Candidate Statement

I am running to pass CalCare (Medicare For All), which will provide high quality health care for EVERYONE at a lower cost to the State! One of the critical issues facing all Californians is access to affordable and first-rate health care.

In spite of having a supermajority, Democrats in the State legislature have refused to allow a vote on the proposed bill for the last 3 years! Last year, the incumbent as head of the appropriations committee killed the proposed CalCare bill in that committee. This year in March, the Dems blocked our CalCare bill from going to committee, so CalCare is dead for this year. This is in spite of the fact that 86% of Californians want CalCare!

By electing me to the State Assembly, I’ll speak out everyday because the time to pass CalCare is now.

As a member of the Green Party, I do not accept any corporate or PAC donations. The incumbent does accept corporate and PAC money, the same sources which lobby to stall or kill legislation like CalCare.

I was a member of the Oakland Education Association, the teachers union, and served as an Executive Board Member, Treasurer, Secretary, and Delegate to the State Council. In order to have healthier and safer schools in Oakland, l led an effort joined by teachers and parents to persuade the School Board to adopt an Integrated Pest Management Plan, thus banning the use of pesticides on all Oakland Unified School District properties.

Another part of my platform is Social Housing: I will sponsor a bill to end homelessness by establishing a State bank, which will buy vacant properties around the state and place unhoused people in those houses and apartments. We don’t have a shortage of housing: there are 1.4 million vacant housing units in California and 200,000 unhoused people.

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For the People

Free healthcare, including gender affirming care, mental health, and drug addiction treatment.

Free lifelong education from Pre-K to college so our children can be contributing members of society.

Fully funded public transit, including BART and bus transit.

Abolition of the death penalty, prisons, and ICE detention centers.

For the Planet 

Energy: Accelerate the transition of our energy grid to renewable solar, wind, and water. Transform Chevron and other oil refineries to renewable energy plants, ensuring that workers transition to safe jobs while protecting our environment.

Land governance: Land Back to Indigenous nations and reparations for Black American Freedmen and Chicano families.

No Coal in Oakland: Block the plan for the Coal Port in Oakland (nocoal.org).

For Peace

Divest from genocide: move our tax dollars away from all corporations complicit in genocide.

Repeal anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) laws and other Orwellian laws which prohibit educators from teaching about the genocide in Palestine and other countries. We need to know our history so we can fight back against oppression and injustice here and everywhere.

FAQs

  • Berkeley, Albany, Piedmont, a portion of North Oakland, Bayview, East Richmond Heights, El Cerrito, El Sobrante, Hercules, Kensington, Montalvin Manor, North Richmond, Pinole, Richmond, Rodeo, Rollingwood, San Pablo, and Tara Hills.

  • As one of the 80 members of the Assembly, I will have a voice in: 

    • creating bills and voting on state laws, 

    • managing the state budget and setting taxes, 

    • overseeing government agencies, and 

    • helping constituents with issues like unemployment and housing.

    Everything I do will relate to our Platform and Core Principles of bringing the People’s Agenda with our Movement to build Electoral Power in Solidarity Beyond Identity and Ideology.

    • Healthcare for All with CalCare

    • End the Housing Crisis

    • Free Lifelong Public Education

    • Divest from War and Genocide

    • Dismantle the Carceral State

    • Protect Immigrant Rights and Communities

    • Green Jobs Creation with Livable Wages

    • Equity, Opportunity and Access for All

    • Reparations and Land Back

    • Climate and Public Ownership of Resources

    • Democracy in Elections

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