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Portrait of Mike Fong

Mike Fong

Democratic

State Assembly · Assembly District 49

In office
2022–present
BiographyReporting (Tier 3) · reviewed

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.

Record of service
  • State Assembly · Assembly District 49 · 2022–present
BiographyReporting (Tier 3) · reviewed before publication

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.

The record

393 events, each with its source
Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 413

Department of Housing and Community Development: guidelines: translation.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 397

Personal Income Tax Law: young child tax credit.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SCR 19

Ramadan.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 266

Elections: language accessibility.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored ACR 24

National Missing Children’s Day.

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Cosponsored ACR 23

Mental Health Peer Appreciation Week.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 323

Strong Workforce Program: work-based learning opportunities.

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Cosponsored ACR 22

National School Counseling Week.

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Cosponsored ACR 20

Wear Red Day and American Heart Month.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 313

Student financial aid: application deadlines: extension.

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Cosponsored ACR 19

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.

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Cosponsored AR 10

Relative to World Wetlands Day.

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Cosponsored ACR 18

Maternal Health Awareness Day.

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Cosponsored ACR 17

National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Week.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 265

Small Business Recovery Fund Act.

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Cosponsored AB 268

State holidays: Diwali.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 247

Incarcerated individual hand crew members: wages.

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Cosponsored ACR 15

California Propane Day.

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Cosponsored AR 9

Relative to Long COVID Awareness Day.

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Cosponsored ACR 14

Positive Parenting Awareness Month.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 238

Mortgage forbearance: state of emergency: wildfire.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 239

State-led County of Los Angeles disaster housing task force.

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Cosponsored ACR 12

Fernando Valenzuela Day.

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Cosponsored SCR 10

National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 221

Tribal Nation Grant Fund.

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Cosponsored AR 8

Relative to the Lunar New Year.

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Cosponsored ACR 11

Anesthesiologists Week.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 95

California Education Interagency Council.

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Cosponsored AR 7

Relative to Enrolled Agents’ Day.

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Cosponsored ACR 10

Korean American Day.

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Cosponsored SCR 6

Korean American Day.

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Cosponsored ACR 9

National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored SB 48

Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.

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Cosponsored ACR 8

Desert ecosystems.

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Cosponsored ACR 6

Black April Memorial Month.

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Cosponsored ACR 7

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 64

Vital records.

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Cosponsored AB 49

Schoolsites: immigration enforcement.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored ACR 1

K-Ginseng Day.

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Cosponsored ACR 5

Áo Dài Day.

Cosponsored
Cosponsored AB 48

Education finance: postsecondary education facilities: College Health and Safety Bond Act of 2026.

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Cosponsored AR 6

Relative to school governance.

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Cosponsored ACR 2

United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.