Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio ("Tony") Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. Villaraigosa was elected mayor of Los Angeles in a run-off election on May 17, 2005, in which he defeated incumbent mayor James Hahn. Prior to his service as mayor, Villaraigosa was the California State Assemblyman for the 45th District, …

Curtis L. "Curt" Pringle (born June 27, 1959), is a politician from the U.S. state of California. Pringle, a conservative/libertarian Republican and onetime Speaker of the California State Assembly, is currently Mayor of Anaheim, California and runs his own public relations and lobbying firm.

Doris Allen served in the California Assembly from 1982 to 1995 and as Speaker of that body from June 5 to September 14, 1995, before being recalled from office by irate constituents. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Allen was a Republican, but when Republicans gained a one-vote majority in 1995, threatening longtime Democratic Speaker Willie Brown's hold on power, Brown convinced Allen and another Republican, Brian Setencich, to vote with the Democrats.

Brian Setencich (born 1962) served in the California Assembly for one term from 1994 to 1996 and as Speaker of that body from September 14, 1995 to January 4, 1996. Setencich was the first freshman legislator to serve as Speaker of the Assembly. He was previously a city councilman in Fresno and played professional basketball in Europe.. A populist, Setencich was elected in California Assembly District 30, though the district is overwhelmingly Democratic.

Leo Tarcissus McCarthy (August 15 1930 - February 5 2007) was a New Zealand-born American poltician and businessman. He served as the Democratic Lieutenant Governor of California from 1983 to 1995. McCarthy was born in Auckland, New Zealand, but moved with his parents to San Francisco, California at the age of four. He went to high school at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco, and also attended college and law school within the city, …

Robert Timothy Monagan, Jr. (born 1920) was a California politician, who was Speaker of the California State Assembly from 1969-1970. He served in the California State Assembly, representing the 12th district from 1960 until 1973. He was replaced as Speaker of the Assembly by Bob Moretti of the 42nd district. Prior to his time in the State Assembly, Monagan served as Mayor and and as a city councilman in the city of Tracy.

Paul Peek (June 5, 1904 - April 7, 1987) was an American attorney, Democratic politician and jurist. Peek practiced law in Southern California prior to his election in 1936 to the California Assembly, where he served as Speaker during the 1939 session. He was appointed Secretary of State in 1940 and then to the Court of Appeal, in December of 1942, where he served for 20 years. In 1962, Governor Pat Brown appointed Peek to the California Supreme Court.

Henry W. Wright (March 4, 1868-August 19, 1948) was a California politician. He served on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and was Speaker of the California State Assembly. He served as a member of the California State Assembly from 1915-1922.

James Willys Silliman was a Republican politician from California, who served in the California State Assembly from 1947–1955, including serving as Speaker of the Assembly from 1953–1954. He ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor in 1954 and for State Senator in 1955.

Luther Hansen Lincoln (November 20, 1914-June 27, 1980) was a Republican politician from California, who served in the California State Assembly from 1949 to 1958, including serving as Speaker of the Assembly from 1955 to 1958.

Scott Randall Baugh (born July 4 1962) is a Republican U.S. politician, who served in the California State Assembly from 1995-2000, representing the 67th District in coastal Orange County, which included Huntington Beach, Cypress, Fountain Valley, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Seal Beach, Westminster, Rossmoor, Sunset Beach, Surfside, and Midway City. Born in Redding, California as the fourth of Helen and Cason Baugh's five sons, …

Robert L. "Bob" Beardslee Jr. (August 3, 1905- March 3 1999) was a lawyer from California. He was a name owner of Neumiller & Beardslee with Charlie Neumiller. His father, Robert Lewis Beardslee, was a lawyer and served in the California State Assembly and was also Speaker of the Assembly.