Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>In a First in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Lesbian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lesbian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ToniAtkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToniAtkins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Signs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bills</span></a> Into <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> as <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ActingGovernor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActingGovernor</span></a></p><p>Atkins took the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/action" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>action</span></a> when both the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/governor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governor</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lieutenantgovernor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lieutenantgovernor</span></a> were <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/outofstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outofstate</span></a>. </p><p>“I’m thrilled to step into the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/governor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governor</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shoes</span></a>, though I have better shoes than him,” Atkins said during the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Signing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ceremony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ceremony</span></a>, the Reporter notes. Her <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wife</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JenniferLeSar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JenniferLeSar</span></a>, joined her at the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ceremony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ceremony</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Lesbians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lesbians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.advocate.com/politics/toni-atkins-acting-governor-california" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">advocate.com/politics/toni-atk</span><span class="invisible">ins-acting-governor-california</span></a></p>