Carlos Bee (May 5, 1917 – November 29, 1974) was an American Democratic Party politician from California who served in multiple offices, most notably speaker pro tempore in the California State Assembly.

After graduating from South Pasadena High School in South Pasadena, California the younger Bee graduated from Santa Barbara State College (now University of California, Santa Barbara) in 1940.

[1][2] After graduating from college, Bee worked as a high school teacher in Hayward, California, for 12 years.

[2] Bee introduced a bill to establish the California State College at Hayward (now California State University, East Bay); Governor Goodwin Knight signed the bill into law on July 5, 1957.

[5] Nearly three weeks after winning reelection, Bee died in San Antonio, Texas, on November 29, 1974.