NewsCalifornia News

Actions

Election boosts female California lawmakers to all-time high

California Guaranteed Income
Posted
and last updated

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Women now make up nearly a third of the California Legislature, which an advocacy group says is an all-time record.

The milestone comes with Tuesday's swearing-in of Assemblywoman Mia Bonta after a special election last week in the San Francisco Bay Area’s 18th Assembly District. She replaces her husband, Rob Bonta, who left in April after being appointed the state attorney general.

Mia Bonta bolsters Democrats’ supermajority in the closing week of the legislative session.

Thirty-nine of the state’s 120 lawmakers are now women. The advocacy group Close the Gap California says that’s up 11% from just four years ago.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Sunday

03/08/2026

Clear

-° / 50°

1%

Monday

03/09/2026

Clear

81° / 52°

4%

Tuesday

03/10/2026

Partly Cloudy

76° / 52°

7%

Wednesday

03/11/2026

Clear

77° / 52°

5%

Thursday

03/12/2026

Clear

82° / 54°

5%

Friday

03/13/2026

Partly Cloudy

85° / 55°

5%

Saturday

03/14/2026

Clear

83° / 55°

4%

Sunday

03/15/2026

Partly Cloudy

84° / 57°

4%