New Assembly Speaker Sworn In Close to Home
Ed Fuentes [Flickr]New Speaker of the California Assembly John A. Pérez at the podium during his swearing-in at the Japanese American National Museum.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Steps from where his political aspirations began, John A. Pérez was publicly sworn in as the new speaker of the California Assembly today.
The Boyle Heights raised Pérez –– now a Downtown resident –- first began political career fundraising across the street at Senor Fish. Today his ceremonial oath of office was held, across the street, on the steps of the Japanese-American National Museum.
Mayor of Maywood Ana Rosa Rizo thanked the Speaker for the way he responded to the community in pushing legislation to clean up the city's tap water. Even though it requires legislation, his effort to clean up tap water, as told by Mayor of Maywood Ana Rosa Rizo, was introduced as a grassroots effort. A member of the audience even brought a jar of water for Pérez to take