Next week, Anthony Rendon will step down as speaker of the California Assembly and enter the political record books.
of political crimes that he memorably described the area in 2021 as a “corridor of corruption.”
“And then you buy the house or you see the house across the street and you buy that, which is way more affordable than, you know, where your college-educated peers live. So you live in the community, and then you discover you don’t have the amenities, the whatevers that everybody else has, and you decide to run for office.
“I’m from Western California, and so is he,” he said. “We’ve done a s— job with Eastern California. You draw a straight line through California. Coachella, Inland Empire, Central Valley up to Redding and up. We’ve done a s— job of making sure there’s anything close to equity in terms of resources on their side of the line.”
He described his ignorance as typical of the “internal colonialism” that governs California politics, a sin made worse for him because the cities he represented have long lived in the shadow of Los Angeles. “My chief of staff recently said, ‘You were a wartime speaker’” — referencing the famous “wartime consigliere” line in “The Godfather,” with the smartest advisors being those who rise to face problems and know how to fight.
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