Willie L. Pelote Sr., a top labor union lobbyist, has quietly landed a plum consultant job in the state Assembly, not long after he announced his retirement from a powerful public employee union.
Pelote stepped down in May from his post as political and legislative director for the California chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, where he had worked since 1995.
California Democrats honored Pelote and his retirement from AFSCME at their convention last May, and his labor colleagues hosted various receptions to mark the occasion, including one attended by Gov.