California State Legislature

California State Legislature
California State Legislature
2021–22 session
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate; Assembly
Leadership
President of the Senate/Lt. Gov.	Eleni Kounalakis (D) ; since January 7, 2019
President Pro Tem of the Senate	Toni Atkins (D) ; since March 21, 2018
Senate Minority Leader	Shannon Grove (R) ; since March 1, 2019
Speaker of the Assembly	Anthony Rendon (D) ; since March 7, 2016
Assembly Minority Leader	Marie Waldron (R) ; since November 8, 2018
Structure
Seats	120; 40 senators; 80 assembly
Senate political groups	Democratic (31); Republican (9);
Assembly political groups	Democratic (60); Republican (19); Independent (1);
Elections
Senate last election	November 3, 2020; (20 seats)
Assembly last election	November 3, 2020
Senate next election	November 8, 2022; (20 seats)
Assembly next election	November 8, 2022
Meeting place
	California State Capitol; Sacramento, California
Website
	leginfo.legislature.ca.gov

The California State Legislature is a bicameral legislature for the state of California in the United States. It has a lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members, and an upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members.[1] Both houses meet at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. It is one of ten full-time state legislatures in the United States.

As of December 2020, the Democratic Party controls both houses.

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