Assemblywoman Toni Atkins will become speaker next month
SACRAMENTO -- Mark your calendars: The Assembly will have a new speaker May 12.
Assemblywoman Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) was designated speaker-elect in an Assembly vote two weeks ago.
Multiple Capitol sources confirm that on Wednesday, current Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) announced at an Assembly Democratic caucus meeting that the transition will take place in about six weeks.
Atkins will be sworn in as speaker just as the budget debate is heating up. The governor’s updated budget proposal is set to be released mid-May.
Pérez, who is running to be state controller, previously told the Times that this summer, after next year’s budget is passed, would be a “natural transition point” to a new leader.
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