SACRAMENTO: California State Senate, announcement, leadership lineup for new legislative session, new committee chairs....

* Sacramento Bee:  "Darrell Steinberg names new California Senate committee chairs" - From the Bee:

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg today announced the leadership lineup for the new session, officially elevating Sen. Kevin de León to head the powerful Appropriations Committee.

The only true freshman in the upper house, Riverside's Richard Roth, was given the chairmanship of the Legislative Ethics Committee and the budget subcommittee on State Administration and General Government.

See the full list, as provided by the Senate.............