BREAKING: Majority Leader Karen Bass to be Next California Assembly Speaker

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

The Capitol Weekly got the scoop:

"Assemblywoman Karen Bass captured the speakership Wednesday night to replace Speaker Fabian Nunez following a round of closed door meetings.

Bass, a Los Angeles Democrat and the Assembly's majority leader, received a majority of support in the Democratic caucus to win the job. Nunez helped put together the deal that put her over the top. Several legislators, including some who had hoped to be speaker themselves, announced as they left the meeting that  Bass had won."