Bass to be Next Assembly Speaker

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Los Angeles Democrat Karen Bass, the Assembly's Majority Leader, will be elected Speaker-designate of the Assembly on Thursday morning, the California Majority Report has learned.
 
Bass will be the first African-American woman to hold the post, and the first woman to serve as Speaker for a full term. Republican Doris Allen was elected speaker in a caretaker capacity from June 5, 1995 - September 14, 1995.
 
A formal vote will happen in the Democratic Caucus on Thursday morning.