Heath Flora Ousted as California Assembly GOP Leader After Campaign-Spending Revelations

California Assembly Republicans ousted Heath Flora as their leader Monday, one day after the California Post revealed that the Central Valley lawmaker is facing two state ethics investigations and spent more than $11,000 in campaign money at a Sacramento dive bar. Assemblywoman Alexandra Macedo, a first-term Republican from Tulare who served in Flora’s leadership team, was selected to replace him as minority leader, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. The sudden shake-up ended Flora’s rocky tenure atop the Republican caucus less than a year after he took over the job.