[1] From 2022 to 2024, he represented the 62nd district, located in the southeastern part of Los Angeles County, including the cities of South Gate, Lynwood, and Paramount.

In 2023, Politico reported that Rendon's speakership was "one of California's most consequential speakerships", and that he "has presided over a progressive policy bonanza", as California "hiked the minimum wage, gave farmworkers overtime, enacted ambitious climate laws, expanded early childhood education, and delivered landmark labor wins".

[9][10] After receiving a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship,[11] Rendon earned his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Riverside,[7] graduating in 2000.

[13] He was also the interim executive director of the California League of Conservation Voters, a lobbying organization dedicated to environmental issues.

[20] Rendon brought back the tradition of past California Assembly speakers of carrying no legislation himself, but focusing on empowering the members of the chamber.

[22] On February 19, 2021, The Sacramento Bee reported that nonprofit organizations associated with Rendon's wife, Annie Lam, had received over $500,000 in donations and event sponsorships from over a dozen companies that had business interests at stake with the legislature.

In December 2014, Rendon married Annie Lam in a ceremony officiated by former California State Assembly Speaker John A.