Furutani booted from committee chair

Warren Furutani is no longer chair of the Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee...

As the Sacramento Bee's Capital Alert reports, Furutani, D-Long Beach, is being punished for voting against the spending cap, which was part of the budget deal. Two other chairs were also removed for voting against putting the cap on the ballot.

The Speaker's flack offers a delightfully Orwellian explanation:

"Having now had a couple of months to see this (legislative) class in action. Speaker Bass has made some mid-term adjustments to committee assignments and the caucus leadership to ensure the Assembly can do the best job for the people of California," Murphy said.

All three will be replaced by people who voted for the cap. The teachers' unions were pretty adamantly opposed to the measure, which seems a likely explanation for why Furutani voted against it.