WOULD A BIGGER LEGISLATURE MEAN A SMALLER GOVERNMENT FOR CALIFORNIA?

THERE ARE 80 seats in the California Assembly and 40 seats in the California Senate. The last time the Golden State adjusted the size of its legislature, in 1862, there were about 400,000 people living there. Today, more than twice that number live within the city limits of San Francisco alone.

With a population of nearly 40 million, California’s state legislative districts are the largest in