History was made yesterday in California as John Pérez, was unanimously chosen by the State Assembly’s Democratic Caucus to succeed Karen Bass as the lower house’s leader.

Pérez, is expected to officially be voted in as the Assembly’s 68th speaker in January. What’s so historic? Pérez is an openly gay Latino Democrat from LA, and he will now become the Assembly’s first openly gay leader.

The 40 year-old politician stated:

“It’s obviously an incredibly moving experience to have the unanimous support of my colleagues. I think it says more about California than it does about me. It means that California is a place where everybody has a seat at the table, that we’re a state where everybody brings forward their contributions.”

Congrats to Pérez and to California. We are everywhere!

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