California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez leaves the speaker’s post

Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuñez, the gardener’s son who rose from a San Diego barrio to one of California’s most powerful posts, leaves office Tuesday having arguably fulfilled a vow he made when he was sworn in four years ago: to renew his chamber’s prestige as “the house of ideas.”

But by many accounts, the Los Angeles Democrat and former labor leader failed to keep another pledge: to restore citizens’ faith in government.”*

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