LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The resignation of Assemblywoman Autumn Burke (D-Inglewood) becomes effective Tuesday, Feb. 1. Burke announced her resignation Monday because, “I feel it is of the utmost importance that I have the flexibility and ability to spend more time with my family.” In the letter to her 62nd Assembly District constituents announcing her resignation, Burke wrote that the COVID-19 pandemic “has affected the lives and consciousness of everyone and I am no exception.” “Serving as your representative has been a true privilege—one that I have taken seriously,” Burke wrote. “This has been one of the hardest decisions of my life.” Burke wrote that her hope was to finish out her term, which expires in December, “but circumstances have recently changed.” The 48-year-old Burke is the mother of a daughter, Isabella, whose signature was next to her mother’s on the letter announcing her resignation. Burke was elected in 2014, …