Candidate for California State Assembly - District 18 in 2024 California General Election.
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Get StartedThe Black American Revitalization Plan aims to establish a state agency to allocate resources and assess eligibility, return property that was stolen from families during the Jim Crow era, eliminate college debt, and establish a California state Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Learn more
I believe that due to enslavement, Jim Crow laws, segregation, police brutality, public bombings of cities, public lynching, underfunding of black schools, redlining, and many more countless atrocities that Black Americans endured are long overdue for repayment in the form of cash payment, land, student loan forgiveness/ free college education, and housing. I plan to fight tirelessly to create policies encouraging my peers to do what is right and start the healing process for Black Americans in California. Learn more
Once elected, I will restore and increase funding for policing and ensure officers have all the tools and training they need to protect Californian citizens. Learn more
I plan to work with business owners to create a private green light camera project throughout the state. This project will be funded by companies that stream a live camera from their company to the police headquarters. The cameras will provide deterrence from robberies and footage so that criminals can be prosecuted. Learn more
Also, I will create agency to recruit and increase all police departments across the state by creating a police cadet program for at-risk high school students to encourage them to enter the police academy and build a positive relationship between youth and the police. The police cadet program will also ensure that cities can recruit police candidates who live within their town and know the community. Learn more
I am committed to making District 18 a safer place to live, work, and raise a family. Through my experience in public service, I will address public safety issues. California leads the nation with a crime rate of 24% higher than the national average. According to the PPIC, "California's Violent crime rate is Diverging from the National Trend, due mainly to a 25% increase in aggravated assaults from 2019 to 2022. Even though our crime rate is high, state officials continue to prevent citizens from exercising their Second Amendment right to bear arms. Once elected, I will ensure that citizens can lawfully defend themselves from individuals trying to harm them and their families. I want to restore funding to policing and ensure officers have all the tools and training they need to protect California citizens. Also, I plan to recruit and increase all police departments across the state by creating a police cadet program for high school students to encourage them to enter the police academy. The police cadet program will also ensure that cities have a police officer who lives within their town and knows the community. Learn more
Many Californians have experienced their loved ones spending countless years incarcerated only to return home without any savings, skills, or housing. Project Impact will allow incarcerated individuals to be employed by a California farm with fair wages. The wages that the individuals obtain will enable them to provide 40% of their wages to their family (children and husband/wife) to continue the standard of living during the time of the individual's incarceration. Also, the individual must save 20% of their earnings (which will ensure they can come home with savings and obtain housing, a vehicle, and food). Finally, Project Impact will allow individuals to return to society with skills to utilize and support the community and empower themselves. Learn more
With all the school shootings, my biggest fear is that one day, I receive a call that my wife's school has an active shooter. That is why, once elected, I plan to create policies to ensure that all schools have one armed police officer on duty to protect our most vulnerable (children and teachers). Finally, I plan to work with business owners to create a private green light camera project throughout the state. This project will be funded by companies that will stream a live camera from the company to the police headquarters. The cameras will provide deterrence from robberies and footage so that criminals can be prosecuted. Learn more
I also aim to establish a revolving loan program for small businesses collaborating with corporations providing tax incentives which will keep our small businesses open and prevent the state from provide addition taxpayer dollars. Learn more
I oppose CA ACA 13 and believe that our State Assembly members have failed us by voting yes to pass ACA 13. This policy will allow the state to raise taxes without allowing the people to have a voice. Learn more
District 18 small businesses have been experiencing a significant decrease in revenue due to theft and other increased crime activity. I plan to listen and work with small business owners to ensure their voices are heard and to make our district safe for all to shop, dine, and engage in our district's nightlife. Also, I plan to write a policy to cut payroll taxes in half to prevent the remaining companies from leaving California. Also, I will continue to advocate and fight for the Taxpayer Protection Act to ensure California citizens have a vote regarding taxes. Learn more
On my first day in office, I will assemble a bill imposing no state income tax on all educational workers due to our state government's failure to provide fair wages for teachers. Learn more
With all the school shootings, my biggest fear is that one day, I receive a call that my wife (a third-grade teacher) school has an active shooter. That is why, once elected, I plan to create policies to ensure that all schools have one police officer outside each school to protect our most vulnerable (children and teachers). Learn more
Once elected I will write an Assembly bill that will allocate class sizes to 15-17 students per class. The bill will help students succeed and prepare them for the future workforce. Learn more
Education is a top priority for me. I will work to improve our schools by increasing funding to ensure that every student has access to a quality education. I will also write for policies (class size of 15-17 students per class and teachers' salaries of 100) that help students succeed and prepare them for the future workforce. Also, I plan to write policies to create a state-funded HBCU due to the lack of black students in State-funded California Colleges and Universities. Learn more
Due to the lack of employment and living wage employment for young adults in California, I plan to create a policy to bring back vocational training programs ( plumbing, carpentry, CNA, cosmetology, IT, Policing, and firefighters) within all California high schools. The project will partner with local companies in the surrounding school area to provide employment training to our high school youth; we are sure to increase the wages of the young adult workforce in the future. Learn more
Affordable housing is a fundamental human right. I plan to write a policy to fund permanent housing downpayment assistance on my first day. This downpayment assistance will be a low barrier and designed to ensure that the most vulnerable have the right to housing and wealth building. Learn more
I plan to create a policy to create a state-wide ERAP program to prevent all California citizens from being homeless. Learn more
Affordable housing is a fundamental human right. On my first day, I will write an Assembly bill to fund 1% to 2% permanent housing down payment assistance. This down payment assistance will be low-barrier and designed to ensure that the most vulnerable have the right to housing and wealth building. Learn more
Once elected, I plan to write an assembly bill to reduce building permits for single-family homes by 98%. Also, I plan to fight for middle-class families by writing an assembly bill that taxes corporations that buy homes a one-time tax of 30%. Which will provide fundings to my downpayment housing loan program. Learn more
I plan to work with my peers to make sure there are no barriers to building our way out of California's housing shortage so that every California citizen has a home. Learn more
I oppose CA ACA 13 and believe that it undermines democratic principles by allowing the state to raise taxes without public input. If elected, I will fight against such policies and work to keep the people involved in the decision-making process. Learn more
Once elected I will propose an Assembly Bill to reduce payroll taxes to prevent companies from leaving California. Additionally, I will advocate for the Taxpayer Protection Act to ensure that Californian citizens have a say in tax matters. Learn more
Finally, on my first day in office, I plan to push a no-state income tax for all teachers because our state government has failed to provide fair wages for teachers. Learn more
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