Governor of California

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constitutional office public office state executive office

The Governor of California is the elected chief executive of the U.S. state of California, responsible for overseeing the state government, implementing laws, and guiding public policy.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Governor of California canonical 36
Administration as Governor of California, 1953–1959 1
California Governor 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
state executive office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
category Governor of California self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Governors of California
commanderInChiefOf California National Guard ⓘ
California State Military Reserve ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy Constitution of California ⓘ
surface form: California Constitution of 1849
definedBy Constitution of California ⓘ
electedIn statewide popular vote ⓘ
electionCycle every 4 years ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement California resident ⓘ
U.S. citizen ⓘ
eligibleVoters citizens of California ⓘ
firstHolder Peter Hardeman Burnett ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Government of California ⓘ
surface form: California state government
hasPart Office of the Governor of California ⓘ
hasPower appoint state officials ⓘ
call special sessions of the California State Legislature ⓘ
grant pardons and commutations ⓘ
propose state budget ⓘ
sign bills into law ⓘ
veto legislation ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOf California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
inception 1849 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Sacramento County ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento County, California
memberOf California State Agencies ⓘ
surface form: California Executive Branch
minimumAgeRequirement 18 years ⓘ
nominates members of California cabinet-level agencies ⓘ
members of California judiciary ⓘ
officeHolder Gavin Newsom ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime 2019-01-07 ⓘ
officeScope statewide ⓘ
officeType chief executive of California ⓘ
oversees implementation of California state laws ⓘ
participatesIn California state budget process ⓘ
partOf Government of California ⓘ
positionHeldBy Gavin Newsom ⓘ
precedenceOver other California state officials ⓘ
reportsTo people of California ⓘ
residence California Governor's Mansion ⓘ
Sacramento ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento, California
seat Sacramento ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento, California
style The Honorable ⓘ
supervises California executive agencies ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
termLimit 2 terms ⓘ
website https://www.gov.ca.gov/ ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

California State Capitol → occupant → Governor of California ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of California → electedSeparatelyFrom → Governor of California ⓘ
Constitution of California → establishesOffice → Governor of California ⓘ
Jerry Brown → officeHeldDuringPeriod → Governor of California ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor of California (second tenure)
Goodwin Knight → notableWork → Governor of California ⓘ
this entity surface form: Administration as Governor of California, 1953–1959
Felipe de Neve → positionHeld → Governor of California ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor of the Californias
California State University Board of Trustees → appointedBy → Governor of California ⓘ
Governor of California → category → Governor of California self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governors of California
California State Agencies → overseenBy → Governor of California ⓘ
Superintendent of Public Instruction of California → collaboratesWith → Governor of California ⓘ
First Partner of California → officeHolderRoleFor → Governor of California ⓘ
California Department of Finance → subordinateTo → Governor of California ⓘ
State Treasurer of California → hierarchicalSuperior → Governor of California ⓘ
Insurance Commissioner of California → appointingAuthorityBeforeElection → Governor of California ⓘ
George Deukmejian → positionHeld → Governor of California ⓘ
military governor Bennet C. Riley → succeededBy → Governor of California ⓘ
subject surface form: Bennet C. Riley
this entity surface form: Peter H. Burnett as Governor of California
Secretary of State of California → reportsTo → Governor of California ⓘ
California state law → hasExecutiveAuthority → Governor of California ⓘ
California National Guard → peacetimeAuthority → Governor of California ⓘ
Gray → positionHeld → Governor of California ⓘ
subject surface form: Gray Davis
Upton Sinclair → ranForOffice → Governor of California ⓘ
Judicial Council of California → coordinatesWith → Governor of California ⓘ
Chief Justice of California → appointedBy → Governor of California ⓘ
2003 California gubernatorial recall election → appliesToOffice → Governor of California ⓘ
Virginia Knight → positionHeld → Governor of California ⓘ
subject surface form: Goodwin Knight
California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office → worksWith → Governor of California ⓘ
William Irwin → positionHeld → Governor of California ⓘ
Frank Merriam → positionHeld → Governor of California ⓘ
George C. Perkins → succeededBy → Governor of California ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Stoneman as Governor of California
California Labor and Workforce Development Agency → subordinateTo → Governor of California ⓘ
California Government Operations Agency → subordinateTo → Governor of California ⓘ
California Government Operations Agency → accountableTo → Governor of California ⓘ
California Department of Veterans Affairs → subordinateTo → Governor of California ⓘ
California Military Department → subordinateTo → Governor of California ⓘ
California Employment Development Department → subordinateTo → Governor of California ⓘ
California State Water Resources Control Board → appointedBy → Governor of California ⓘ
Leland → positionHeld → Governor of California ⓘ
subject surface form: Leland Stanford
California Board of Finance (by virtue of office) → hasMemberByVirtueOfOffice → Governor of California ⓘ
this entity surface form: California Governor
Sixth Appellate District → appointmentOfJusticesBy → Governor of California ⓘ
Rolph → positionHeld → Governor of California ⓘ
subject surface form: James Rolph
California Transportation Commission → appointedBy → Governor of California ⓘ
Dan Lungren → officeContested → Governor of California ⓘ
Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol → reportsTo → Governor of California ⓘ