Senator demands apology for assemblyman’s comments

The head of the state Le­gis­lat­ive Wo­men’s Caucus called Tues­day for a state As­sembly­man to apo­lo­gize for re­marks that re­ferred to the phys­ic­al ap­pear­ance and per­son­al­ity of the chief justice of the Cali­for­nia Su­preme Court.

Sen. Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) sought the apo­logy from As­sembly­man Charles Cal­der­on (D-Whit­ti­er) for com­ments he made dur­ing a le­gis­lat­ive hear­ing on a bill he in­tro­duced to give judges more say in the run­ning of the state’s courts. Cal­der­on said he meant no dis­respect to Chief Justice Tani Can­til-Sakauye.