Assembly Speaker-elect Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, will take the leadership baton from termed-out Speaker John A. Pérez, D-Los Angeles, on May 12, the two agreed this week. Democrats voted in March make Atkins the next lower house leader, but the timing for the transition was left up to the two top officials. Atkins will steer the Assembly through the final approval of the 2014-15 state budget and end-of-session legislative crush.
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