A new era under the state Capitol dome began on Monday with the inauguration of Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins. But, in truth, it’s more the beginning of the end for a different era… a major one in California politics.
The soon-to-end era began almost exactly 19 years ago after the elevation of only the third woman to lead the Legislature’s lower house — coincidentally, with the selection of the first woman to be speaker, Doris Allen.
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