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The California state Senate has 40 members each serving four-year terms. Each member represents more than 900,000 Californians.

Name	Party	District	Area
Brian Dahle	R	1	Redding
Mike McGuire	D	2	Santa Rosa
Bill Dodd	D	3	Napa
Marie Alvarado-Gil	D	4	Modesto
Susan Talamantes Eggman	D	5	Stockton
Roger Niello	R	6	Roseville
Steve Glazer	D	7	Orinda
Angelique Ashby	D	8	Sacramento
Nancy Skinner	D	9	Oakland
Aisha Wahab	D	10	Fremont
Scott Wiener	D	11	San Francisco
Shannon Grove	R	12	Bakersfield
Josh Becker	D	13	Menlo Park
Anna Caballero	D	14	Merced
Dave Cortese	D	15	Campbell
Melissa Hurtado	D	16	Bakersfield
John Laird	D	17	Santa Cruz
Steve Padilla	D	18	Chula Vista
Monique Limón	D	19	Santa Barbara
Caroline Menjivar	D	20	Van Nuys
Scott Wilk	R	21	Lancaster
Susan Rubio	D	22	West Covina
Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh	R	23	Redlands
Ben Allen	D	24	Redondo Beach
Anthony Portantino	D	25	Glendale
María Elena Durazo	D	26	Los Angeles
Henry Stern	D	27	Calabasas
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas	D	28	Los Angeles
Josh Newman	D	29	Fullerton
Bob Archuleta	D	30	Norwalk
Richard Roth	D	31	Riverside
Kelly Seyarto	R	32	Murrieta
Lena Gonzalez	D	33	Long Beach
Tom Umberg	D	34	Santa Ana
Steven Bradford	D	35	Inglewood
Janet Nguyen	R	36	Huntington Beach
Dave Min	D	37	Irvine
Catherine Blakespear	D	38	Encinitas
Toni Atkins	D	39	San Diego
Brian Jones	R	40	San Diego

Name	Party	District	Area
Megan Dahle	R	1	Redding
Jim Wood	D	2	Ukiah
James Gallagher	R	3	Chico
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry	D	4	Davis
Joe Patterson	R	5	Granite Bay
Kevin McCarty	D	6	Sacramento
Josh Hoover	R	7	Folsom
Jim Patterson	R	8	Fresno
Heath Flora	R	9	Ripon
Stephanie Nguyen	D	10	Elk Grove
Lori Wilson	D	11	Suisun City
Damon Connolly	D	12	San Rafael
Carlos Villapudua	D	13	Stockton
Buffy Wicks	D	14	Oakland
Tim Grayson	D	15	Concord
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan	D	16	San Ramon
Matt Haney	D	17	San Francisco
Mia Bonta	D	18	Oakland
Phil Ting	D	19	San Francisco
Liz Ortega	D	20	Hayward
Diane Papan	D	21	San Mateo
Juan Alanis	R	22	Modesto
Marc Berman	D	23	Palo Alto
Alex Lee	D	24	Milpitas
Ash Kalra	D	25	San Jose
Evan Low	D	26	Cupertino
Esmeralda Soria	D	27	Merced
Gail Pellerin	D	28	Santa Cruz
Robert Rivas	D	29	Salinas
Dawn Addis	D	30	San Luis Obispo
Joaquin Arambula	D	31	Fresno
Vince Fong	R	32	Bakersfield
Devon Mathis	R	33	Visalia
Tom Lackey	R	34	Palmdale
Jasmeet Bains	D	35	Bakersfield
Eduardo Garcia	D	36	Coachella
Gregg Hart	D	37	Santa Barbara
Steve Bennett	D	38	Oxnard
Juan Carrillo	D	39	Palmdale
Pilar Schiavo	D	40	Santa Clarita Valley
Chris Holden	D	41	Pasadena
Jacqui Irwin	D	42	Thousand Oaks
Luz Rivas	D	43	Arleta
Laura Friedman	D	44	Burbank
James Ramos	D	45	San Bernardino
Jesse Gabriel	D	46	Woodland Hills
Greg Wallis	R	47	Rancho Mirage
Blanca Rubio	D	48	West Covina
Mike Fong	D	49	Monterey Park
Eloise Gómez Reyes	D	50	San Bernardino
Rick Chavez Zbur	D	51	Santa Monica
Wendy Carrillo	D	52	Los Angeles
Freddie Rodriguez	D	53	Chino
Miguel Santiago	D	54	Los Angeles
Isaac Bryan	D	55	Culver City
Lisa Calderon	D	56	City of Industry
Reggie Jones-Sawyer	D	57	Los Angeles
Sabrina Cervantes	D	58	Corona
Phillip Chen	R	59	Brea
Corey Jackson	D	60	Moreno Valley
Tina McKinnor	D	61	Inglewood
Anthony Rendon	D	62	Lakewood
Bill Essayli	R	63	Riverside
Blanca Pacheco	D	64	Downey
Mike Gipson	D	65	Gardena
Al Muratsuchi	D	66	Torrance
Sharon Quirk-Silva	D	67	La Palma
Avelino Valencia	D	68	Anaheim
Josh Lowenthal	D	69	Long Beach
Tri Ta	R	70	Westminster
Kate Sanchez	R	71	Rancho Santa Margarita
Diane Dixon	R	72	Newport Beach
Cottie Petrie-Norris	D	73	Irvine
Laurie Davies	R	74	Oceanside
Marie Waldron	R	75	Escondido
Brian Maienschein	D	76	San Diego
Tasha Boerner	D	77	Carlsbad
Christopher Ward	D	78	San Diego
Akilah Weber	D	79	La Mesa
David Alvarez	D	80	Chula Vista

How liberal or conservative are your legislators?

