Lieutenant Governor of California

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constitutional office state executive office

The Lieutenant Governor of California is the state's second-highest executive officer, who serves as acting governor when the governor is absent and holds roles on key state boards and commissions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Second Gentleman of California	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional office ⓘ state executive office ⓘ
actsAs	acting Governor of California when the Governor is absent ⓘ acting Governor of California when the Governor is out of state ⓘ acting Governor of California when the Governor is unable to discharge duties ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	California, United States ⓘ surface form: State of California
canBeFromDifferentPartyThan	Governor of California ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
electedIn	statewide election in California ⓘ
electedSeparatelyFrom	Governor of California ⓘ
electionType	partisan election ⓘ
eligibleFor	succession to Governor of California ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	agenda of the California State University Board of Trustees ⓘ agenda of the University of California Board of Regents ⓘ
hasPower	to break ties on certain boards and commissions ⓘ to serve as acting commander-in-chief of the California National Guard when acting as Governor ⓘ
hasStyle	The Honorable ⓘ
memberOf	California Commission for Economic Development ⓘ California Commission on Higher Education ⓘ California Emergency Council ⓘ California Ocean Protection Council ⓘ California State Lands Commission ⓘ California State University Board of Trustees ⓘ Government of California ⓘ surface form: California executive branch University of California Board of Regents ⓘ
nextHigherRank	Governor of California ⓘ
nextLowerRank	President pro tempore of the California State Senate ⓘ
officeCreatedBy	Constitution of California ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude	Cruz Bustamante ⓘ Earl Warren ⓘ Eleni Kounalakis ⓘ Gavin Newsom ⓘ Goodwin Knight ⓘ Gray Davis ⓘ Hiram Johnson ⓘ Leo T. McCarthy ⓘ
officeLocation	Sacramento ⓘ surface form: Sacramento, California
participatesIn	California State Lands Commission decisions on public lands and resources ⓘ economic development policy in California ⓘ policy decisions on higher education in California ⓘ
positionInGovernment	second-highest executive officer of California ⓘ
reportsTo	people of California ⓘ
residesIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
successionOrder	first in line to succeed the Governor of California ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
termLimitDetails	two terms ⓘ
termLimited	yes ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Second Lady of California → associatedWithOffice → Lieutenant Governor of California ⓘ

University of California Board of Regents → exOfficioMember → Lieutenant Governor of California ⓘ

Government of California → hasElectedOffice → Lieutenant Governor of California ⓘ

California State University Board of Trustees → hasMember → Lieutenant Governor of California ⓘ

California State Capitol → occupant → Lieutenant Governor of California ⓘ

Eleni Kounalakis → officeHeld → Lieutenant Governor of California ⓘ

Gavin Newsom → officeHeld → Lieutenant Governor of California ⓘ

C. C. Young → positionHeld → Lieutenant Governor of California ⓘ

Cruz Bustamante → positionHeld → Lieutenant Governor of California ⓘ

Eleni Kounalakis → positionHeld → Lieutenant Governor of California ⓘ

Goodwin Knight → positionHeld → Lieutenant Governor of California ⓘ

Gray Davis → positionHeld → Lieutenant Governor of California ⓘ

John Garamendi → positionHeld → Lieutenant Governor of California ⓘ

Joseph → positionHeld → Lieutenant Governor of California ⓘ

subject surface form: Joseph Graham Davis Jr.

Leo T. McCarthy → positionHeld → Lieutenant Governor of California ⓘ

Second Lady of California → relatedPosition → Lieutenant Governor of California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Gentleman of California