Anthony Rendon is Speaker Emeritus of the California State Assembly. Rendon was sworn in as Speaker on March 7, 2016 and served until June 30, 2023, making him the second-longest serving Speaker in California history. 

Since 2012, Rendon has represented the communities of Southeast Los Angeles. He currently represents the 62nd District, which includes eight cities – Lakewood, Lynwood, Maywood, Paramount, South Gate, Huntington Park, Bellflower, and Walnut Park.

In his seven years as Speaker, Rendon led some of the most progressive and productive legislative sessions in memory. Among the Assembly’s accomplishments are restoration of funding for early childhood education, a landmark $52 billion in transportation funding, extension of California’s climate change reduction and clean air goals, historic investments in ending homelessness, universal pre-kindergarten, and the nation’s first $15 minimum wage. He also authored Proposition 1, the $7.5 billion state water bond that voters overwhelmingly passed in 2014, and catapulted him to statewide prominence. 

In recent years, he has led historic changes to law enforcement’s use of force rules, expanded worker protections, and created restrictions on predatory lending. Under his leadership, the Assembly passed the strongest plastic pollution prevention act in United States history, along with many other major climate change bills. He also appointed the largest number of women as committee chairs and non-elected positions in Assembly history. In a long-overdue accomplishment, under his leadership, Assembly staff achieved pay parity. 

In 2015, Rendon authored Assembly Bill 530. This is a law that spurred much-needed revitalization of the lower portion of the Los Angeles River by establishing the Lower Los Angeles River Working Group involving local Southeast Los Angeles cities. This legislation prompted more efforts in Southeast Los Angeles as well, including advocacy for a Southeast Los Angeles Cultural Center, led by Frank Gehry, Anthony Rendon, and Janice Hahn. These efforts would showcase artwork done in the region and expand arts access to people throughout the area. Since 2017, the Cultural Center has received around $129 million of funding from the state.

Before serving in the Assembly, Rendon was an educator, non-profit executive director, and environmental activist. 

He attended Cerritos Community College, California State University, Fullerton, and earned a Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside.

The Speaker Emeritus resides in Lakewood with his wife Dr. Annie Lam and their daughter, Vienna.