Cruising is legal in the city of Sacramento thanks to the coordination from car clubs and car enthusiasts.Now, cities around the state are working to legalize the hobby after years of what some lowriders consider discriminatory ordinances meant to target people of color in certain communities.A measure to celebrate the history and culture of cruising in California has been chaptered by the Secretary of State thanks to bipartisan support.The Sacramento Lowrider Commission was acknowledged for its role in preserving the art of cruising and lowriding. They fought to repeal a 34-year-old ordinance that prohibited cruising in the city.While lowriding is largely popular in Chicano, Hispanic and Latino communities, people of all backgrounds have joined in on the lowriding and cruising lifestyle.Going out for a Sunday cruise is a mindset for Nayeli Rodriguez."I iron all my clothes. I've got to make sure they look sharp and crisp," Nayeli said as she gets ready. "Then I just throw on my music. It depends on what mood I'm feeling. I'll put on funk, old school rap, or just oldies."The 13-year-old said it's not just about looking good, it's about feeling good, too."You have to look nice for everybody, even yourself. It's not just for other people to see," Nayeli said.Lowriding is a lifestyle — one Nayeli was born into."First, we have to dust down the car, then we have to wipe it down," Nayeli said.Nayeli can't drive yet, but her dad's 1937 Buick Special Convertible will one day be hers."There's something about this car. It's different and I love it a lot," Nayeli told KCRA 3's Andrea Flores. "My way of earning it is, I always help my dad set up when we go to car shows, I help him clean the car, and whatever he needs help with, I help him do it."Every Sunday, Carlos Rodriguez and his daughter get the so-called "bomb" ready for a cruise. Their destination: Franklin Boulevard in south Sacramento for a car show celebrating Mexican Independence Day.Lowriding has been an expression of Chicano culture in California since the 1960s."Artwork, murals, lowering it, putting it back to stock, doing a hot rod, there's so many different ways that you can make this your own canvas," Carlos said. "It was a way for you to stay in your neighborhood, still have respect from people, and they didn't expect you to go out and do a lot of the dumb stuff that was going to end up with you killed or in prison."Lowriding started gaining popularity in the 1970s and 1980s."Lowriders started putting sandbags in the trunk and customizing it, modifying it, and they realized that police started messing with them because of that," Carlos explained of how the car culture started.Cruising was illegal in the city of Sacramento until an ordinance was repealed earlier this year thanks to the Sacramento Lowrider Commission."We sat down with politicians, with assembly members, with council members, with the police, with the mayor, and we played our cards right, we sat down with the right people, and made sure that they were on board," Carlos said.Car clubs and lowrider commissions in cities across California, including San Jose, National City, and Modesto, are following Sacramento's lead."We're kind of giving them the blueprint to what we did and how it worked for us," Carlos said.The common goal is to save a piece of Hispanic and Chicano heritage for the next generation."My first instinct is to look over at my daughter and see how proud she is," Carlos said of his daughter, Nayeli. "She's going to hold that torch one day. She's going to be the one with her kids in the car."