<b>Profile:</b> Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez
Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez
Party: Democrat
Age: 40
Residence: Los Angeles
Personal: Single, no children
Education: UC Berkeley
Previous occupation: Regional vice president and local political director, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
Budget plan: Closes the deficit with minimal program cuts, with the help of $9.3 billion in borrowing. A new tax on oil production would be used to repay the loan. Delays implementation of new corporate tax breaks
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