If you haven't been tracking grand lodge proceedings in the last decade it's possible the rules have changed and you didn't notice. More of a general statement than specific as members of this board tend to be well up to date. But the obsolete stuff I hear at dinners before meetings tells me a ton of brothers have no idea what has changed in the last decade.
You may be privy to information about the Grand Lodge of Louisiana that I do not have but this is the information according to the Louisiana Handbook of Masonic Law as revised through the most recent Grand Lodge Session.
“A Lodge must be opened on the Master Mason Degree to transact business and must give due and timely notice to its members before taking action upon investments, increasing its debts, disposing of property, making any appropriation or transacting business of any unusual nature; provided that a Lodge may be opened on the Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft Degree at a special meeting called for the purpose of conferring the Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft Degree, or for conducting a Lodge trial in accordance with Article VI, Section 9 of the General Regulations. Louisiana Handbook of Masonic Law REVISED TO JANUARY 31ST & FEBRUARY l ST, 2015 Digest of Edicts Page 89
Perhaps you should take your own advice and track your Grand Lodge Proceedings.
A year or two before California recognized PHA one of the GLs in Mexico asked permission to charter a Spanish speaking lodge in the state of California near the border. The location has a Spanish speaking majority and the only California lodge authorized to work in Spanish is nowhere near there. They asked permission according to ancient tradition. Generosity prevailed and permission was granted.
According to the website of LOGIA PANAMERICANA NO. 513 Free and Accepted Masons of the State of California which was chartered in 2005, they are the "first Masonic Lodge in the South of California authorized to work totally in the Spanish language" and since you said it was "near the border" it would obviously be "in the South of California". They were not chartered by a Mexican Grand Lodge and they were not chartered until 2005.
http://www.calodges.org/no513/English/main page.htm
Now there are 3 jurisdictions that operate at specific locations in the state all with permission of GLofCA.
You are correct that there are now 3 jurisdictions that operate in California, but none of them are Mexican Grand Lodges:
§409.030. RECOGNITION OF PRINCE HALL GRAND LODGE OF CALIFORNIA.
Any other provision of this Code to the contrary notwithstanding, this Grand Lodge recognizes
the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons States of California
and Hawaii, Incorporated as having concurrent jurisdiction with this Grand Lodge within the
State of California.
§409.035. RECOGNITION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF IRAN (IN EXILE).
Any other provision of this Code to the contrary notwithstanding, this Grand Lodge recognizes
the Grand Lodge of Iran (In Exile), Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, as having concurrent
jurisdiction with this Grand Lodge within the State of California.
California Masonic Code Page 64 and 65
I don’t know if you are just misinformed or if you fabricated this tale to support the point you were making.