Party	District
	Speaker	Toni Atkins	Democratic	78th–San Diego
	Speaker pro tempore	Nora Campos	Democratic	27th–San Jose
	Assistant speaker pro tempore	Kevin Mullin	Democratic	22nd–South San Francisco
	Majority floor leader	V. Manuel Perez	Democratic	56th–Coachella
	Assistant majority floor leader	Chris Holden	Democratic	41st–Pasadena
	Majority whip	Jimmy Gomez	Democratic	51st–Echo Park
	Assistant majority whips	Matt Dababneh	Democratic	45th–Encino
		Cristina Garcia	Democratic	58th–Bell Gardens
	Majority caucus chair	Phil Ting	Democratic	19th–San Francisco
	Minority leader	Connie Conway	Republican	26th–Tulare
	Assistant minority floor leader	Curt Hagman	Republican	55th–Chino Hills
	Minority caucus chair	Brian Jones	Republican	71st–Santee
	Deputy minority floor leader	Don Wagner	Republican	68th–Irvine
	Chief minority whip	Dan Logue	Republican	3rd–Marysville
	Republican whips	Brian Maienschein	Republican	77th–San Diego
		Marie Waldron	Republican	75th–Escondido
Chief Clerk		E. Dotson Wilson
Sergeant-at-Arms		Ronald Pane
Chaplain		Father Constantine Papademos

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

Members

District		Image	Name	Party	Residence	Term-limited?	Notes
	1		Brian Dahle	Republican	Bieber
	2		Wesley Chesbro	Democratic	Arcata	Yes
	3		Dan Logue	Republican	Marysville	Yes
	4		Mariko Yamada	Democratic	Davis	Yes
	5		Frank Bigelow	Republican	O'Neals
	6		Beth Gaines	Republican	Rocklin
	7		Roger Dickinson	Democratic	Sacramento
	8		Ken Cooley	Democratic	Rancho Cordova
	9		Richard Pan	Democratic	Sacramento
	10		Marc Levine	Democratic	San Rafael
	11		Jim Frazier	Democratic	Oakley
	12		Kristin Olsen	Republican	Modesto
	13		Susan Eggman	Democratic	Stockton
	14		Susan Bonilla	Democratic	Concord
	15		Nancy Skinner	Democratic	Berkeley	Yes
	16		Joan Buchanan	Democratic	Alamo	Yes
	17		Tom Ammiano	Democratic	San Francisco	Yes
	18		Rob Bonta	Democratic	Alameda
	19		Phil Ting	Democratic	San Francisco
	20		Bill Quirk	Democratic	Hayward
	21		Adam Gray	Democratic	Merced
	22		Kevin Mullin	Democratic	South San Francisco
	23		Jim Patterson	Republican	Fresno
	24		Rich Gordon	Democratic	Menlo Park
	25		Bob Wieckowski	Democratic	Fremont
	26		Connie Conway	Republican	Tulare	Yes	Minority leader
	27		Nora Campos	Democratic	San Jose
	28		Paul Fong	Democratic	Cupertino	Yes
	29		Mark Stone	Democratic	Scotts Valley
	30		Luis Alejo	Democratic	Watsonville
	31		Henry Perea	Democratic	Fresno
	32		Rudy Salas	Democratic	Bakersfield
	33		Tim Donnelly	Republican	Twin Peaks
	34		Shannon Grove	Republican	Bakersfield
	35		Katcho Achadjian	Republican	San Luis Obispo
	36		Steve Fox	Democratic	Palmdale
	37		Das Williams	Democratic	Santa Barbara
	38		Scott Wilk	Republican	Santa Clarita
	39		Raul Bocanegra	Democratic	Pacoima
	40		Mike Morrell	Republican	Rancho Cucamonga		Resigned on April 4, 2014
		Vacant since April 4
	41		Chris Holden	Democratic	Pasadena
	42		Brian Nestande	Republican	Palm Desert	Yes
	43		Mike Gatto	Democratic	Los Angeles
	44		Jeff Gorell	Republican	Camarillo
	45		Bob Blumenfield	Democratic	Woodland Hills	Yes	Resigned on July 1, 2013
		Vacant from July 1, 2013, to January 6, 2014
			Matt Dababneh	Democratic	Encino		Sworn into office on January 6, 2014
	46		Adrin Nazarian	Democratic	Sherman Oaks
	47		Cheryl Brown	Democratic	Rialto
	48		Roger Hernandez	Democratic	West Covina
	49		Ed Chau	Democratic	Monterey Park
	50		Richard Bloom	Democratic	Santa Monica
	51		Jimmy Gomez	Democratic	Echo Park
	52		Norma Torres	Democratic	Pomona	Yes	Resigned on May 16, 2013
		Vacant from May 16 to October 11
			Freddie Rodriguez	Democratic	Pomona		Sworn into office on October 11, 2013
	53		John Pérez	Democratic	Los Angeles	Yes	Speaker from December 3, 2012, to May 12, 2014
	54		Holly Mitchell	Democratic	Los Angeles		Resigned on September 26, 2013
		Vacant from September 26 to December 5
			Sebastian Ridley-Thomas	Democratic	Los Angeles		Sworn into office on December 5, 2013
	55		Curt Hagman	Republican	Chino Hills	Yes
	56		V. Manuel Perez	Democratic	Coachella	Yes
	57		Ian Calderon	Democratic	Whittier
	58		Cristina Garcia	Democratic	Bell Gardens
	59		Reggie Jones-Sawyer	Democratic	Los Angeles
	60		Eric Linder	Republican	Corona
	61		Jose Medina	Democratic	Riverside
	62		Steven Bradford	Democratic	Gardena	Yes
	63		Anthony Rendon	Democratic	Lakewood
	64		Isadore Hall, III	Democratic	Compton	Yes
	65		Sharon Quirk-Silva	Democratic	Fullerton
	66		Al Muratsuchi	Democratic	Torrance
	67		Melissa Melendez	Republican	Lake Elsinore
	68		Don Wagner	Republican	Irvine
	69		Tom Daly	Democratic	Anaheim
	70		Bonnie Lowenthal	Democratic	Long Beach	Yes
	71		Brian Jones	Republican	Santee
	72		Travis Allen	Republican	Huntington Beach
	73		Diane Harkey	Republican	Dana Point	Yes
	74		Allan Mansoor	Republican	Costa Mesa
	75		Marie Waldron	Republican	Escondido
	76		Rocky Chavez	Republican	Oceanside
	77		Brian Maienschein	Republican	San Diego
	78		Toni Atkins	Democratic	San Diego		Speaker since May 12, 2014
	79		Shirley Weber	Democratic	San Diego
	80		Ben Hueso	Democratic	San Diego		Resigned on March 21, 2013
		Vacant from March 21 to May 28
			Lorena Gonzalez	Democratic	San Diego		Sworn into office on May 28, 2013

