California State Legislature, 2017–2018 session explained

2017–2018 session of the California State Legislature
Body:	California State Legislature
State:	California
Term Start:	December 5, 2016
Term End:	November 30, 2018
Before:	2015–2016
After:	2019–2020
Chamber1:	Senate
Membership1:	40
Control1:	Democratic
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:	President of the Senate
Chamber1 Leader1:	Gavin Newsom (D) Dec. 5, 2016 – present
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:	President pro tempore
Chamber1 Leader2:	Kevin de León (D–24th) Dec. 5, 2016 – Mar. 21, 2018 Toni Atkins (D–39th) Mar. 21, 2018 – present
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:	Minority Leader
Chamber1 Leader3:	Jean Fuller (R–16th) Dec. 5, 2016 – Apr. 12, 2017 Patricia Bates (R–36th) Apr. 12, 2017 – present
Chamber2:	Assembly
Membership2:	80
Control2:	Democratic
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:	Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:	Anthony Rendon (D–63rd) Dec. 5, 2016 – present
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:	Minority Leader
Chamber2 Leader2:	Chad Mayes (R–42nd) Dec. 5, 2016 – Sep. 18, 2017 Brian Dahle (R–1st) Sep. 18, 2017 – Nov. 8, 2018 Marie Waldron (R–75th) Nov. 8, 2018 – present

The 2017–2018 session was a session of the California State Legislature. The session first convened on December 5, 2016, and adjourned sine die on November 30, 2018.

Major events

Vacancies and special elections

• July 11, 2017: Democratic assemblymember Jimmy Gomez (51st–Echo Park) resigns to take a seat in Congress.^[1]
• November 27, 2017: Democratic assemblymember Raul Bocanegra (39th–Pacoima) resigns in the wake of sexual harassment allegations.^[2]
• December 16, 2017: Democrat Wendy Carrillo of Boyle Heights is sworn into office after winning the December 5, 2017, special election for the 51st State Assembly district to replace Gomez.^[3]
• December 31, 2017: Democratic assemblymember Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (54th–Los Angeles) resigns for health reasons.^[4]
• January 2, 2018: Democratic assemblymember Matt Dababneh (45th–Encino) resigns in the wake of sexual harassment allegations.^[5]
• February 22, 2018: Democratic senator Tony Mendoza (32nd–Artesia) resigns in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations.^[6]
• April 16, 2018: Democrat Sydney Kamlager of Los Angeles is sworn into office after winning the April 3, 2018, special election for the 54th State Assembly district to replace Ridley-Thomas.^[7]
• June 11, 2018: Democrat Luz Rivas of North Hollywood is sworn into office after winning the June 5, 2018, special election for the 39th State Assembly district to replace Bocanegra. Democrat Jesse Gabriel of Encino is sworn into office after winning the June 5, 2018, special election for the 45th State Assembly district to replace Dababneh.
• June 25, 2018: Republican Ling Ling Chang of Diamond Bar is sworn into office after Democrat Josh Newman was recalled in a June 5, 2018 recall election in the 29th State Senate district.
• August 14, 2018: Democrat Vanessa Delgado of Montebello is sworn into office after winning the August 7, 2018, special election for the 32nd State Senate district to replace Mendoza.

Leadership changes

• April 12, 2017: Republican senator Patricia Bates (36th–Laguna Niguel) replaces senator Jean Fuller (16th–Bakersfield) as Senate minority leader, as Fuller is termed out at the end of the session.^[8]
• September 18, 2017: Republican assemblymember Brian Dahle (1st–Bieber) replaces assemblymember Chad Mayes (42nd–Yucca Valley) as Assembly minority leader, as Mayes was ousted in the wake of his support for renewing California's cap-and-trade program.^{[9] [10]}
• March 21, 2018: Democratic senator Toni Atkins (39th–San Diego) replaces senator Kevin de León (24th–Los Angeles) as president pro tempore, as de León is termed out at the end of the session.
• November 8, 2018: Republican assemblymember Marie Waldron (75th–Escondido) replaces assemblymember Brian Dahle (1st–Bieber) as Assembly minority leader, as Dahle planned to run in a special election for the California State Senate.^{[11] [12]}

