Currently holds the office of California State Assembly - District 64 until December 2, 2024.
Candidate for California State Assembly - District 64 in 2024 California General Election.
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Get StartedWith an ever-evolving economy, California must do more to ensure our students receive a world-class education so they can be better prepared for the future. As a former substitute K-12 classroom teacher and adult school educator, I understand this firsthand. That’s why I strongly support ensuring high-quality early education and universal pre-K for all children. As a product of local public schools, I also believe we must invest more in public education so we can reduce classroom sizes which will help students get the attention they need and deserve. With additional investments, we can also help to fund more science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses, as well as expand the arts, music and extracurricular activities, along with after-school programs. When it comes to higher education, I strongly support California’s free community college efforts and believe we must make our universities more accessible and affordable for our state’s students. Learn more
In the State Assembly, I’ll work to protect our environment and address climate change, while safeguarding clean air and clean water for our communities. I believe we can protect and create good jobs, and simultaneously ensure a cleaner, safer environment for all Californians if we work together. Learn more
I agree with President Biden that healthcare is a right — not a privilege. While California has made tremendous strides in expanding access to healthcare, the fact remains that we must continue this work to expand access to affordable care for more people in our state. Moreover, particularly for women, we must protect reproductive healthcare access and rights. I also believe we must lower the cost of prescription drugs as nobody in our community should be forced to choose between paying for healthcare or medicine and putting food on the table for their family. Learn more
Across our state, the cost of housing has skyrocketed, and if this pace continues, it won’t be sustainable. That’s why in the State Assembly, I’ll work to expand affordable housing so that more Californians can afford a place to call home. I’ll also work to reduce homelessness by advancing compassionate policies like investing in supportive and permanent housing, mental health services, job-training, and more, to provide resources to those in need while helping to get people off the streets and into housing. Learn more
We need nationwide, comprehensive immigration reform, and we need it now. Too many are still living in the shadows as undocumented individuals who have been living here, working here, while raising and growing a family here. By every measurement, these people are Americans and it’s far past time they are given a pathway to becoming full citizens. In the State Assembly, I will do everything in my power to protect immigrant communities, their rights, and also I’ll be relentless in my advocacy for compassionate immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship. Learn more
Too many people in our state are struggling because of our aging or non-existing infrastructure. That’s why in the State Assembly, I will work to invest more in infrastructure, from upgrading and expanding mass transit to universal broadband to clean energy technologies, modernizing our transportation hubs, roads and bridges and more. Learn more
Housing costs are too high for too many, the need for more good paying middle class jobs is a constant priority, our public schools need more resources and higher education needs to be more affordable for all. At the same time, we must continue working to prioritize public safety funding, enact tougher laws to combat gun violence, address homelessness and the climate threat, invest more in infrastructure to strengthen our economy, help local small businesses compete in an evolving global economy and we must ensure clean air and clean water for everyone in our communities. In the years ahead, I will work tirelessly to confront these issues head-on and be a bold voice for the people of the 64th District. I look forward to working hard and earning the continued support and confidence of voters across our district in the months ahead.'' Learn more
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