Yvonne Arceneaux is currently the senior member of the Compton

Compton, California

Compton is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States, southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The city of Compton is one of the oldest cities in the county and on May 11, 1888, was the eighth city to incorporate. The city is considered part of the South side by residents of Los...

 City Council. She also serves on the board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
Arceneaux was elected to the Compton City Council in 1993. Representing the Third District, she's now serving her fifth term. If she completes her term, she will surpass Jane D. Robbins

Jane D. Robbins

Jane D. Robbins served on the Compton City Council from 1976 until 1995.- Biography :Born Jane Ellen Dickison on June 26, 1919, as the daughter of Clarence Anson Dickison , a school teacher, who in 1924 became Compton's first mayor and the former Meda Kelso...

 as the City Council's longest-serving member.