See also

• List of California state legislatures

External links

• California State Senate
• California State Assembly

Notes and References

1. Web site: [ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/senate-journal/sen-journal-0x-20120831-5045.PDF Friday, August 31, 2012 ]. Senate Daily Journal . . August 12, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 5132–5133 .
2. Web site: [ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/senate-journal/sen-journal-0x-20130107-19.PDF Monday, January 7, 2013 ]. Senate Daily Journal . . August 12, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 39 .
3. Web site: [ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/senate-journal/sen-journal-0x-20130110-47.PDF Thursday, January 10, 2013 ]. Senate Daily Journal . . August 12, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 48 .
4. Web site: [ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/senate-journal/sen-journal-0x-20130225-193.PDF Monday, February 25, 2013 ]. Senate Daily Journal . . August 12, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 217 .
5. Web site: Thursday, March 21, 2013 . Assembly Daily Journal . . August 12, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 644 .
6. Web site: [ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/senate-journal/sen-journal-0x-20130321-327.PDF Thursday, March 21, 2013 ]. Senate Daily Journal . . August 12, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 330 .
7. Web site: Monday, May 20, 2013 . Assembly Daily Journal . . August 12, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 1493 .
8. Web site: [ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/senate-journal/sen-journal-0x-20130520-963.PDF Monday, May 20, 2013 ]. Senate Daily Journal . . August 12, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 967 .
9. Web site: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 . Assembly Daily Journal . . August 12, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 1648–1649 .
10. Web site: [ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/senate-journal/sen-journal-0x-20130701-1591.PDF Monday, July 1, 2013 ]. Senate Daily Journal . . August 12, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 1615–1616 .
11. Web site: Monday, July 1, 2013 . Assembly Daily Journal . . August 12, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 2232 .
12. Web site: [ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/senate-journal/sen-journal-0x-20130812-1753.PDF Monday, August 12, 2013 ]. Senate Daily Journal . . August 28, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 1754 .
13. Web site: Thursday, September 26, 2013 . Assembly Daily Journal . . November 1, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 3385–3386 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103172817/http://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/legisdocs/adj092613.pdf# . 2013-11-03 . dead.
14. Web site: [ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/senate-journal/sen-journal-0x-20131014-2457.PDF Thursday, September 26, 2013 ]. Senate Daily Journal . . November 1, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 2459 .
15. Web site: Friday, October 11, 2013 . Assembly Daily Journal . . November 1, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 3395 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103172734/http://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/legisdocs/adj101113.pdf# . 2013-11-03 . dead.
16. Web site: [ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/senate-journal/sen-journal-0x-20131127-2485.PDF Wednesday, November 27, 2013 ]. Senate Daily Journal . . December 28, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 2496 .
17. Web site: Thursday, December 5, 2013 . Assembly Daily Journal . . December 12, 2013 . Sacramento, California . 3452 .
18. Web site: Monday, January 6, 2014 . Assembly Daily Journal . . January 19, 2014 . Sacramento, California . 3474 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201220000/http://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/legisdocs/adj010614_r1.pdf# . 2014-02-01 . dead.
19. Web site: [ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/senate-journal/sen-journal-0x-20140328-2993.PDF Friday, March 28, 2014 ]. Senate Daily Journal . . May 12, 2014 . Sacramento, California . 2996 .
20. Web site: Thursday, April 3, 2014 . Assembly Daily Journal . . May 12, 2014 . Sacramento, California . 4324 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140513204110/http://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/legisdocs/adj040314.pdf# . 2014-05-13 . dead.
21. Web site: [ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/senate-journal/sen-journal-0x-20140403-3041.PDF Thursday, April 3, 2014 ]. Senate Daily Journal . . May 12, 2014 . Sacramento, California . 3042 .
22. Web site: [ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/senate-journal/sen-journal-0x-20140917-5021.PDF Wednesday, September 17, 2014 ]. Senate Daily Journal . . September 26, 2014 . Sacramento, California . 5029 .
23. Web site: Monday, May 12, 2014 . Assembly Daily Journal . . October 15, 2014 . Sacramento, California . 4884 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141020081255/http://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/legisdocs/adj051214.pdf# . 2014-10-20 . dead.
24. Web site: 2013-2014 Senate Districts . . January 5, 2013.