Party changes

State Senate

26	14
Democratic	Republican

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature		26	13	39	1
Begin		27	13	40	0
February 22, 2018		26		39	1
June 25, 2018		25	14	39	1
August 14, 2018		26	14	40	0
Latest voting share

Officers

Position		Name	Party	District
	Lieutenant Governor	Gavin Newsom	Democratic
	President pro tempore	Toni Atkins	Democratic	39th–San Diego
	Majority leader	Bill Monning	Democratic	17th–Carmel
	Majority whip	Nancy Skinner	Democratic	9th–Berkeley
	Majority caucus chair	Connie Leyva	Democratic	20th–Chino
	Majority caucus vice chair	Mike McGuire	Democratic	2nd–Healdsburg
	Minority leader	Patricia Bates	Republican	36th–Laguna Niguel
	Minority caucus chair	Jim Nielsen	Republican	4th–Gerber
	Minority whip	Ted Gaines	Republican	1st–El Dorado Hills
Secretary		Daniel Alvarez
Sergeant-at-Arms		Debbie Manning
Chaplain		Sister Michelle Gorman

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

Members

District		Name	Party	Residence	Term-limited?	Notes
	1	Ted Gaines	Republican	El Dorado Hills
	2	Mike McGuire	Democratic	Healdsburg
	3	Bill Dodd	Democratic	Napa
	4	Jim Nielsen	Republican	Gerber
	5	Cathleen Galgiani	Democratic	Stockton
	6	Richard Pan	Democratic	Sacramento
	7	Steve Glazer	Democratic	Orinda
	8	Tom Berryhill	Republican	Modesto	Yes
	9	Nancy Skinner	Democratic	Berkeley
	10	Bob Wieckowski	Democratic	Fremont
	11	Scott Wiener	Democratic	San Francisco
	12	Anthony Cannella	Republican	Ceres	Yes
	13	Jerry Hill	Democratic	San Mateo
	14	Andy Vidak	Republican	Hanford
	15	Jim Beall	Democratic	San Jose
	16	Jean Fuller	Republican	Bakersfield	Yes	Minority leader from August 27, 2015, to April 12, 2017
	17	Bill Monning	Democratic	Carmel
	18	Robert Hertzberg	Democratic	Van Nuys
	19	Hannah-Beth Jackson	Democratic	Santa Barbara
	20	Connie Leyva	Democratic	Chino
	21	Scott Wilk	Republican	Santa Clarita
	22	Ed Hernandez	Democratic	West Covina	Yes
	23	Mike Morrell	Republican	Rancho Cucamonga
	24	Kevin de León	Democratic	Los Angeles	Yes	President pro tempore from October 15, 2014, to March 21, 2018
	25	Anthony Portantino	Democratic	La Cañada Flintridge
	26	Ben Allen	Democratic	Santa Monica
	27	Henry Stern	Democratic	Canoga Park
	28	Jeff Stone	Republican	Temecula
	29	Josh Newman	Democratic	Fullerton		Recalled on June 5, 2018
		Ling Ling Chang	Republican	Diamond Bar		Sworn in on June 25, 2018, to replace Newman
	30	Holly Mitchell	Democratic	Los Angeles
	31	Richard Roth	Democratic	Riverside
	32	Tony Mendoza	Democratic	Artesia		Resigned on February 22, 2018
		Vacant from February 22, 2018, to August 14, 2018
		Vanessa Delgado	Democratic	Montebello		Sworn into office on August 14, 2018
	33	Ricardo Lara	Democratic	Bell Gardens
	34	Janet Nguyen	Republican	Fountain Valley
	35	Steven Bradford	Democratic	Gardena
	36	Patricia Bates	Republican	Laguna Niguel		Minority leader since April 12, 2017
	37	John Moorlach	Republican	Costa Mesa
	38	Joel Anderson	Republican	Alpine	Yes
	39	Toni Atkins	Democratic	San Diego		President pro tempore since March 21, 2018
	40	Ben Hueso	Democratic	San Diego

State Assembly

55	25
Democratic	Republican

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)	Total
Democratic	Republican	Vacant
End of previous legislature		55	28	80	0
Begin		55	25	80	0
July 11, 2017		54		79	1
November 27, 2017		53		78	2
December 16, 2017		54		79	1
December 31, 2017		53		78	2
January 2, 2018		52		77	3
April 16, 2018		53		78	2
June 11, 2018		55		80	0
Latest voting share

