how many california state senate members are there
40
title: California State Senate text: California State Senate The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of California, the lower house being the California State Assembly. Due to the state's large population and relatively small legislature, it has the largest population per State Senator ratio of any state legislative house. In the United States House of Representatives, California is apportioned 53 U.S. Representatives, each representing approximately 704,566 people, while in the California State Senate, each of the 40 State Senators represents approximately 931,349 people, with the result that California State Senators each represent title: California State Senate text: more voters than California's U.S. Representatives do. Each member represents a population roughly equivalent to the State of Delaware. As a result of Proposition 140 in 1990 and Proposition 28 in 2012, members elected to the legislature prior to 2012 are restricted by term limits to two four-year terms (eight years), while those elected in or after 2012 are allowed to serve 12 years in the legislature in any combination of four-year state senate or two-year state assembly terms. The State Senate convenes at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. In the current session, Democrats control 29 seats, a supermajority title: California State Legislature text: terms. All 80 Assembly seats are subject to election every two years. Members of the Senate are elected from 40 districts and serve four-year terms. Every two years, one half of the Senate (20 seats) is subject to election, with odd-numbered districts up for election during presidential elections, and even-numbered districts up for election during midterm elections. Term limits were initially established in 1990 following the passage of Proposition 140. In June 2012, voters approved Proposition 28, which limits legislators to a maximum of 12 years, without regard to whether they serve those years in the State Assembly or the title: Elections in California text: House of Representatives, California's Senators represent the state's constituents in Congress. Both Kamala Harris, and Dianne Feinstein currently serve as the state's representatives. Each senator is elected to serve a six-year term with Harris having last been elected in 2016 (filling the recently vacated seat of former ret. U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer) and Feinstein in 2012. Each U.S. Senator is elected in a statewide election following earlier primary elections typically held in the first week of June during which both major national parties (the Democrats and Republicans) and minor parties nominate candidates via popular vote. There is no limit to title: California text: State Controller, State Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner, and State Superintendent of Public Instruction. They serve four-year terms and may be re-elected only once. The California State Legislature consists of a 40-member Senate and 80-member Assembly. Senators serve four-year terms and Assembly members two. Members of the Assembly are subject to term limits of three terms, and members of the Senate are subject to term limits of two terms. California's legal system is explicitly based upon English common law (as is the case with all other states except Louisiana) but carries a few features from Spanish civil law, such as community property.