Each legislator is placed on the spectrum depending on the votes they cast in the 2021-22 session. Methodology →

Which state legislators work on the issues you care about?

Our reporters closely follow California state legislators, the causes they champion, the committees they serve on and the legislation they introduce. Here is our list of the top leaders on the state’s major issues. How we choose →

K-12 education

Higher education

Health

Housing

Environment

Justice

State budget

Poverty

Top legislative leaders:
K-12 education

D Asm. Phil Ting	San Francisco
D Asm. Kevin McCarty	Sacramento
D Asm. Al Muratsuchi	Torrance
D Sen. Josh Newman	Fullerton
D Sen. John Laird	Santa Cruz

What's going on with K-12 education in California?

Read our explainer: California student test scores plunge — but some achievement gaps narrow. See how your school compares.

California has more than 6 million students attending public school from kindergarten through high school. With nearly $100 billion in state funding per year, schools are the largest category in the California budget. Current issues include teacher retention, an achievement gap for students of color and enrollment and learning losses from the pandemic.

Top legislative leaders:
Higher education

D Asm. Mike Fong	Monterey Park
D Asm. Jacqui Irwin	Thousand Oaks
D Asm. Kevin McCarty	Sacramento
D Sen. Josh Newman	Fullerton
D Sen. John Laird	Santa Cruz

What's going on with higher education in California?

Read our explainer: Cal State’s Black students are falling behind other groups — and poor graduation data obscures the crisis

California’s higher education system is the largest in the nation with eight in 10 students attending one of the three public university systems: California Community Colleges, California State University or the University of California. The public system faces funding, capacity and student housing challenges.

Top legislative leaders:
Health

D Asm. Joaquin Arambula	Fresno
D Asm. Jim Wood	Ukiah
D Sen. Scott Wiener	San Francisco
D Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman	Stockton
D Sen. Caroline Menjivar	Van Nuys

What's going on with health in California?

Read our explainer: Congenital syphilis rates soar across California as public health funding dwindled prior to the pandemic

California’s Medi-Cal system provides care to about 13 million Californians, roughly 30% of the state population. Covered California, the state’s version of the federal Affordable Care Act or Obamacare, has an enrollment of about 1.8 million.

Top legislative leaders:
Housing

D Asm. Buffy Wicks	Oakland
R Asm. Joe Patterson	Granite Bay
D Sen. Scott Wiener	San Francisco
D Sen. Nancy Skinner	Oakland
D Sen. Toni Atkins	San Diego

What's going on with housing in California?

Read our explainer: Newsom campaigned on building 3.5 million homes. He hasn’t gotten even close

California faces a housing crisis with the median price for a single-family home at $830,000. That is double the national median. Despite billions of dollars in spending, homelessness has increased by at least 22,500 since 2019, to 173,800. California’s challenge is to build far more housing units than it has in recent years.

Top legislative leaders:
Environment

D Asm. Laura Friedman	Burbank
D Asm. Steve Bennett	Oxnard
D Asm. Luz Rivas	Arleta
D Asm. Damon Connolly	San Rafael
D Asm. Rebecca Bauer-Kahan	San Ramon
D Sen. Henry Stern	Calabasas
D Sen. Ben Allen	Redondo Beach
D Sen. Dave Min	Irvine

What's going on with the environment in California?

Read our explainer: How can California boost its water supply?

California is a global leader on climate policies with new goals to reduce carbon emissions 48% below 1990 levels by 2030, to ban the sale of new gas powered cars by 2035 and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2045. At the same time, the state is heading into the fourth year of drought and also working to protect endangered species.

Top legislative leaders:
Justice

D Asm. Reggie Jones-Sawyer	Los Angeles
D Asm. Brian Maienschein	San Diego
D Asm. Mia Bonta	Oakland
D Sen. Nancy Skinner	Oakland
D Sen. Aisha Wahab	Fremont
D Sen. Tom Umberg	Santa Ana

What's going on with justice in California?

Read our explainer: Fatal shootings: California’s bid to police its police is lagging

There are about 103,000 inmates in California state prisons, as initiatives and state policies reduce the population. Overall crime rates in California remain historically low, although homicides have increased in many cities recently. Meanwhile, a new system to investigate police killings of unarmed civilians is off to a slow start.

Top legislative leaders:
State budget

D Asm. Phil Ting	San Francisco
R Asm. Vince Fong	Bakersfield
D Asm. Chris Holden	Pasadena
D Asm. Anthony Rendon	Lakewood
D Sen. Nancy Skinner	Oakland
D Sen. Toni Atkins	San Diego
D Sen. Anthony Portantino	Glendale

What's going on with the state budget in California?

Read our explainer: California budget approved: What to know about record spending plan

Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature have benefited from record surpluses in crafting the state budget, which hit a record $308 billion in the general fund for 2022-23. But early numbers project a $25 billion deficit for 2023-24, which changes the dynamics of the budget debate.

Top legislative leaders:
Poverty

D Asm. Joaquin Arambula	Fresno
D Asm. Corey Jackson	Perris
D Asm. Phil Ting	San Francisco
D Asm. Carlos Villapudua	Stockton
D Sen. María Elena Durazo	Los Angeles
D Sen. Nancy Skinner	Oakland
D Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil	Modesto

What's going on with poverty in California?

Read our explainer: When employers steal wages from workers

Poverty rates have dropped due to surges in government aid during the pandemic. But some of those safety net programs are being pulled back. And about 29% of Californians are poor or near poor and the state has the highest poverty rate, when the cost of living, especially housing, is counted.

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