Outgoing Speaker of the Assembly Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) inside Str8t Up Tacos in Lakewood. Next week, Anthony Rendon will step down as speaker of the California Assembly and enter the political record books. The 55-year-old is the third-longest-serving speaker in California history, behind only legislative titans Willie Brown and Jesse Unruh. Like the first time he sat down with Brown, at an old-school steakhouse in San Francisco soon after becoming speaker. Rendon rattled off just a few of the travails California has experienced since 2016, when he assumed the speakership: Donald Trump.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 24, 2023 21:41 UTC