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1 | Line of Succession for California Constitutional Officers - 2023 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Governor | Elected Officeholder | |||||||||||||
3 | Governor | Gavin Newsom | Lieutenant Governor | Lieutenant Governor Succeeds [Constitution; Art. V, Sect. 10] | |||||||||||
4 | Lieutenant Governor | Eleni Kounalakis | Eleni Kounalakis | Senate President Pro Tem | Chief Deputies [in Acting Capacity] (Govt Code 1775) | ||||||||||
5 | Senate President pro Tempore | Toni G. Atkins | Toni G. Atkins | Toni G. Atkins | Assembly Speaker | Line of Succession [Govt. Code 12058] | |||||||||
6 | Assembly Speaker | Robert Rivas | Governor Appoints | Shannon Grove² | Robert Rivas | Secretary of State | Filled by Governor's Appointment [Constition; Art. V, Sect. 5) | ||||||||
7 | Secretary of State | Dr. Shirley N. Weber | Matthew Dumlao¹ | Jim Wood | Dr. Shirley N. Weber | Attorney General | Disaster Acting Governors [Gov. Code 12061-12063] | ||||||||
8 | Attorney General | Rob Bonta | 1) Thelma Eaton | Governor Appoints | Rob Bonta | Treasurer | Disaster Acting Constitutionals [Govt. Code 12700-12702] | ||||||||
9 | Treasurer | Fiona Ma | 2) Barry Binder | Lisa Martin³ | Governor Appoints | Fiona Ma | Controller | Vacancy Filled by Senate Rules Vice Chair [Senate Rule 7] | |||||||
10 | Controller | Malia Cohen | 3) Margaret Castro | 1) Died 2000 | Venus D. Johnson | Governor Appoints | Malia Cohen | Superintendent of Public Instruction | Vacancy Filled by Vice Chair / Speaker Pro Tem | ||||||
11 | Superintendent of Public Instruction | Tony Thurmond | 4) Died 1995 | 2) John Fong | 1) David Stirling | Patrick Henning⁵ | Governor Appoints | Tony Thurmond | Insurance Commissioner | ||||||
12 | Insurance Commissioner | Ricardo Lara | 5) Died 1998 | 3) Died 2000 | 2) George Williamson | 1) Patrick Henning | Governor Appoints | Ricardo Lara | Board of Equalization | ||||||
13 | State Board of Equalization | Antonio Vazquez (Chair) | 6) Helen Kawagoe (d. 2020) | 4) Died 2010 | 3) Robert Mukai | 2) Juan Fernandez | 1) Bill Bagley | Mary Nicely⁷ | Governor Appoints | Antonio Vazquez (Chair) | |||||
14 | Disaster Acting Governor #1 | Carlyle Reed (d. 1999) | 7) William M. Robertson | 5) Not assigned. | 4) Roderick Walston | 3) Khaim Morton | 2) Bob Monagan (d. 2009) | Catalina Hayes-Bautista⁸ | Sally J. Lieber (Vice Chair) | ||||||
15 | Disaster Acting Governor #2 | Victor Lundy (d. 1993) | Last Updated 1976 | 6) Not assigned. | 5) Thomas Gerde | 4) Stephanie Tom | 3) Clair W. Burgener (d. 2006) | ||||||||
16 | Disaster Acting Governor #3 | R. Gwin Follis (d. 1995) | 7) Not assigned. | 6) Not assigned. | 5) Spencer Walker | 4) Victor Veysey (d. 2001) | |||||||||
17 | Disaster Acting Governor #4 | Robert L. Vickers (d. 2011) | Last Updated 1982 | 7) Not assigned. | 6) Andre Rivera | 5) Frank Murphy Jr. (d. 2022) | SBOE 1 | SBOE 2 | SBOE 3 | SBOE 4 | |||||
18 | Disaster Acting Governor #5 | Virgil Pinkley (d. 1992) | Last Updated 1991 | 7) Not assigned. | 6) Gordon Cologne (d. 2019) | Ted Gaines | Sally J. Lieber | Antonio Vazquez | Mike Schaefer | ||||||
19 | Disaster Acting Governor #6 | Earl Smittcamp (d. 2014) | Last Updated 7/2023 | 7) Died 1981 | Governor Appoints | Governor Appoints | Governor Appoints | Governor Appoints | |||||||
20 | Disaster Acting Governor #7 | A. W. Bramwell (d. 1977) | Last Updated 1971 | Matt Cox⁹ | Gary Gartner¹² | Deborah Bautista-Zavala | Cody Petterson | ||||||||
21 | Last Updated 1967 | ||||||||||||||
22 | Last Updated 11/22/2023 | ||||||||||||||