Celeste Rodriguez, former mayor of the City of San Fernando, was sworn in as the California state assemblymember for the 43rd District on Monday, Dec. 2. She fills the seat left by Luz Rivas, who was elected to the 29th Congressional District. She is among the 23 new state assemblymembers beginning their first term and the greatest number of female legislators in the state’s history. (Photo Courtesy of Celeste Rodriguez)