Officers

Position		Name	Party	District
	Speaker	Anthony Rendon	Democratic	63rd–Lakewood
	Speaker pro tempore	Kevin Mullin	Democratic	22nd–South San Francisco
	Assistant speaker pro tempore	Laura Friedman	Democratic	43rd–Glendale
	Majority leader	Ian Calderon	Democratic	57th–Whittier
	Assistant majority leader	Rob Bonta	Democratic	18th–Alameda
	Majority whip	Todd Gloria	Democratic	78th–San Diego
	Assistant majority whip	Eloise Reyes	Democratic	47th–Grand Terrace
	Majority caucus chair	Mike Gipson	Democratic	64th–Carson
	Minority leader	Marie Waldron	Republican	75th–Escondido
	Republican floor manager	Heath Flora	Republican	12th–Ripon
	Deputy Republican leaders	Frank Bigelow	Republican	5th–O'Neals
		Rocky Chávez	Republican	76th–Oceanside
	Assistant Republican leaders	Phillip Chen	Republican	55th–Diamond Bar
		Chad Mayes	Republican	42nd–Yucca Valley
	Republican caucus chair	Jay Obernolte	Republican	33rd–Big Bear Lake
Chief Clerk		E. Dotson Wilson
Chief Sergeant-at-Arms		Bryon G. Gustafson, Ph.D
Chaplain		Reverend Bob Oshita
Alternate Chaplain		Reverend Patti Oshita

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

Members

District		Name	Party	Residence	Term-limited?	Notes
	1	Brian Dahle	Republican	Bieber		Minority leader from September 18, 2017, to November 8, 2018
	2	Jim Wood	Democratic	Healdsburg
	3	James Gallagher	Republican	Nicolaus
	4	Cecilia Aguiar-Curry	Democratic	Winters
	5	Frank Bigelow	Republican	O'Neals
	6	Kevin Kiley	Republican	Rocklin
	7	Kevin McCarty	Democratic	Sacramento
	8	Ken Cooley	Democratic	Rancho Cordova
	9	Jim Cooper	Democratic	Elk Grove
	10	Marc Levine	Democratic	Greenbrae
	11	Jim Frazier	Democratic	Oakley
	12	Heath Flora	Republican	Ripon
	13	Susan Eggman	Democratic	Stockton
	14	Tim Grayson	Democratic	Concord
	15	Tony Thurmond	Democratic	Richmond
	16	Catharine Baker	Republican	Dublin
	17	David Chiu	Democratic	San Francisco
	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	Marc Berman	Democratic	Palo Alto
	25	Kansen Chu	Democratic	San Jose
	26	Devon Mathis	Republican	Visalia
	27	Ash Kalra	Democratic	San Jose
	28	Evan Low	Democratic	Campbell
	29	Mark Stone	Democratic	Scotts Valley
	30	Anna Caballero	Democratic	Salinas	Yes
	31	Joaquin Arambula	Democratic	Kingsburg
	32	Rudy Salas	Democratic	Bakersfield
	33	Jay Obernolte	Republican	Big Bear Lake
	34	Vince Fong	Republican	Bakersfield
	35	Jordan Cunningham	Republican	Templeton
	36	Tom Lackey	Republican	Palmdale
	37	Monique Limón	Democratic	Santa Barbara
	38	Dante Acosta	Republican	Santa Clarita
	39	Raul Bocanegra	Democratic	Pacoima		Resigned on November 27, 2017
		Vacant from November 27, 2017, to June 11, 2018
		Luz Rivas	Democratic	North Hollywood		Sworn into office on June 11, 2018
	40	Marc Steinorth	Republican	Rancho Cucamonga
	41	Chris Holden	Democratic	Pasadena
	42	Chad Mayes	Republican	Yucca Valley		Minority leader from January 4, 2016, to September 18, 2017
	43	Laura Friedman	Democratic	Glendale
	44	Jacqui Irwin	Democratic	Thousand Oaks
	45	Matt Dababneh	Democratic	Encino		Resigned on January 2, 2018
		Vacant from January 2, 2018, to June 11, 2018
		Jesse Gabriel	Democratic	Encino		Sworn into office on June 11, 2018
	46	Adrin Nazarian	Democratic	Sherman Oaks
	47	Eloise Reyes	Democratic	Grand Terrace
	48	Blanca Rubio	Democratic	Baldwin Park
	49	Ed Chau	Democratic	Monterey Park
	50	Richard Bloom	Democratic	Santa Monica
	51	Jimmy Gomez	Democratic	Echo Park		Resigned on July 11, 2017
		Vacant from July 11, 2017 to December 16, 2017
		Wendy Carrillo	Democratic	Boyle Heights		Sworn into office on December 16, 2017
	52	Freddie Rodriguez	Democratic	Pomona
	53	Miguel Santiago	Democratic	Los Angeles
	54	Sebastian Ridley-Thomas	Democratic	Los Angeles		Resigned on December 31, 2017
		Vacant from December 31, 2017, to April 16, 2018
		Sydney Kamlager	Democratic	Los Angeles		Sworn into office on April 16, 2018
	55	Phillip Chen	Republican	Diamond Bar
	56	Eduardo Garcia	Democratic	Coachella
	57	Ian Calderon	Democratic	Whittier
	58	Cristina Garcia	Democratic	Bell Gardens
	59	Reggie Jones-Sawyer	Democratic	Los Angeles
	60	Sabrina Cervantes	Democratic	Riverside
	61	Jose Medina	Democratic	Riverside
	62	Autumn Burke	Democratic	Marina del Rey
	63	Anthony Rendon	Democratic	Lakewood		Speaker
	64	Mike Gipson	Democratic	Carson
	65	Sharon Quirk-Silva	Democratic	Fullerton
	66	Al Muratsuchi	Democratic	Rolling Hills Estates
	67	Melissa Melendez	Republican	Lake Elsinore
	68	Steven Choi	Republican	Irvine
	69	Tom Daly	Democratic	Anaheim
	70	Patrick O'Donnell	Democratic	Long Beach
	71	Randy Voepel	Republican	Santee
	72	Travis Allen	Republican	Huntington Beach
	73	Bill Brough	Republican	Dana Point
	74	Matthew Harper	Republican	Huntington Beach
	75	Marie Waldron	Republican	Escondido		Minority leader since November 8, 2018
	76	Rocky Chávez	Republican	Oceanside
	77	Brian Maienschein	Republican	San Diego
	78	Todd Gloria	Democratic	San Diego
	79	Shirley Weber	Democratic	San Diego
	80	Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher	Democratic	San Diego

