Sameea Kamal

Nearly all of the 189 bills vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom this year passed the Legislature with support from more than two-thirds of lawmakers — meaning

Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes , a Democrat from Corona who is running for state Senate, missed about two-thirds of her votes this year — 1,647

Seven Assemblymembers missed more than a quarter of their votes this year, most involving illness or family matters. But when it comes to bills, an absence is the same as a “no” vote.

Assemblywoman Sabrina Cervantes, a Democrat from Corona who is running for state Senate, missed about two-thirds of her votes this year — 1,647 of 2,510 voting opportunities she had based

Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes, a Democrat from Riverside, missed hundreds of votes in the last legislative session when she was absent because of a death in the family, and because of illness. PHOTO BY MIGUEL GUTIERREZ JR., CALMATTERS

The California Legislature will see more turnover this election than any point in the last 10 years.

While Republicans celebrated a red wave nationally, California voters affirmed the state's solid blue politics with Democratic candidates seeing strong returns for state and federal office.

While Republicans celebrated a red wave nationally, California voters affirmed the state’s solid blue politics with Democratic candidates seeing strong returns for state and federal office.

California's state Senate will be at least 50% women for the first time in history and, depending on a few undecided races, the state Legislature overall could reach gender parity for the first time.

California’s state Senate will be at least 50% women for the first time in history and, depending on a few undecided races, the state Legislature overall could reach gender parity