For voters in Assembly District 49, Mike Fong’s public life includes several forms of Los Angeles County public service. Before joining the California State Assembly, he was a councilman’s aide, a deputy mayor and a member of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees. He entered the Legislature through a special election called to replace Assemblymember Ed Chau, who resigned after being nominated to the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Fong was sworn in in February 2022.
ROOTS
Fong was born on February 29, 1976. He graduated from Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School and attended East Los Angeles College.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Master of Public Administration from California State University, Northridge. His higher-education background therefore includes East Los Angeles College, UCLA and California State University, Northridge.
Before joining the Assembly, Fong was a member of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees. That board service was among the various positions he held in Los Angeles County before his election to the Legislature.
THE PATH TO OFFICE
Before his election to the Legislature, Fong served in various positions in Los Angeles County. Those positions included work as a councilman’s aide, service as a deputy mayor and membership on the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees.
Fong reached the Assembly through the 2022 special election to replace Ed Chau. Chau resigned after being nominated to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Fong was sworn in on February 22, 2022. His pre-Assembly background included local government positions and community college district board service in Los Angeles County.
THE THROUGH LINE
Fong’s documented pre-Assembly experience includes service as a deputy mayor, a councilman’s aide and a member of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees.
His background also includes attendance at East Los Angeles College and degrees from UCLA and California State University, Northridge. He subsequently entered the California State Assembly from the 49th district through the 2022 special election and was sworn in on February 22 of that year.
- State Assembly · Assembly District 49 · 2022–present
For voters in Assembly District 49, Mike Fong’s public life includes several forms of Los Angeles County public service. Before joining the California State Assembly, he was a councilman’s aide, a deputy mayor and a member of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees. He entered the Legislature through a special election called to replace Assemblymember Ed Chau, who resigned after being nominated to the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Fong was sworn in in February 2022.
ROOTS
Fong was born on February 29, 1976. He graduated from Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School and attended East Los Angeles College.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Master of Public Administration from California State University, Northridge. His higher-education background therefore includes East Los Angeles College, UCLA and California State University, Northridge.
Before joining the Assembly, Fong was a member of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees. That board service was among the various positions he held in Los Angeles County before his election to the Legislature.
THE PATH TO OFFICE
Before his election to the Legislature, Fong served in various positions in Los Angeles County. Those positions included work as a councilman’s aide, service as a deputy mayor and membership on the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees.
Fong reached the Assembly through the 2022 special election to replace Ed Chau. Chau resigned after being nominated to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Fong was sworn in on February 22, 2022. His pre-Assembly background included local government positions and community college district board service in Los Angeles County.
THE THROUGH LINE
Fong’s documented pre-Assembly experience includes service as a deputy mayor, a councilman’s aide and a member of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees.
His background also includes attendance at East Los Angeles College and degrees from UCLA and California State University, Northridge. He subsequently entered the California State Assembly from the 49th district through the 2022 special election and was sworn in on February 22 of that year.
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393 events, each with its sourcePupil instruction: dual enrollment: College and Career Access Pathways partnerships.
Community colleges: CalWORKs Recipients Education Program: services.
California State University: Joint Associate’s Degree Pilot Program.
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.
Public contracts: school and community college districts.
Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.
Relative to Japanese American concentration camps.
Relative to Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.
Postsecondary education: nondiscrimination: pregnancy or pregnancy-related issues.
Relative to Women’s History Month.
Community colleges: external resolution services for civil rights compliance: managing entity and civil rights coordinator.
Personal Income Tax Law: young child tax credit.
Student health: medical leaves of absence: mental health.
Health care coverage: enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
California State University: faculty employees.
Rental vehicles: law enforcement.
Lagos State, Nigeria: sister state relationship.
National School Counseling Week.
Relative to Unclaimed Property Month.
Relative to the Lunar New Year.
Day of Solidarity with Ukraine.
Relative to affordable homeownership.
National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
Proposed 2026–2031 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program: opposition.
Positive Parenting Awareness Month.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Relative to National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
Relative to National Fried Rice Day.
Relative to Direct Support Professional Recognition Week.
Relative to All California Day.
Relative to the 9/11 Remembrance Flag.
Relative to Filipino American History Month.
Relative to Student Parent Month.
Relative to California Promotoras Month.
Relative to Transgender History Month.
Relative to Chicano Heritage Month.
Relative to California Disc Golf Day and Month.