Secretary of State of California

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executive branch office human state constitutional office

The Secretary of State of California is a statewide constitutional officer responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining business and public records, and safeguarding the state's official documents.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
California Secretary of State	11
Secretary of State of California canonical	9

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T244788 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Secretary of State of California
Context triple: [Government of California, hasElectedOffice, Secretary of State of California]

A. Lieutenant Governor of California
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.
B. Attorney General of California
The Attorney General of California is the state's chief law officer, responsible for overseeing the Department of Justice, enforcing state laws, and representing California in legal matters.
C. Governor of California
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.
D. President pro tempore of the California State Senate
The President pro tempore of the California State Senate is the chamber’s top legislative leader, responsible for setting its agenda, appointing committee chairs, and guiding major policy decisions.
E. Office of the Governor of California
The Office of the Governor of California is the executive branch office responsible for leading the state government, implementing laws, and overseeing statewide policies and administration.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Secretary of State of California
Target entity description: The Secretary of State of California is a statewide constitutional officer responsible for overseeing elections, maintaining business and public records, and safeguarding the state's official documents.

A. Lieutenant Governor of California
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.
B. Attorney General of California
The Attorney General of California is the state's chief law officer, responsible for overseeing the Department of Justice, enforcing state laws, and representing California in legal matters.
C. Governor of California
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.
D. President pro tempore of the California State Senate
The President pro tempore of the California State Senate is the chamber’s top legislative leader, responsible for setting its agenda, appointing committee chairs, and guiding major policy decisions.
E. Office of the Governor of California
The Office of the Governor of California is the executive branch office responsible for leading the state government, implementing laws, and overseeing statewide policies and administration.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive branch office ⓘ human ⓘ state constitutional office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	California, United States ⓘ surface form: State of California
appointedBy	Gavin Newsom ⓘ
assumedOffice	2021 ⓘ
branch	Executive Branch of California ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
electedIn	statewide general elections ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	California business entities ⓘ California elections ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of California ⓘ surface form: California Constitution
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
memberOf	Franchise Tax Board ⓘ surface form: California Franchise Tax Board California State Lands Commission ⓘ
nominatedBy	voters of California ⓘ
officeCreated	1849 ⓘ
oversees	campaign finance filing ⓘ elections in California ⓘ lobbying disclosure ⓘ statewide ballot measures ⓘ voter registration ⓘ
partOf	Government of California ⓘ
position	Secretary of State of California self-linksurface differs ⓘ Secretary of State of California self-linksurface differs ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Shirley N. Weber ⓘ
precededBy	Alex Padilla ⓘ
reportsTo	Governor of California ⓘ
residence	Sacramento ⓘ surface form: Sacramento, California
responsibleFor	authentication of public documents ⓘ business entity filings ⓘ certification of election results ⓘ corporation registrations ⓘ filing of initiative and referendum petitions ⓘ limited liability company registrations ⓘ maintenance of the California Business Search database ⓘ notary public commissioning ⓘ partnership registrations ⓘ publication of the California Roster ⓘ safekeeping of official state records ⓘ state archives ⓘ trademark and service mark registrations in California ⓘ
seat	Sacramento ⓘ surface form: Sacramento, California
style	Madam Secretary ⓘ Mr. Secretary ⓘ surface form: Mister Secretary
termLength	4 years ⓘ
termLimits	two terms ⓘ
website	https://www.sos.ca.gov/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

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

Government of California → hasElectedOffice → Secretary of State of California ⓘ

Jerry Brown → positionHeld → Secretary of State of California ⓘ

California Democratic primaries → administeredBy → Secretary of State of California ⓘ