While John Perez allegedly has 29 votes for the speakership within the Democratic caucus, there has been no official vote of either the Democratic caucus or the Assembly as a whole. That's going to change this week:
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, is planning to hold a vote to elect her replacement on the Assembly floor this week. The two front-runners for the job - Assemblyman John Perez, D-Los Angeles, and Kevin DeLeon, D-Los Angeles -- spoke for about 20 minutes this weekend, and were set to meet again today to discuss the race.
The vote would likely be a voice vote, and could come Wednesday or Thursday, as the house reconvenes to discuss education policy. (Capitol Weekly)
The two leading candidates had a conversation over the weekend, and Mayor Villaraigosa is trying to keep the peace amongst the warring LA factions over this race. The troubling thing is that nobody really knows how this is going to play out.
Also of note, it looks like Jared Huffman of Marin is quite close to Perez, as the CW article relies on Huffman for the Perez perspective. I don't know if that means anything, but perhaps Huffman would have a more visible role in a Perez speakership. |
