Big Five (California politics)

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July 11, 2009 meeting of the Big Five (l-r): Assembly Minority Leader Sam Blakeslee, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Senate President pro tempore Darrell Steinberg, Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth, and gubernatorial Chief of Staff Susan Kennedy.
This article is about the informal political institution in California. For other uses, see Big Five (disambiguation).

The Big Five is an informal institution of California state government, consisting of the governor, the Assembly speaker, the Assembly minority leader, the Senate president pro tempore, and the Senate minority leader. Members of the Big Five meet in private to negotiate California's state government budget. Because the party caucus leaders in California's legislature also control the party's legislative campaign funds and the majority party leaders control legislative committee and office assignments, the leaders wield tremendous power over their caucus members. They are thus usually able to guarantee their caucus's votes in Big Five meetings. Therefore, if all five members agree to a budget, it will likely pass into law.

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