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43-510: Stanislaus County was formed in 1854, partitioned from neighboring Tuolumne County . The first county seat was Adamsville , selected by a vote held June 10, 1854; the county seat was moved up the Tuolumne River to Empire City that November, then La Grange in the December 20, 1855 election. In La Grange, a frame house was purchased from John Meyers for $ 1700 to serve as the courthouse. After

86-674: A brief period from 1995 to 1996, the Assembly has been in Democratic hands since the 1970 election. The Senate has been under Democratic control since 1970, except for a brief period from 1973 to 1975. Article IV of the 1849 California Constitution prescribed that the legislative power of the state is invested in an Assembly and a Senate which was to be designated as the Legislature of the State of California. Sessions were required to be annual and began on

129-423: A household in the county was $ 38,725, and the median income for a family was $ 44,327. Males had a median income of $ 35,373 versus $ 25,805 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 21,015. About 8.1% of families and 11.4% of the population were below the poverty line , including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over. The Government of Tuolumne County is established and defined by

172-568: A portion of San Joaquin County was annexed to Stanislaus, Knights Ferry won a close election for the county seat in 1861, and court was held in a two-story brick building over the next 11 years. The new city of Modesto (originally intended to be named for William Chapman Ralston ) was founded in 1870 as the southern terminus of the Central Pacific Railroad , which bypassed the river towns by extending its line from Lathrop ; it soon became

215-424: A statement of intent and evidence that the statement actually reflected the views of several of the legislators who voted for the bill (as opposed to just one). The most sought-after legislative committee appointments are to governance and finance, business and professions, and health. These are sometimes called "juice" committees, because membership in these committees often aids the campaign fundraising efforts of

258-510: Is a county located in the U.S. state of California . As of the 2020 census , the population was 55,620. The county seat and only incorporated city is Sonora . Tuolumne County comprises the Sonora, CA Micropolitan Statistical Area . The county is in the Sierra Nevada region. The northern half of Yosemite National Park is located in the eastern part of the county. The name Tuolumne

301-552: Is a satellite courthouse in Turlock , handling small claims and unlawful detainers. Traffic and Juvenile matters are handled in separate buildings within Modesto. Tuolumne County, California 38°01′N 119°56′W  /  38.02°N 119.94°W  / 38.02; -119.94 Tuolumne County ( / t u ˈ ɒ l əm i / ), officially the County of Tuolumne ,

344-662: Is in California's 5th congressional district , represented by Republican Tom McClintock . In the state legislature Tuolumne is in the 8th Assembly district, which is held by Republican Jim Patterson and the 4th Senate district, which is held by Republican Marie Alvarado-Gill. The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Tuolumne County. † county seat California State Legislature 38°34′36″N 121°29′36″W  /  38.576572°N 121.493411°W  / 38.576572; -121.493411 The California State Legislature

387-676: Is of Native American origin and has been given different meanings, such as Many Stone Houses, The Land of Mountain Lions, and Straight Up Steep, the latter an interpretation of William Fuller , a native Chief. Mariano Vallejo , in his report to the first California State Legislature , said that the word is "a corruption of the Native American word talmalamne which signifies 'cluster of stone wigwams.'" The name may mean "people who dwell in stone houses," i.e., in caves. Tuolumne County Boundaries One of California's original 27 counties, Tuolumne

430-752: Is the bicameral state legislature of the U.S. state of California , consisting of the California State Assembly ( lower house with 80 members) and the California State Senate ( upper house with 40 members). Both houses of the Legislature convene at the California State Capitol in Sacramento . The California State Legislature is one of ten full-time state legislatures in the United States . The houses are distinguished by

473-499: Is water. A California Department of Forestry document reports Tuolumne County's 1,030,812 acres (4,171.55 km ) include federal lands such as Yosemite National Park, Stanislaus National Forest , Bureau of Land Management lands, and Indian reservations. Notable landforms in the county include Table Mountain . Special districts in Tuolumne County include: Tuolumne County Transit bus routes radiate from Sonora to serve most of

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516-459: The census of 2000, there were 54,501 people, 21,004 households, and 14,240 families residing in the county. The population density was 9/km (23/sq mi). There were 28,336 housing units at an average density of 5/km (13/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 89.5% White , 2.1% Black or African American , 1.8% Native American , 0.7% Asian , 0.2% Pacific Islander , 2.9% from other races , and 2.8% from two or more races. 8.2% of

559-449: The "several counties and districts" according to the white population of said areas. Section 25 imposed a single-subject rule on legislative bills, Section 26 prohibited the legislature from granting a divorce , Section 31 prohibited the legislature from establishing a corporation with a special act (similar to a private bill ), Section 34 prohibited the legislature from granting a charter "for banking purposes" while Section 35 required

602-458: The 1879 Constitution explicitly stated that the Senate has 40 members and that the Assembly has 80 members. The constitution also explicitly provides that Senators terms are four years and the terms of members of the Assembly are two years. New legislators convene each new two-year session, to organize, in the Assembly and Senate chambers, respectively, at noon on the first Monday in December following

