SACRAMENTO (AP) — A former nonprofit director, environmentalist and recipient of national humanities fellowship will become California’s next Assembly speaker after the state Legislature officially selected him Monday. Assemblyman Anthony Rendon, D-Lakewood, is best known in Sacramento for his leadership in negotiating the $7.5 billion water bond that voters approved in 2014. Before his political career, Rendon headed a Southern California child development organization, led the California League of Conservation Voters and served as an adjunct professor at his alma mater, California State University, Fullerton.
Assembly picks Rendon as new speaker