<P> In practice, there is a gentlemen's agreement for the Lieutenant Governor not to perform more than perfunctory duties while the Governor is away from the state . This agreement was violated when Mike Curb was in office, as he signed several executive orders at odds with the administration of Jerry Brown, when Brown was out of the state . Court rulings have upheld the lieutenant governor's right to perform the duties and assume all of the prerogatives of governor while the governor is out of the state . </P> <P> The lieutenant governor is also the President of the California State Senate . </P> <P> The Lieutenant Governor sits on the Board of Regents of the University of California, California State University Board of Trustees, Ocean Protection Council, California Emergency Council, and State Lands Commission . The Lieutenant Governor of California chairs the Commission for Economic Development which is responsible for fostering economic growth in California by developing and implementing strategies for attracting new business to the state, increasing state exports, creating new jobs, and stimulating industries statewide . </P> <P> Many California projects created through gubernatorial executive orders, or through the initiative process, include a role for the Lieutenant Governor . For example, the Lieutenant Governor serves on the Agriculture - Water Transition Task Force (created by Governor Gray Davis), and five of the twenty - nine members of the oversight committee of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine are appointed by the Lieutenant Governor . </P>

Who becomes governor of the lieutenant governor dies