Anthony Rendon (politician)
| Anthony Rendon | |
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| 70th Speaker of the California State Assembly | |
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Assumed office March 7, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Toni Atkins |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 63rd district |
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Assumed office December 3, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | new district |
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Anthony Rendon March 4, 1968 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Annie Lam (m. 2014) |
| Residence | Paramount, California |
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Cerritos College California State University, Fullerton (BA/MA) University of California, Riverside (PhD) |
| Website | Official website |
Anthony Rendon (born March 4, 1968) is an American politician currently serving as the Speaker of the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 63rd Assembly District in southeastern Los Angeles County.
Rendon was born on March 4, 1968 in Silver Lake, a neighborhood in central Los Angeles. His grandparents immigrated from Mexico to the United States during the 1920s. He grew up in a lower-middle-class family that frequently moved around the Los Angeles area. His father, Tom Rendon, worked multiple jobs, including for a mobile home company, and his mother, Gloria Rendon, was a teacher's aide at a Catholic school.
Rendon attended California High School, Whittier, graduating in 1986. He has stated that he was a "terrible student" who benefited from social safety net programs like affirmative action and food stamps. At the age of 20, he enrolled in and attended Cerritos College, a community college in Norwalk, California, before earning a bachelor's degree and master's degree from California State University, Fullerton. After receiving a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship, Rendon earned his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Riverside, graduating in 2000. He completed post-doctoral work at Boston University.
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