[citation needed] Members of the California State Assembly are generally referred to using the titles Assemblyman, Assemblywoman, or Assemblymember.

The speaker presides over the State Assembly in the chief leadership position, controlling the flow of legislation and committee assignments.

Along the cornice appears a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and a Latin quotation: legislatorum est justas leges condere ("It is the duty of legislators to pass just laws").

To run for the Assembly, a candidate must be a United States citizen and a registered voter in the district at the time nomination papers are issued, and meet the criteria of the term limits described above.

The chief clerk is the Assembly's parliamentarian, and in this capacity gives advice to the presiding officer on matters of parliamentary procedure.

The position of sergeant-at-arms of the Assembly has existed since 1849; Samuel N. Houston was the first to hold this post, overseeing one deputy.