From Around the Capitol’s “Nooner”…
SPEAKER ATKINS: The word is that Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) has enough pledges to be the next Speaker of the Assembly. The recent push by the Bay Area Council and others may have accelerated the lock down of votes, and Atkins is helped by a crop of Southern California freshmen that are willing to yield to a one-session Speaker before a longer term Speaker is chosen in 2016.
The formal transition is still not expected until after the June primary, which current Speaker John Pérez is on the ballot for State Controller.