645-458: The 1990s. Since 1993, the Legislature has hosted a web or FTP site in one form or another. The current website contains the text of all statutes, all bills, the text of all versions of the bills, all the committee analyses of bills, all the votes on bills in committee or on the floor, and veto messages from the governor. Before then, committees occasionally published reports for significant bills, but most bills were not important enough to justify

688-458: The 2017–2018 session to require a vote. Across the country, pocket veto powers are not uncommon in legislatures; in Colorado, the power was notably repealed in a citizen initiative constitutional amendment in 1988 driven by various reform groups. A bill is a proposal to change, repeal, or add to existing state law . An Assembly Bill (AB) is one introduced in the Assembly; a Senate Bill (SB), in

731-498: The Assembly are elected from 80 districts and serve two-year 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

774-523: The California Channel and local Public-access television cable TV . Due to the expense and the obvious political downside , California did not keep verbatim records of actual speeches made by members of the Assembly and Senate until the video feed began. As a result, reconstructing legislative intent outside of an act 's preamble is extremely difficult in California for legislation passed before

817-576: The California Constitution and is a five-member elected Board Of Supervisors who serve four year elected terms. The government provides services such as elections and voter registration, law enforcement, jails, vital records, property records, tax collection, public health, and social services. The Board is government for all unincorporated areas. Sonora is the only incorporated city in Tuolumne County. The Tuolumne County Sheriff provides court protection, jail administration, and coroner services for

860-419: The Senate. Bills are designated by number, in the order of introduction in each house. For example, AB 16 refers to the 16th bill introduced in the Assembly. The numbering starts afresh each session. There may be one or more "extraordinary" sessions. The bill numbering starts again for each of these. For example, the third bill introduced in the Assembly for the second extraordinary session is ABX2 3. The name of

903-655: The Southwest and Northeast corners of the county respectively. The following table includes the number of incidents reported and the rate per 1,000 persons for each type of offense. The 2010 United States Census reported that Tuolumne County had a population of 55,365. The racial makeup of Tuolumne County was 48,274 (87.2%) White , 1,143 (2.1%) African American , 1,039 (1.9%) Native American , 572 (1.0%) Asian , 76 (0.1%) Pacific Islander , 2,238 (4.0%) from other races , and 2,023 (3.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5,918 persons (10.7%). As of

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946-679: The State Senate. The proceedings of the California State Legislature are briefly summarized in regularly published journals, which show votes and who proposed or withdrew what. Reports produced by California executive agencies, as well as the Legislature, were published in the Appendices to the Journals from 1849 to 1970. Since the 1990s, the legislature has provided a live video feed for its sessions, and has been broadcast state-wide on

989-504: The author, the legislator who introduced the bill, becomes part of the title of the bill. The legislative procedure , is divided into distinct stages: From December 4, 2023, members of the California State Legislature receive an annual salary of $ 128,215. The Assembly Speaker, Senate President pro tempore, and minority floor leaders receive salaries of $ 147,446. Majority floor leaders and second ranking minority leaders receive salaries of $ 137,832. As of 2023, California legislators are paid

1032-405: The broader membership. In California, as of 2019 this was governed by Senate Rule 28 which requires 21 members and Assembly Rule 96(a) which requires 41 members; the procedure was notably used in 1998. In 2019, a rule change in the Assembly allowed committee chairs to avoid considering bills, which effectively kills the proposal. A proposed amendment to the constitution (ACA-23 ) was proposed for

1075-501: The colors of the carpet and trim of each house: the Senate uses red and the Assembly uses green, inspired by the United Kingdom 's House of Lords and House of Commons respectively. The Democratic Party currently holds veto-proof supermajorities in both houses of the California State Legislature. The Assembly consists of 62 Democrats and 17 Republicans , while the Senate is composed of 31 Democrats and 9 Republicans. Except for

1118-415: The committee members because powerful lobbying groups want to donate to members of these committees. The legislature can " pocket veto " laws by avoiding consideration and thus avoiding a vote. The Appropriations "Suspense File", which was created in the mid-1980s, is a popular way to avoid a vote. When a committee refuses to vote a bill out of committee, a discharge petition can typically be passed by

1161-502: The county. In Columbia, a connection can be made to Calaveras County Transit. There is no public transportation into or out of Tuolumne County that connects to any of the closest metropolitan areas. Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System (YARTS) makes a single daily round trip from Sonora into Yosemite Valley during the summer months. Columbia Airport and Pine Mountain Lake Airport are both general aviation airports located in

1204-515: The election. After the organizational meeting, both houses are in recess until the first Monday in January, except when the first Monday is January 1 or January 1 is a Sunday, in which case they meet the following Wednesday. Aside from the recess, the legislature is in session year-round. Since California was given official statehood by the U.S. on September 9, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 ,

