Driving through San Luis Obispo County last weekend, I stopped to photograph several places and things named for California Legislators. The most easily visible was the Senator Vernon L. Sturgeon Memorial Highway. Named for a local State Senator who served two terms before serving as Legislative Secretary for Governor Reagan, the highway is the much traveled Highway 101 (between Paso Robles and […]
Current Legislator Tenure Rankings (End of June 2015)
Since 1849, a total of 4,416 people have served in the California State Legislature. So how do the current 120 legislators rank in terms of tenure? In June, Senator Jim Nielsen (with 18.5 years of legislative service) moved up to become the 119th longest serving California legislator in state history, passing Don A. Allen. Also […]
California’s Confederate Flag Vote
Although it wasn’t noted on JoinCalifornia at the time, recent events and public interest in the Confederate Flag have led us to designate the three NO votes on AB 2444 (2014) as a “Notable No.” Notable No Votes are a series of biographical notations on candidate biographies that note an officerholder’s vote against a particularly […]
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