Speaker’s dais of the California State Assembly, viewed from the public gallery, 2016. Image from California State Assembly.
Since 1900, 16 people elected to the California Assembly from Los Angeles County were elevated to serve as Speaker of the Assembly. These include the first openly-gay Speaker (John Perez), the first African American Woman Speaker (Karen Bass), one who went on to be Mayor of Los Angeles (Antonio Villaraigosa), the longest-serving Speaker who went on to be State Treasurer (Jesse Unruh), one who authored the legislation to create the UCLA campus (Charles Lyon), one who went on to be a California Supreme Court Justice (Paul Peek), and one who went on be Governor of California (Frank Miriam).
| Speaker | Period Serving as Speaker | Political Party | Constituency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Rendon | Mar. 2016-Jun. 2023 | Democrat | Lakewood |
| John Perez | Mar. 2010-May 2014 | Democrat | Los Angeles |
| Karen Bass | May 2008-Mar. 2010 | Democrat | Los Angeles |
| Fabian Nunez | Feb. 2004-May 2008 | Democrat | Los Angeles |
| Herb Wesson | Feb. 2002-Feb. 2004 | Democrat | Culver City |
| Robert Hertzberg | Apr. 2000-Feb. 2002 | Democrat | Van Nuys |
| Antonio Villaraigosa | Feb. 1998-Apr. 2000 | Democrat | Los Angeles |
| Bob Moretti | Jan. 1971-Jun. 1974 | Democrat | Van Nuys |
| Jesse M. Unruh | Sep. 1961-Jan. 1969 | Democrat | Inglewood |
| Charles W. Lyon | Jan. 1943-Jan. 1946 | Republican | Los Angeles |
| Paul Peek | Jan. 1939-Jun. 1939 | Democrat | Long Beach |
| William Mosley Jones | Jan. 1937-Jan. 1939 | Democrat | Montebello |
| Walter J. Little | Jan. 1933-Jul. 1933 | Republican | Santa Monica |
| Frank Miriam | Jan. 1923-Oct. 1926 | Republican | Long Beach |
| Henry W. Wright | Jan. 1919-Jan. 1921 | Republican | South Pasadena |
| Cornelius W. Pendleton | Jan. 1901-Mar. 1901 | Republican | Los Angeles |
