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Democrats dominate in the California legislature. Here's what it means.

The California State Assembly floor.
The California State Assembly floor.
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Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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Democrats dominate in the California legislature. Here's what it means.

The Golden State just got a little bluer. 

Democrats have now crossed the two-thirds threshold in both houses of the state legislature, once again giving them a powerful supermajority.

A late counting of votes helped Democrats snag their 27th seat in the Senate -- they already had a supermajority in the Assembly.

Jeremy White,  California politics reporter for the Sacramento Bee joined Take Two with more. 

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