Legal. Supports putting Roe v. Wade into federal law. Introduced a resolution declaring San Diego a “safe city for reproductive freedom and access to abortion.” “Medical decisions must be between women and their doctors, not judges and politicians.”
Sought state funds to address jail inmates with behavioral health issues: “For many, the answer is treatment.” Initiated a 2022 effort to address sheriff department staffing shortages. Opposes “soft-on-crime policies being pushed by a radical liberal agenda.” “I will never vote to defund the police.”
“Transparency in our police department is critical to build trust.” Supported automated license plate readers and smart streetlights with cameras in San Diego. Sought reforms to the Commission on Police Practices, calling its “long-term success…a cornerstone of police oversight and accountability.”
Mixed. Would “cut federal regulations driving up construction costs.” “There’s just way too much government regulation.” Wants a caregiver tax credit and utility-rate protections for seniors on fixed incomes. Would “invest in agricultural innovation.” Supports “incentives for electric vehicles…not mandates.”
Tighten. Would “enforce the Clean Air and Water acts…and hold polluters accountable.” “I am wholeheartedly against raiding our public lands for logging, for drilling.” Opposes oil drilling off the California coast. “I am an environmentalist.”
Mixed. Voted to spend $250,000 annually for a gun violence prevention program in Spring Valley. Voted to oppose a gun control amendment to the U.S. Constitution. “Guns are not violence — people are.” Opposed a bill banning “ghost guns,” with safe firearm storage guidelines.
Tighten. Introduced a ban on untraceable “ghost guns.” Introduced a bill requiring gun vendors to implement security measures to prevent gun theft or loss. Supports universal background checks, an assault weapons ban, and stronger red flag laws.
Unclear. Says the growth in “health care and social services” is harming the economy: “It’s taxpayers paying themselves while the productive economy stalls.” Calls for getting rid of fraud and waste in Medicaid and MediCal. “I will fight to protect Social Security and Medicare as the earned benefits they are.”
Increase. Would “fight to protect and expand the Affordable Care Act, restore ACA tax credits, and include a public option that gives families more affordable choices.” Supports expanding “Medicare’s power to negotiate prescription drug prices.” “We need health care that makes people healthier and not poorer.”
Says regulations and environmental lawsuits are “the two biggest reasons housing is so expensive.” Would “eliminate capital gains tax for seniors selling their home—incentivize them to…free up family housing.” Says a state transportation policy to reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled “has become a weapon against housing.”
Initiated a program to provide San Diego teachers $40,000 toward a down payment on their first home. Would “cut red tape and make it easier to build more affordable housing” and ensure “people can live closer to where they work.” Supported turning a vacant transit parking lot into low-income housing.
“It’s time to fix our broken immigration system by securing our border…and ensuring that no one skips the line.” Would “welcome those who follow the rules.” Proposed repealing a policy that limits local assistance to federal immigration enforcement. “This reckless policy endangers the safety of San Diego families.”
Supports “reform that keeps our borders secure and provides legal pathways to citizenship for hardworking long-term residents and Dreamers who have grown up here as Americans.” Opposed deploying ICE officers to San Diego’s airport. Sponsored a resolution opposing ICE’s “unnecessarily aggressive and excessive” tactics.
Yes. Voted to raise the minimum wage for San Diego hospitality workers at large hotels, event centers, and amusement parks to $25 per hour. “Big corporations on our waterfront are not small businesses.… They can pay a living wage.”
Harder. Worked to put an initiative on the CA ballot in November requiring government-issued ID whenever one votes, not just when registering. “Voting is one of our most sacred rights. Protecting it shouldn’t be controversial.”
Likely easier. Supports passage of legislation requiring certain states to get preclearance before changing voting rules. “The constitution is clear: states run elections and the federal government sets guardrails to protect voting rights.”
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