Due to the state's large population and relatively small legislature, the Assembly has the largest population per representative ratio of any lower house legislature in the
United States; only the federal
U.S. House of Representatives has a larger ratio. Since Proposition 28 passed in 2012, members of the Legislature are limited to a total of 12 years of legislative service, which can be served in the Assembly, Senate, or a combination of both.
The Democratic State Central Committee, the governing body of the
California Democratic Party, elects roughly 1/3 of its members from Assembly district election meetings held
biennially in January in every odd-numbered year within each of the 80 Assembly districts.[2][3]
List
1st - Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, and Siskiyou counties, and portions of Butte and Placer counties
2nd - Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino counties, and portions of Sonoma county
3rd - Glenn, Sutter, Tehama, and Yuba counties, and portions of Butte and Colusa counties
4th - Lake and Napa counties, and portions of Yolo, Colusa, Sonoma, and Solano counties
5th - Madera, Amador, Tuolumne, Calaveras, Mariposa, Mono, and Alpine counties, and portions of El Dorado and Placer counties
6th - portions of El Dorado, Placer, and Sacramento counties
7th - portions of western Sacramento and eastern Yolo counties
Due to the state's large population and relatively small legislature, the Assembly has the largest population per representative ratio of any lower house legislature in the
United States; only the federal
U.S. House of Representatives has a larger ratio. Since Proposition 28 passed in 2012, members of the Legislature are limited to a total of 12 years of legislative service, which can be served in the Assembly, Senate, or a combination of both.
The Democratic State Central Committee, the governing body of the
California Democratic Party, elects roughly 1/3 of its members from Assembly district election meetings held
biennially in January in every odd-numbered year within each of the 80 Assembly districts.[2][3]
List
1st - Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, and Siskiyou counties, and portions of Butte and Placer counties
2nd - Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino counties, and portions of Sonoma county
3rd - Glenn, Sutter, Tehama, and Yuba counties, and portions of Butte and Colusa counties
4th - Lake and Napa counties, and portions of Yolo, Colusa, Sonoma, and Solano counties
5th - Madera, Amador, Tuolumne, Calaveras, Mariposa, Mono, and Alpine counties, and portions of El Dorado and Placer counties
6th - portions of El Dorado, Placer, and Sacramento counties
7th - portions of western Sacramento and eastern Yolo counties