Self-Advocacy at the State Level
 
               
                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
Photo of California Senate Builidng in Sacramento.
Patterned after the United States Congress, California has a bicameral (two-house), two-party Legislature with 80 assembly members and 40 senators. Assembly members are elected for two-year terms and senators for four-year terms with one-half elected every two years.