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California Roster 2018 C A L I F O R N I A R O S T E R 2018 S E C R E T A R Y O F S T A T E A L E X P A D I L L A California Roster 2018 Welcome Letter Constitutional Officers ................................................................Pages 1 - 5 History of California State Officeholders ........................................Pages 6 - 8 The Golden State and State Emblems ...........................................Pages 9 - 11 State Senate .............................................................................Pages 12 - 14 State Assembly ..........................................................................Pages 15 - 19 California Judicial Branch ............................................................Pages 20 - 23 State Agencies, Departments, Boards, and Commissions ................Pages 24 - 47 County Officials .........................................................................Pages 48 - 78 Incorporated City and Town Officials ............................................Pages 79 - 154 Unincorporated Areas .................................................................Pages 155 - 164 California Congressional Legislators ..............................................Pages 165 - 168 California Roster 2018 ALEX PADILLA | SECRETARY OF STATE | STATE OF CALIFORNIA 1500 11th Street | Sacramento, CA 95814 | Tel 916.653.7244 | Fax 916.653.4620 | www.sos.ca.gov May 1, 2018 I am pleased to present the Secretary of State’s 2018 edition of the California Roster. This Roster provides a comprehensive listing of contact information for California’s government officials, as well as historical outlines of its constitutional offices and state emblems. It includes California’s federal, state, and county government officials, judicial officials, incorporated city and town officials, a listing of California’s unincorporated areas and state agency information. The California Roster is available exclusively online. A complete new edition of the Roster is posted on the Secretary of State website, www.sos.ca.gov, each spring. Any change in information provided to my office during the course of the year will be updated upon receipt. Sincerely, Alex Padilla Secretary of State Constitutional Officers There are eight statewide Constitutional Officers: the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Controller, State Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. These officers are all elected at the same time in a General Election and may be re-elected to a maximum of two four-year terms. In the event of a vacancy in the office of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor. In the event of a vacancy in both the offices of the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor, the succession order is as follows: first, the last duly elected President Pro Tempore of the Senate; second, the last duly elected Speaker of the Assembly; third, the Secretary of State; fourth, the Attorney General; fifth, the State Treasurer; and lastly, the State Controller. GOVERNOR *LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Edmund G. Brown Jr. Gavin Newsom State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814 State Capitol, Room 1114, Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 445-2841 Telephone: (916) 445-8994 Fax: (916) 558-3160 Fax: (916) 323-4998 Website: http://gov.ca.gov Website: www.ltg.ca.gov Email: [email protected] The supreme executive power of the State of California is vested in the Governor, whose duty it is to see that the The Constitution provides that the Lieutenant Governor law is faithfully executed. shall become Governor in the event of a vacancy. The Lieutenant Governor shall serve as acting Governor in the The Governor is the Commander-in-Chief of this state’s event of the Governor’s absence from the state, militia. The Governor is the official communicator among temporary disability or impeachment. The Constitution this state’s government, the federal government, and also provides that the Lieutenant Governor shall be other states of the United States. The Governor President of the Senate, but that he shall have only a supervises the official conduct of all executive and casting vote. The purpose of a casting vote is to break a ministerial officers, and the Governor sees that all offices tie. The casting vote may be used only if it will provide are filled and their duties performed. the necessary majority required. The Governor’s appointment power extends over The Lieutenant Governor serves in an ex-officio capacity significant areas of state government. First, the as a voting member of the University of California’s Board Governor has authority to fill vacancies in the judiciary of Regents and as a voting member of the California (i.e. Municipal, Superior, Appeals, and Supreme Courts), State University’s Board of Trustees. He serves, and and to fill newly created judgeships. Second, the rotates with, the State Controller as chair of the State Governor has the power, subject to confirmation by the Lands Commission, a non-voting member of the State Senate, to appoint a large number of positions California Coastal Commission, and a voting member of throughout the executive department. the Ocean Protection Council. The Lieutenant Governor also chairs the California Commission for Economic The Governor communicates, during each calendar year, Development. with the Legislature regarding the condition of the state and makes recommendations. The Governor submits an itemized budget to the Legislature within the first 10 days of each year. The Governor may veto any bill passed by the Legislature and return it, with his objections to the house of origin. The Governor may also reduce or eliminate one or more items of appropriation while approving other portions of a bill. The Governor utilizes, in addition to immediate staff, a cabinet that is composed of the ten major state agency secretaries (i.e., Business, Transportation and Housing; Corrections and Rehabilitation; Environmental Protection; Food and Agriculture; Health and Human Services; Labor and Workforce Development; Resources; State and Consumer Services; and Veterans Affairs), plus the Director of Finance and Secretary of Education. This group serves as the Governor’s chief policy advisory body and, in their individual capacities, each implement and coordinates the Governor’s policies throughout the state. The Cabinet supplies the Governor with a comprehensive view and current resume of the state operations and serves as a source for long-range planning. California Roster 2018 1 Constitutional Officers *SECRETARY OF STATE *ATTORNEY GENERAL Alex Padilla Xavier Becerra 1500 11th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Telephone: (916) 653-7244 1300 “I” Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 653-4620 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 944255, Sacramento, CA Website: www.sos.ca.gov 94244-2550 Email: [email protected] Telephone: (916) 445-9555 Fax: (916) 323-5341 The Secretary of State is the chief elections officer of the Website: www.oag.ca.gov State, responsible for overseeing and certifying elections, Email: [email protected] as well as testing and certifying voting equipment for use in California. The Secretary administers election laws; The Attorney General is charged with uniformly and maintains a database of registered voters; certifies the equally enforcing California’s laws, and assists district official lists of candidates for each election; certifies attorneys, local law enforcement, and federal and initiatives for placement on the state ballot; publishes the international criminal justice agencies in the Voter Information Guide before each statewide election; administration of justice. compiles election returns; publishes the official Statement of Vote; and certifies election results. The Attorney General carries out his constitutional responsibilities through the programs of the Department The Secretary of State plays a key role in making of Justice. The Department’s legal programs represent government open and accessible by providing public the People in civil and criminal matters before trial, access to a wide range of corporate, Uniform Commercial appellate and the supreme courts of California and the Code, campaign finance, lobbying, and election records. United States. In representing the People, the Attorney The Secretary maintains online editions of the California General protects Californians from fraudulent, unfair, and Lobbyist Directory and the California Roster of federal, illegal activities that victimize consumers or threaten state and local government officials. public safety, and enforces laws that safeguard the environment and natural resources. The Attorney The Secretary of State’s California Business Portal General also serves as legal counsel to state officers and, provides online information, resources, and services to with a few exceptions, to state agencies, boards and businesses. The Secretary receives, examines, and commissions. The Department’s legal programs maintain approves articles of incorporation for new California major law offices in Sacramento, Fresno, San corporations and qualifies out-of-state and international Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles and San Diego. corporations to do business in California. The Secretary’s Business Programs Division also approves amendments The Department’s Division of Law Enforcement provides to the records of domestic or qualified foreign forensic services, narcotic investigations, as well corporations and registers trademarks, trade names, as criminal investigations, intelligence,
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