In California And Elsewhere, Too Few Women In Office

Where There Aren't Enough Women
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens to a question during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. Clinton said she is moving quickly to correct the kinds of lapses in diplomatic security that left American diplomats vulnerable in the September attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens to a question during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. Clinton said she is moving quickly to correct the kinds of lapses in diplomatic security that left American diplomats vulnerable in the September attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

To the Editor:

Female politicians are indeed scarce in Los Angeles. They’re also scarce in the California Legislature. In Sacramento, it’s 26 percent women, down from 30 percent a decade ago.

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