Anthony Rendon
State Assembly Speaker, California State Assembly
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State Assembly Speaker, California State Assembly
Supports expanded affordable child care access and a cradle-to-career system for students; calls for classroom technology and AI guardrails.
Plans to address the youth mental health crisis, opposed the 2017 SB 562 single-payer bill, and supports universal health care goals.
Advocates for affordable child care access, backed COVID-19 eviction moratorium extensions, and opposes eliminating the Head Start program.
Passed statewide $15 minimum wage law, backed overtime protections for farmworkers, and would improve child-care provider pay.
Led the Joint Committee on the Arts and secured SELA Cultural Center funding.
Voted for SB 852 restricting ICE tactics, supported bills limiting racially biased searches, and would defend civil rights in public education.
Backed historic law-enforcement use-of-force rules and supported bills ending debtors’ prisons.
Approved a Fentanyl Opioid Addiction Overdose Prevention committee.
Led the first statewide $15 minimum wage and led overtime pay for farmworkers.
Backed California cap-and-trade program extension, authored Proposition 1 state water bond, and authored AB 530 river revitalization efforts.
Calls for better balance of power and voted for ACLU-backed measures strengthening redistricting rules and community participation measures.
Supported tighter gun laws in Assembly.
Supported extending the COVID-19 eviction moratorium.
Voted for SB 852 restricting ICE use.
Backed $52 billion transportation funding plan.
Supported statewide $15 minimum wage law and backed overtime protections for farmworkers.
Backed a statewide $15 minimum wage law and overtime protections for farmworkers; supported California cap-and-trade program extension.
Supported budgets increasing K-12 investments 80%, along with transportation funding investment packages.
Supporters describe a proven leader who has delivered major investments in child care, K-12, and higher education while standing up for students, teachers, and families. They emphasize deep experience, a commitment to educational opportunity for every child, and the ability to protect public schools and advance a strong workforce and democracy.
Anthony Rendon knows that you cannot have a strong economy without a strong workforce, and you cannot have a strong democracy without strong public education. While others hesitated, he helped solidify a legislative supermajority dedicated to progress. Throughout his career, he has been an outspoken champion for all students regardless of their immigration status. Now, as we build a pro-democracy agenda to push back against attacks on our freedoms, we are proud to stand with a leader who has always stood with workers.
Few leaders have advanced the wellbeing of kids like Anthony Rendon has throughout two decades in early childhood education and 12 years in the Assembly – including historic investments in every level of education during his tenure as Speaker of the Assembly. He knows how to get things done for the people who need it the most, and that's why AFSCME California PEOPLE is so pleased to endorse his campaign for Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Every day in Congress, I see how Donald Trump is weaponizing the federal government to target California, our students, and our hardworking educators. California needs a strong, tested leader to protect our schools and rally like-minded people from across the country to push back against these attacks. I worked closely with Anthony Rendon during his time as Assembly Speaker on numerous efforts to ensure Washington supports California, and I'm confident he's the best person to guide our schools through an uncertain future.