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From an email by Susannah Delano, Executive Director at Close the Gap CA
Keep up the good work in 2019
They’re sworn in and at their desks. You helped them get there and you’ve had an impact. Women are now 30% of the CA Legislature, up from 21% at the start of 2018. In state rankings, CA has jumped from 30th to 22nd for our proportion of women legislators.
An unexpected moment of parity, California-style: As the 2019-2020 session begins, four new Latina Senators from CTGCA target districts bring the number of Democratic women in the Senate even with the total number of Republicans, at 10.
California Legislature
State Senate:
State House/Assembly:
Total Senators: 40 Total Women: 13
Total Members: 80 Total Women: 23
Percentage of Women: 30%
Ranking among state legislatures for the proportion of women: 22
Board President Sonya Logman and volunteer Barri Babow delivered CTGCA bouquets to 9 new women legislators (Asm. Christy Smith, pictured in the center)