E. J. Schultz, The Bee's capital reporter, has posted an item on the Beehive about Assembly Speaker Karen Bass firing Assemblyman Juan Arambula of Fresno as chairman of the Assembly's public safety committee. Click here for E.J.'s post. Arambula switch from Democrat to independent recently and it was only a matter of time before Bass moved against him.
Here's more from E.J's posting:
The Fresno lawmaker, who left the Democratic Party in June to become an independent, was recently removed from the committee by Speaker Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles. His replacement is Assembly Member Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco.
Ammiano is author of AB 390, a bill to legalize marijuana. The legislation is stalled in the Legislature -- and probably faces long odds. But its first stop is likely to be the public safety committee that Ammiano now leads.Arambula took the move in stride: "I serve at the pleasure of the speaker, so wherever she puts me is where I'm going to try to do my best."
And Sacramento fiddles while California burns.
Who really cares about the musical chair games they play in Sacramento? They can't even perform the most basic tasks.