Legal. “Government shouldn’t be involved in a woman’s decision that she makes between herself, her doctor and within her own faith.” Sponsored a ballot measure to include access to abortion and contraceptives in the California Constitution.
Ban. Sponsored a bill banning abortions without exceptions. Later said he supports exceptions for “rape, incest, life of the mother.” Is “pro-life.” Believes “human life” “should be protected at every stage.”
Mostly no. Opposed a bill addressing climate change. Opposed a carbon tax. Supported incentivizing farmers to use renewables. Sponsored a bill fostering climate-smart farming. In 2014 said climate change didn’t cause California drought.
Introduced a bill to fund hiring police in their own communities, to bring trust between the community and the officers. Introduced a bill helping prevent hiring police with a misconduct history, to hold them “accountable” and “root out bad cops.”
Voted against addressing racial profiling and use of deadly force. Supports funding de-escalation training and mental health services for police, so they “know they have our support.” Supports providing childcare to deal with a police shortage.
Increase. Voted to require community and employment benefits in new clean energy projects. Secured funding for workforce training at a growing community college. Supports overtime pay for farmworkers and state budget funding for infrastructure.
Mixed. Opposed two bipartisan bills funding infrastructure and boosting domestic manufacturing. Supports spending more to deal with drought. Supported a short-term suspension of a gas tax and a community project funding bill.
No. Supported requiring high school students to complete ethnic studies to graduate. Supported protecting parents who let their children get gender-affirming care—and providers of such care, regardless of other states’ laws.
Yes. Sponsored a bill expanding parents’ rights to review curriculum and requiring parental consent to a student’s pronoun change. Supported a ban on transgender athletes competing on girls’ sports teams.
Mixed. Voted to reform permitting on wind and solar projects, and to regulate carbon capture. Opposed strengthening rules on new and abandoned oil wells. Opposed banning plastic packaging. Opposes ending oil drilling; importing oil from countries with far less regulation “doesn’t make sense.”
Loosen. Requested that EPA accelerate processing of carbon storage infrastructure and allow states more authority. To address water storage infrastructure and water shortage, sponsored a bill lessening endangered species protections. Authored a bill removing limits on access to water supply.
Mixed. Voted to ban firearm marketing to minors. Voted to enable police seizure of ghost guns from people with restraining orders. Voted against a ban on manufacturing firearms without a state license. Voted against tightening the permit application process.
Supports better securing the border and revising the asylum process. Believes in “a pathway to citizenship” for “law-abiding” people. Supported a bill making non-citizens who meet certain requirements eligible for an election to a Democratic county central committee.
Supports comprehensive reform by combatting illegal immigration and creating “a fair process” for earning citizenship. Supported bills providing paths to legal status to Dreamers and farmworkers. Voted to tighten border security.
Easier. Is “proud to stand in solidarity with” the California Labor Federation, which endorsed him. Supported bills protecting faculty bargaining rights, giving farmworkers more ways to vote in union elections, and giving family childcare providers the right to unionize.
Expand. Opposes “discrimination against LGBTQ Americans.” Voted to protect the privacy of people receiving gender-affirming care. Voted to require trans-inclusive healthcare training.
Mixed. Opposed anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people. Supported recognizing same-sex marriages. Voted to ensure equal credit opportunities for LGBTQ businesses. Supported banning trans women on girls’ sports teams.
Unclear. Voted against clearing past cannabis convictions. Voted against allowing parental administration of medical cannabis at schools. Voted to keep a cannabis cultivation tax.
Mixed. Opposed decriminalizing cannabis and expunging cannabis arrests and convictions. Voted to protect financial institutions servicing cannabis-related businesses. Voted to advance research on cannabis.
Yes, but unclear how much. Calls $7.25 “low.” In 2013 voted to gradually raise CA’s minimum wage to $10 per hour by 2016. Did not vote on a 2016 bill to raise it steadily to $15 in 2022.
No position found.
Lower. Voted for the 2017 Trump tax cuts that included the largest corporate cuts in US history and major tax cuts for the wealthy. Voted to rescind $45.6 billion in funding that would enforce the tax code for businesses or households making over $400,000.
Mostly easier. Would “protect the right to vote for all Americans” while preventing “voter fraud.” Voted to continue California’s universal vote-by-mail system. Voted against allowing convicted felons to register and vote while on parole.
Harder. Supports bolstering “election security.” Sponsored a bill requiring voter photo ID and banning Washington, DC from mailing out ballots. Voted against expanding voting access.
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