What is the Legislative Branch?



Congress is the House of Representatives and the Senate Combined
(Updated: 01/20/2025)



The House of Representatives



- The House of Representatives has 435 voting members


- The House of Representatives is lead by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.


- The Republican Party won the Majority of the House of Representatives in election of November of 2025


Mike Johnson (Republican) of Louisiana is the Speaker of the House of Representatives.


- Steve Scalise (Republican) is the Majority Leader


- Hakeem Jeffries is the House Minority Leader.

He is a member of the Democratic Party


- Jared Huffman is a Democrat and a member of the House of Representatives.

He represents California's 2nd congressional district. which includes, Marin County, Sonoma County, Mendocino County, Humboldt County, Del Norte County and Trinity County.


- Mike Thompson is a Democrat and a member of the House of Representatives.

He represents California's 4th Congressional District which includes, Lake County, Napa County, most of Yolo County, and most of Sonoma County.


- California has 52 congressional districts


- Members of the House of Representatives have the possibility of being

re-elected every 2 years.




The Senate



- The Senate has 100 members.

This is because each state has 2 Senators


-The Senate is lead by a Majority Leader.

John Thune is the Senate Majority Leader.

- He is member of the Republican Party.


- Chuck Schumer is the Minority Leader.

He is a member of the Democratic Party


- California has 2 Senators -


- Alex Padilla, in office since

January 20, 2021


- Adam Schiff was sworn in as California's other Senator on 12/09/2024. He is replacing Laphonza Butler,


Dianne Feinstien passed away on

September 29, 2023


-1/3 of the Senate has the possibility of being re-elected every 6 years.





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The Legislative Branch is the first Branch of the Government mentioned in

The United States Constitution.


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Congress

(House of Representatives and Senate)

creates bills that become law once the President of the United States signs them.


- To know more about how a bill become law,

click here.


- To watch the School House Rock's "I'm a Bill" video (YouTube), click here.


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You may communicate with elected officials.


- To e-mail Congressman Huffman's office

click here.


- To Contact Senator Padilla's office,

click here.


- To contact Senator Schiff's office.

click here.



The State of California's Government



California's Legislative Branch



California's legislature has two parts





California's equivalent of Congress, at the Federal level is:



California's State Legislature



California's Legislature is housed in the

State Capitol in Sacramento.


- To visit California's Legislative information official website, click here


- To learn about

California's State Legislature

(Wikipedia), click here.




California's equivalent of the House of Representatives, at the federal level is:



California's State Assembly



California's State Assembly has

80 voting members


Assembly Member Chris Rogers represents the 2nd Assembly District and it includes, parts of Sonoma County, Mendocino County, Humboldt County, Del Norte County and Trinity County.


- To visit his official website, click here.


- To learn about California's State Assembly

(Wikipedia), click here.


- To read the list of the 80 Assembly Districts

(Wikipedia), click here.



California's equivalent of the Senate, at the federal level is:



California's State Senate



California's Senate has

40 voting members.


Senator Mike McGuire represents the

2nd Senate District and it includes, Marin County, Sonoma county, Mendocino County, Lake County, Humboldt County, Del Norte County and Trinity County


- To visit his official website, click here.


- To learn more about California's Senate

(Wikipedia) click here.



Mendocino County's Government Structure



The county of Mendocino does not have three distinct branches of government. It has two.



California's Constitution states that county can either be

Chartered Counties or

General Law Counties.

The county of Mendocino is a "General Law" county.

That means that the Board of Supervisors (BOS) is both the Executive branch and the Legislative branch of the county government.

The County Courts constitute the Judicial branch.

To learn more about from the California State Association of counties,

click here.


The members of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors' term is five years and they are:

Madeline Cline: 1st District: Elected in November 2024

Maureen Mulheren: 2nd District: elected in November 2020

John Haschak 3rd District: Elected in November 2018

Bernie Norvell: 4th District: Elected in November 2024

Ted Williams: 5th District: Elected in November 2020

To learn more about the above mentioned County Supervisors,

click here.


To see a map of the districts' boundaries, click here.


To oversee the daily operations of the County of mendocino, the county appoints a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Mendocino County's CEO is Carmel J. Angelo. She has been in office since 2010.





The City of Ukiah's Government Structure



The City of Ukiah is governed by a City Council



Ukiah's City Council is made of five members who have a term of 4 years. The current City council Members are:

Douglas Crane (Mayor)

Susan Sher (Vice-Mayor)

Juan Orozco (Councilmember)

Mari Rodin (Councilmember)

Heather Criss (Councilmember)

Alen Carter (Treasurer)

To learn more, click here.


The Mayor is chosen among the City Council and Douglas Crane is currently the Mayor of the City of Ukiah.

The Mayor serves for one year.

To oversee the daily city related activities, the council appoints a

City Manager.

Since 2015, Sage Sangiacomo has been Ukiah's City Manager.

To learn more about that our City Manager, click here.



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David Gengoux, Ukiah Adult School, Citizenship / Diploma / GED Teacher (707) 463-5217 ext. 8061