Legislative Process

For information on California's Legislative Process, click here to view a flow chart from Los Angeles Mission College.

How to Submit a letter

To submit a letter to the California Legislature one must complete a one-time registration on the California Legislature Position Letter Portal. To register click here

Once you are registered you will receive your log-in information and you will be able to sign-in and submit a position letter for any pending legislation. To sign-in click here

For instructions on how to register and submit a letter, click here. 

How to Search for Bills

Bill Text and Status: Search a bill number (ex. AB 14) to view a bill's text, status, and other relevant information. 

Bill Searching: If you don't know the bill number of the legislation you are interested in, you can search by key word or code section number. The computer will return a list of all bills that contain the key word you specify. For example, if you specified "housing", you would get a list of all current bills that contain "housing" in the text.

Contact Information on State and Federal Legislators

Residents may contact state and federal legislators using the contact information listed below. 

State Legislators

Senator Dave Cortese

Capitol Office
State Capitol, Room 
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 651-4015
Fax: (916) 651-4915

Local District Office
2105 S. Bascom Avenue Suite 154
Campbell, CA  95008
Tel: (408) 558-1295
Fax: (408) 558-1296 

 Assembly Member Evan Low

Capitol Office
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 319-2026
Fax: (916) 319-2126

Local District Office
20111 Stevens Creek Blvd Suite 220
Cupertino, CA, 95014
Tel: (408) 446-2810
Fax: (408) 446-2815

Governor Gavin Newsom

Capitol Office
1303 10th Street, Suite 1173
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 445-2841 
Fax: (916) 558-3160

 

Federal Legislators 

Congressman R Khanna
 
Capitol Office 
306 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Tel: (202) 225-2631

 

Local District Office 
3150 De La Cruz Blvd Suite 240
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Tel: (408) 436-2720

Fax: (408) 436-2721 

Senator Laphonza Butler

Capitol Office
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room G-12
Washington, D.C. 20510
Tel: (202) 224 - 3841
Fax: (202) 228 - 3954

Local State Office
One Post Street, Suite2450
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel: (415) 393-0707
Fax: (415) 393-0710

Senator Alex Padilla

Capitol Office
331 Hart Senate Office Building 
Washington, D.C. 20510
Tel: (202) 224 - 3553
Fax: (202) 224 - 2200

Local State Office
333 Bush Street, Suite 3225
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel: (415) 981 - 9369