Mike McGuire, sworn in as California Senate leader this week, announces new committee chairpersons for the state budget and key policy areas.
We’re a big state with big challenges. Each morning we explain the top issues and how Californians are trying to solve them.One weekly email, all the Golden State newsGet the news that matters to all Californians. Start every week informed.State Sen. Mike McGuire, a Democrat from Healdsburg, holds his son Connor as he is sworn in as Senate president pro tem by California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero on Feb. 5, 2024.
When a new legislative leader takes charge, the biggest changes are usually to the internal power structure rather than to policymaking., a progressive Long Beach Democrat, who will succeed McGuire as majority leader, his deputy in charge of wrangling the Senate’s ideologically diverse supermajority Democratic caucus. Her top priority is “to uplift the voices of all Californians through meaningful legislation, especially for our most underserved communities,” Gonzalez said in a statement.
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