Senator Mike McGuire welcomes officials from Rikuzentakata, Japan and Crescent City, California who have formally established a sister-city relationship. From left: Kyoshi Murakami,Senior Executive Advisor of the City of Rikuzentakata; Masayuki Okamoto, Deputy Mayor of the city of Rikuzentakata, Japan; Blake Inscore, Mayor of Crescent City, CA and the Honorable Tomochika Uyama, Consul General of Japan in San Francisco

Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson welcomes Ken Pimlott, chief of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to the Senate floor. After three decades as a firefighter, the last eight leading the state's largest fire agency through some of the worst fires in the state's history, Pimlott is retiring from public service.

Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his 2019-20 “California for All” budget proposal at a formal press conference on January 10, 2019.

The California State Constitution requires the Governor to submit to each house of the legislature a budget containing a complete plan and itemized statement of all proposed expenditures of the state on or before January 10 of each year. 

Senators Susan Rubio and Maria Elena Durazo

Senators Ben Allen and Bill Monning

Senators Anthony Portantino and Tom Umberg confer during the first legislative session day of 2019

Senator Ted Gaines bids farewell to his colleagues after being elected to the State Board of Equalization

Senators Melissa Hurtado and Bob Hertzberg

Senators Jim Nielsen and Shannon Grove

Senators Steve Bradford and Andreas Borgeas

Senator Holly Mitchell and Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins

Senators Brian Jones and Bob Wieckowski

Senator Anna Caballero

Senators Susan Rubio and Anthony Portantino

The women of the Senate's 2019-2020 legislative session: Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, Senators Shannon Grove, Cathleen Galgiani, Anna Caballero, Maria Elena Durazo, Hannah-Beth Jackson, Connie Leyva, Holly Mitchell, Nancy Skinner, Susan Rubio, Melissa Hurtado and Ling Ling Chang (not shown: Senate Minority Leader Patricia Bates)

The Sacramento Children's Chorus, under the direction of Alexander Grambow performs the National Anthem before the start of the December 3, 2018 Senate swearing-in session

Presentation of the Colors by C.K. McClatchy High School Junior ROTC Unit CA-841

California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye is escorted into the Senate Chamber by Senators Hannah-Beth Jackson, Connie Leyva, Patricia Bates and Ling Ling Chang

Twenty re-elected and newly-elected Senators are sworn into office by Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye on Monday, December 3, 2018.  

Senators Jim Nielsen, Anna Caballero, Robert Hertzberg, Bob Archuleta, Melissa Hurtado and Holly Mitchell

Senators Richard Pan, Bob Wieckowski, Connie Leyva, Mike McGuire and Ben Allen

Senators Andreas Borgeas, Jeff Stone, Patricia Bates and Brian Jones

Senators Ben Hueso, Maria Elena Durazo, Tom Umberg, Shannon Grove and Susan Rubio

Senator Tom Umberg introduces his first Senate bill

Senators Brian Jones and Hannah-Beth Jackson

Senator Bob Wieckowski snaps a cell phone image of Senator Bill Dodd with Governor-elect Gavin Newsom

Senators Andreas Borgeas and Shannon Grove confer during the first day of the 2019-2020 Regular Session

Senate Majority Leader Bill Monning and newly sworn-in Senator Maria Elena Durazo

Lt. Governor-elect Eleni Kounalakis greets Senator Susan Rubio

Former Senators Martha Escutia and Dean Florez greet Senator Jerry Hill before the start of session