California Legislature Essay In keeping with our dual federalist system, all states have an executive branch (the governor), a Judiciary branch (state Supr

California Legislature Essay In keeping with our dual federalist system, all states have an executive branch (the governor), a Judiciary branch (state Supreme Court and lower courts) and a legislative body. In California, the bicameral CA Legislature consists of a Senate (not to be confused with the Congressional Senate) and an Assembly.Your task is to complete the following exercise for the CA legislature in similar fashion to the Congressional assignment.

Please note:The areal divisions for the CA legislature are not the same as the US congressional district.Your CA Senator hails from one of 40 preset regions, and your Assemblyperson hails from one of 80 districts.You can easily find your senator and assemblyperson through the CA..gov website, or through Google.

Responses are acceptable in narrative form only.

YOUR CA STATE (not Congressional) Senator
Please name your CA state senator, his/her party affiliations, date first elected and date of reelection.
Provide a brief description on the Senator from his/her bio.
Name 2-3 of the major policies or platforms the senator supports.
Select ONE of the policies or platforms that jumped out at you, pro or con.Note your views on what appealed to you or what worried you, and why you thought this issue was important.
YOUR CA Assemblyperson
Please name your CA assemblyperson, his/her party affiliations, date first elected and date of reelection.
Provide a brief description from his/her bio.
Name 2-3 of the major policies or platforms the assemblyperson supports.
Select ONE of the policies or platforms that jumped out at you, pro or con.Note your views on what appealed to you or what worried you, and why you thought this issue was important.
ANALYSIS
Conduct a short analysis of your views on the CA legislature vs the US Congress.Answers are can be varied i.e. structure, duties, roles, impact, utility etc.
Senate Assembly (District 43), Assembly Member is Laura Friedman
State Senate (District 25), Senator is Anthony J. Portantino