Seven year old Kiran Dong of Valencia presents his classroom's Christmas card to the Governor and First Lady Anne Gust Brown before the start of the 87th Annual California State Capitol Tree Lighting Ceremony in Sacramento.

The Governor and First Lady Anne Gust Brown light the 2018 Capitol Christmas tree with the help of Kiran Dong. Kiran, who was born with Prader-Willi Syndrome, receives services through North Los Angeles County Regional Center and attends second grade at Tesoro del Valle Elementary School in Valencia.

The 2018 California State Capitol Christmas tree is a 65-foot white fir from the Latour Demonstration State Forest located near Redding in Shasta County, the seventh Capitol Christmas tree to come from a state forest managed by CAL FIRE on behalf of the public.

The tree has been decorated with approximately 10,000 energy-efficient LED bulbs, and 900 ornaments made by children and adults with developmental disabilities.

The Sacramento Children's Chorus, under the direction of Alexander Grambow performs the National Anthem before the start of 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

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

Senator Tom Umberg introduces his first Senate bill