(Los Angeles) – Assemblymember Tony Mendoza (D-Norwalk) was the focus of a segment on KTLA-TV's Career Day program. "Career Day" is a show that provides teenagers with information about possible futures from acrobat to business executive to plastic surgeon. Check out their feature, broadcast on October 11, 2011, on what it's like to be a state legislator with Assemblymember Mendoza in this Assembly Assets video.

Job seekers with bad credit may be at a severe disadvantage. Sixty percent of employers say they now run credit checks on some or all of their job candidates. But, some states are putting a stop to all that. Ben Tracy reports.

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California is implementing Proposition 25 - a law that requires legislators to forfeit their own salary for each day that a budget is not passed beyond the June 15th deadline. And, as Bill Whitaker reports, it's good news for taxpayers and bad news for politicians.

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(Sacramento) – El Acta de Responsabilidad de los Padres, cuyo autor es el asambleísta Tony Mendoza (D-Norwalk), i esta siendo implementada a través del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los Angeles.  El asambleísta Mendoza  presentó la propuesta de ley (AB 1291)  en el  2007  y tomó efecto en Enero del 2010.  El asambleísta Mendoza  dice que la ley requiere que padres de familia de jovenes involucrados en pandillas se registren y asistan a clases anti-violencia de pandillas ordenadas por jueces.  La idea es de prevenir más actos de violencias y evitar más tragedias asociadas con la violencia generada por las pandillas. Los detalles en este Assembly Web Report.

(Sacramento) – The Parental Accountability Act, authored by Assemblymember Tony Mendoza (D-Norwalk), is now being implemented in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Assemblymember Mendoza introduced the Parental Accountability Act (AB 1291) in 2007 and it went into effect in January 2010. Assemblymember Mendoza says the law requires parents or guardians of juveniles who have been involved in gang-related crimes to attend anti-gang parenting classes. Those classes include face-to-face meetings with victims' families, ideas on extracurricular activities, and information on identifying criminal tendencies in their children. Learn more in this Assembly Web Report.

(Los Angeles) –Assemblymember Tony Mendoza's (D-Norwalk) Parental Accountability Act was the focus of a lengthy segment recently on Los Angeles television station KTTV Channel 11. The Parental Accountability Act, which requires parents and/or guardians of convicted gang members to attend parenting classes and meet with families who have been victimized by gang violence, is now being implemented in the Los Angeles Unified School District and will expand statewide over time. "The time has come to hold parents accountable and give parents the resources they need to help their children," says Assemblymember Mendoza. Here’s more of their interview with Assemblymember Mendoza in this Assembly Assets video.

(Sacramento) – Assemblymember Tony Mendoza (D-Norwalk) was interviewed recently by the news program Time Warner Cable Local Edition. During the interview Assemblymember Mendoza was asked about a law he authored in 2007 (Assembly Bill 1291) that allows judges to send the parents of a juvenile convicted of a crime to parenting classes. Assemblymember Mendoza says the curriculum for the parenting classes has now been developed and it will be implemented in the Los Angeles Unified School District this fall. The classes are designed to give parents the tools they need to keep their children from committing more serious crimes. Here's more in this Assembly Assets video.

(Sacramento) – State Assemblymember Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia) wants to help Californians keep their piece of the American dream. He has information available for those who are facing a possible foreclosure on their home. The details on this public service announcement.

(Sacramento) – El Asambleísta Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia) quiere ayudar a los californianos a mantener sus hogares y su parte del sueño americano. El tiene información importante para aquellos enfrentandose a una bancarrota y la pérdida de su hogar.  Los detalles en este anuncio de servicio comunitario.