Mark Gonzalez
What this job does: Your district's vote in the 80-member California State Assembly. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and with the Senate can place measures such as Props. 1, 2, 4, 5 and 43 on the ballot. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- Assemblymember, District 54 (since December 2024); Majority Whip
- Occupation
- Member of the State Assembly
Background
- Chaired the Los Angeles County Democratic Party from 2017 to 2024. source: markgonzalezforassembly.com
- Elected to the Assembly in November 2024 and appointed Majority Whip by the Speaker. source: gonzalez.asmdc.org
- Raised by a single mother in Section 8 housing and became the mother's primary caregiver after a stroke. source: markgonzalezforassembly.com
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- Free community college source: theballotbrief.com
- Environmental protection source: theballotbrief.com
- Housing affordability source: theballotbrief.com
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