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Assembly picks Rendon as new speaker
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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.