John A. Pérez is the Assembly's traffic cop, its buck-stops-here leader who can kill bills before they reach a floor vote – a role made even more pivotal by Democrats' supermajority in 2013. The Los Angeles Democrat is entering his final term in the Assembly, his last chance to polish his legacy and a time when legislators typically eye their next political race. Rick Jacobs, leader of the liberal Courage Campaign, said that Pérez will be judged partly by whether he sets the stage for California's future rather than targets mostly short-term gains. "That includes shaping a legislative agenda that isn't just a little bit here and a...
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