See also

• List of California state legislatures

External links

• California State Senate
• California State Assembly

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 . Assembly Daily Journal . . September 15, 2017 . Sacramento, California . 2509 .
2. Web site: Monday, November 27, 2017 . Assembly Daily Journal . . December 29, 2017 . Sacramento, California . 3643 .
3. Web site: Monday, December 18, 2017 . Assembly Daily Journal . . February 1, 2018 . Sacramento, California . 3655 .
4. Web site: Tuesday, January 2, 2018 . Assembly Daily Journal . . February 1, 2018 . Sacramento, California . 3657 .
5. Web site: Friday, December 8, 2017 . Assembly Daily Journal . . February 1, 2018 . Sacramento, California . 3651–3652 .
6. Web site: Thursday, February 22, 2018 . Senate Daily Journal . . June 17, 2018 . Sacramento, California . 4254 . PDF.
7. Web site: Monday, April 16, 2018 . Assembly Daily Journal . . June 17, 2018 . Sacramento, California . 4693 .
8. Web site: Monday, September 18, 2017 . Senate Daily Journal . . November 20, 2018 . Sacramento, California . 3574 .
9. Web site: Monday, April 17, 2017 . Assembly Daily Journal . . November 20, 2018 . Sacramento, California . 665 . PDF.
10. News: Horseman . Jeff . Republicans oust Inland Assemblyman Chad Mayes as GOP leader . September 23, 2017 . . August 24, 2017.
11. Web site: Thursday, November 8, 2018 . Assembly Daily Journal . . November 20, 2018 . Sacramento, California . 665 .
12. News: Kosoff . Alexei . Rouda v. Rohrabacher + A new GOP leader? + Ex-lawmaker pleads guilty in wife's death . November 20, 2018 . . October 31, 2018.