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The new position aims to make it much easier for districts across the state to start a dual language immersion program, said Assembly Member Mark González, who introduced this bill.

"Let me be clear. Copper wire theft is not a victimless crime. Every stolen wire is more than metal ripped from the ground. It's light ripped from our communities," Assembly Member Mark González, D-Los Angeles, said in October 2025.

California Senator María Elena Durazo authored SB 716, while Assemblymember Mark González authored AB 817, in response to the devastating fire at the Lineage cold-storage facility in Boyle Heights.

"Lowriding is more than a car; it is cultura, it is art, it’s family, and it is a powerful expression of Chicano and Latino pride," said AB 2541 author Assemblymember Mark González (D-Los Angeles). "For generations, our communities have used lowriders to tell our stories, celebrate our heritage, and create something beautiful out of the streets we call home."

AB 817 was authored by Assemblymember Mark González (D-Los Angeles), and calls for new contingency fund requirements for specified community needs for large cold storage facilities, Newsom's release said, noting that the requirement applies to facilities in the Boyle Heights Community Plan border and then statewide in July 2028.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed bills that create new rules for the state’s industrial companies following a massive fire at a cold storage facility in Los Angeles' Boyle Heights neighborhood in June.

One bill by Assemblymember Mark González, AB 817, prevents the city and county of Los Angeles from issuing new building permits to cold storage facilities like Lineage unless the company maintains a contingency fund, or insurance, that can support residents in states of emergency.

Assembly Bill 817, authored by Assemblyman Mark González, D-Los Angeles, establishes new contingency-fund requirements for specified community needs for certain large cold storage facilities. Until July 1, 2028, the requirement applies to facilities within the boundaries of the Boyle Heights Community Plan in the city of Los Angeles, and applies statewide beginning July 1, 2028.

"For generations, our communities have used lowriders to tell our stories, celebrate our heritage and create something beautiful out of the streets we call home," bill author Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez (D-Los Angeles) said in a statement. "Yet too often, lowriders were treated as a problem to be policed instead of a culture to be celebrated. AB 2541 helps change that narrative."

Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday signed legislation by Assemblyman Mark González, D-Los Angeles, aimed at repeat and organized theft of copper and other metal from public infrastructure.