1247-654: The entire county. It provides patrol and detective services for the unincorporated areas of the county. Within the city limits of Sonora, patrol and detective services are served by the Sonora Police Department. Tuolumne county tends to vote Republican in Presidential and congressional elections. The last Democrat to win the county was Bill Clinton in 1992 . In the 2008 presidential election , 14,988 votes were counted for John McCain with former president Barack Obama receiving 11,532 votes. Tuolumne County

1290-464: The establishment of Alpine County to the northeast. With the State's Adoption of the Political Code in 1872 the current boundaries of Tuolumne County were largely established as shown in the maps below. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 2,274 square miles (5,890 km ), of which 2,221 square miles (5,750 km ) is land and 54 square miles (140 km ) (2.4%)

1333-452: The expense of printing and distributing a report to archives and law libraries across the state. For bills lacking such a formal committee report, the only way to discover legislative intent is to access the state archives in Sacramento and manually review the files of relevant legislators, legislative committees, and the Governor's Office from the relevant time period, in the hope of finding

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1376-410: The first Monday of the January after the previous election unless if the Governor called an extraordinary session by proclamation . The terms of Assembly members lasted for one year while the terms of Senators lasted for two years. The 1849 Constitution did not prescribe the size of either house, but it did require that the Senate was to be composed of no less than one third but no more than one half of

1419-400: The legislature to enact a statute which prohibited any person or corporation from "..exercising the privileges of banking or creating paper to circulate as money", and Section 38 required all votes in the legislature to be conducted via voice vote. In its original form, Article IV of the 1879 California Constitution structured the legislature in a similar way to the 1849 Constitution. However,

1462-463: The most populous in the county, and assumed the county seat following a vote in 1871. In Modesto, a temporary courthouse was set up at Eighth and I, then moved to the upper floor of the Easton Building (or Eastin's Hotel), which had a saloon on the first floor where "the judge and jury could get refreshments". A permanent building was constructed from 1872 to 1873 on land donated by the railroad; it

1505-516: The number of members in the Assembly, with half of the Senators being up for election each year while requiring the legislature to fix the number of Senators and Assemblymembers, with there to be no less than 24 and no more than 36 members in the Assembly until the population of the state reached 100,000 residents, upon which the number of members in the Assembly was to be no less than 36 and no more than 80. Legislative districts were to be apportioned among

1548-504: The old courthouse was demolished in 1958 to clear space for the current county offices. The current main court house (800 11th St) was dedicated on April 23, 1960, and criticized as a "large undistinguished box". It was designed by Mitchell Van Bourg & Associates. Court services are held in several locations, depending on the case type. The main courthouse in downtown Modesto handles criminal and family law. The nearby City Towers courthouse handles civil lawsuits and probate matters. There

1591-474: 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 State Senate. Legislators first elected on or before June 5, 2012, are restricted by the previous term limits, approved in 1990, which limited legislators to three terms in the State Assembly and two terms in

1634-446: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 94.7% spoke English and 3.5% Spanish as their first language. There were 21,004 households, out of which 26.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.4% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.2% were non-families. 26.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.70% had someone living alone who

1677-761: The second highest salary of any state. Senators receive per diem of $ 211 and Assembly members receive per diem of $ 214. The Neighborhood Legislature Reform Act In July 23, 2015, then former Republican presidential primary candidate John Cox submitted a ballot measure named "The Neighborhood Legislature Reform Act" which proposed that the Legislature's districts be subdivided into "neighborhood districts" of approximately 5000 people within each Assembly district and 10000 people within each Senate district. The representatives of these "neighborhood districts" within each district would then elect 40 Senate members and 80 Assembly members by majority vote. It has been argued that while this proposal would make it easier for citizens to get

1720-505: The state capital was variously San Jose (1850–1851), Vallejo (1852–1853) and Benicia (1853–1854), until Sacramento was finally selected in 1854. The first Californian State House was originally a hotel in San Jose owned by businessman Pierre "Don Pedro" Sainsevain and his associates. The State Legislature currently meets in the California State Capitol in Sacramento. Members of

1763-454: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.82. In the county, the population was spread out, with 20.7% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 111.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 112.20 males. The median income for

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1806-506: Was designed by Albert A. Bennett , with the ground floor entrance facing H Street. It was expanded in 1904, but the Modesto Herald noted "in comparison with the beautiful modern buildings that may be seen in other counties it is not especially attractive"; a grand jury's report in 1921 concluded a new courthouse was needed. Court operations moved to the Hall of Records in 1939 (at 1100 I St), and

1849-489: Was organized in 1850. Prior to the official naming of counties by the state, Tuolumne was sometimes referred to as Oro County. The original lines of Tuolumne County were not long established. In 1854 and 1855 the portion of Tuolumne County that extended west into the San Joaquin Valley was reorganized as Stanislaus County. In 1864 a number of the original counties including Tuolumne contributed lands that would lead to

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