Mark GonzalezIncumbent
Candidate for Assembly District 54
Mark Gonzalez holds California's 54th Assembly District seat. He is a Democrat. The district covers Boyle Heights. It also covers Downtown Los Angeles. It also covers Koreatown, Chinatown, and nearby areas. He was first elected in November 2024. He beat fellow Democrat John Yi. He took office on December 2, 2024. Before he won, Gonzalez led the Los Angeles County Democratic Party. He calls himself a renter, organizer, and activist. He says he grew up in Section 8 housing. His mother raised him alone. He now cares for her full time. She had a stroke. In the Assembly, its Speaker made him Majority Whip. As county party chair, he says he backed free tuition. This was for full-time students at community college. He also backed a $25 an hour wage floor. This was for health care workers. It took effect in 2023. He backed a 2022 state measure. It protects the right to an abortion. He also sits on a board for a gay rights group. Its name is Equality California. This is his first term. He now seeks a second term. The vote is set for November 3, 2026. Home: Los Angeles, California, in the 54th Assembly District. Occupation: state lawmaker; also his mother's full-time caregiver. Prior office: incumbent since December 2, 2024, in his first term.
On the issues
- Economy & Jobs
Supports creating good-paying union jobs and championed a $25/hour minimum wage for health care workers.
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Supports increased rental assistance, rent hike limits, tenant protections, and expanded affordable housing and homeless services.
Source → - Public Safety & Policing
Supports gun violence prevention, including expanded red flag laws, and increased funding for firefighters and paramedics.
Source → - Health & Health Care
Supports expanding health care access and mental health services, particularly for working families and immigrant communities, and treats health care as a fundamental right; helped organize passage of a $25/hour minimum wage for health care workers.
Source → - Reproductive & Social Issues
Supports protecting legal abortion access and increased funding for reproductive health providers like Planned Parenthood; supports LGBTQ+ rights and serves on the board of Equality California.
Source → - Education & Schools
Supports tuition-free community college for full-time students.
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Advocates for renewable energy investment and has worked to address toxic contamination in communities.
Source → - Government, Elections & Democracy
Supports protecting voting rights.
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