Sacramento, CA – Assembly Speaker Karen Bass selected Assemblymember Mike Eng (D–Monterey Park) to be the next Chair of Assembly Transportation Committee.

The committee’s primary jurisdictions include California’s highways and roads; mass transportation and railroads; the California Highway Patrol; vehicle, aircraft, and vessel licensing and registration; and drivers licenses.  The appointment will be effective for the 2009-2010 legislative session. “I am both honored and excited to have been entrusted by the Speaker to take charge of such an influential policy committee,” stated Assemblymember Eng.  “I look forward to tackling the diverse range of issues that come before Transportation Committee.”

Source: Eng press release.