I was recently asked who the first woman to chair a committee was. As it turns out, there wasn’t a single “first”. Instead, in 1919, the first session which included women legislators, two of the original four women were appointed as committee chairs: Elizabeth Hughes was appointed chair of Assembly Education and Eleanor Miller became […]
Mike McGuire to be California’s next Senate pro Tem
This week, it was announced that Senator Mike McGuire had secured the necessary support to be elected Senate President pro Tem (replacing Toni Atkins) in January. Some questions that folks might be wondering about. When did a Senator from McGuire’s area last lead the State Senate? Senator Mike McGuire is from Sonoma County. The last […]
What Happened in the 2022 Election
[Updated 12/12] That was interesting. An election season that roared by in that unique pandemic fashion that we’re still getting the hang of. Compared to the last cycle, the 2022 election appears to have brought far lower turnout than the 2020 election, and a significantly higher number of contests that remained unsettled past the first […]
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