Issues

• WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO END ALL GENOCIDAL BEHAVIOR IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD! What is permitted against the most marginalized sets the standard for us all!

• We must stop funding Israel with billions of American workers' tax dollars every year. Instead we can invest that money in a STRONGER AMERICA. 

First and foremost, all taxes collected by the federal government should be spent on developing Americans' autonomy, capability, and safety.

• Tax weapons industry to get the money to take care of veterans

• Healthcare and housing for life

• Free higher education for entire family, including spouse at time of active duty

• Mass participatory effort for restructuring of Veterans Affairs so veterans design the system that serves them

• Fully fund disability benefits and eliminate backlog

• Water is life. Protect and restore all water: creeks, rivers, aquifers, coastlines, and drinking water.

• End private profit from oil, gas, and mineral extraction. These are public resources and should serve the public, not shareholders.

• Invest heavily in a diversified clean energy system that is publicly accountable, resilient, and not driven by profit. 

• Energy should be reliable, affordable, and safe, not a speculative market.

• ICE is an institution of terror. It must be dismantled.

• All ICE agents and superiors who participated in constitutional violations, family separation, abuse, disappearance, detention without due process, or psychological terror will be investigated and prosecuted. 

• Expose and prosecute all human trafficking networks, especially those operating at and around the Southern border, including corrupt officials and criminal networks who profit from it.

• Create a just, safe, humane, and culturally informed immigration process—especially at the Southern border—rooted in dignity, due process, and international human rights.

• End U.S. economic and political interference in Central and South America that destabilizes communities and forces migration in the first place.

• End detention centers being for profit.

• Guarantee safe, trauma-informed abortion access.

• Focus on prevention through education, healthcare access, and social support so fewer people ever need an abortion.

• Remove all profit from reproductive care and abortions. No one should make money from women’s reproductive health and trauma.

• Make care available through local clinics and trusted community providers, not centralized government programs.

• Protect health data

I believe we can address gun violence while protecting rights of responsible gun owners:

Prevention

• Community Violence Intervention programs

• Keep firearms out of the hands of violent offenders, including domestic abusers, sexual predators, and others with a history of serious harm. 

• Promote safe firearm storage and education

• Invest in root-cause prevention: youth opportunity, trauma-informed care, suicide prevention, family supports, and community stabilization.

Target Weapon Profiteers!!

• End liability immunity when companies market irresponsibly or feed weapons trafficking pipelines

• Ban fear-based and extremist-coded advertising

• When they profit off tragedy, we tax it heavily and use it to fund gun violence prevention

• Use the government’s purchasing power to reshape the industry, incentivizing a shift away from profit-driven motives; require that any company manufacturing or supplying firearms for federal contracts operate as non-profit or public-benefit entities. 

• Protect LGBTQ+ people from discrimination, violence, and hate crimes, especially in housing, jobs, and schools.

• Ensure the federal government does not censor or ban information about gender and sexual diversity, while keeping education developmentally appropriate, nuanced, and locally accountable—not federally imposed.

• Invest heavily in ending LGBTQ+ homelessness by addressing root causes: family rejection, job discrimination, healthcare access, and housing.

• Pay teachers what they're worth $$$$$

• Fund mental health providers in schools.

• Rebuild strong, well-funded neighborhood public schools that set the standard for quality education.

• Highly regulated "school choice" schools; ban vouchers

• Invest deeply in arts, music, sports, and hands-on programs that build confidence, skills, and real-life opportunity.

• Make public colleges and universities affordable and accessible for all students.

• Eliminate student loan debt to free millions of people to be able to participate in the economy.

• Hold any corporations accountable that exploited student loan debt for profit.

Work should provide dignity, stability, and safety.

• Strengthen labor protections and aggressively enforce anti-trafficking laws.

• Strengthen union rights and actively support workers who want to organize.

• Invest in free job training based on what communities actually need, not what corporations say is profitable.

• Prioritize government contracts for small and locally owned businesses, not large corporations. Stop corporate subsidies, no-bid contracts, and special favors that block competition.

• Stop predatory corporate practices that undercut small businesses.

• Expand small business loans and grants

• Provide shared public infrastructure (distribution, payments, insurance, compliance support) that small businesses can use to compete.

• End wars driven by profit and resource extraction; no taxpayer dollars funding corporate gain overseas.

• Maintain a strong defensive military to protect the homeland, without engaging in unnecessary foreign conflicts.

• Stop the Pentagon and war profiteers from stealing taxpayer money; no overpriced weapons, no bloated contracts, no profit from destruction.

• End for-profit prisons so taxpayer dollars aren’t funding incarceration for profit.

• Cancel unjust fines, fees, and bail practices that trap people in debt and jail.

• Hold prosecutors, judges, and prison officials accountable for abuse of power.

• Invest in programs that prevent crime and support survivors of violence.

• Invest in programs for formerly incarcerated people.

• Why does American have the highest maternal mortality rate of all "developed" nations!?

• Create public-subsidized high quality prenatal, birth, and postpartum care and education, with real choice and informed consent.

• Provide one full year of paid parental leave.

• Massively expand childcare by subsidizing care and leasing unused government buildings to childcare providers for $1 per year.

• Provide safe, stable, and affordable housing to begin with!

• Prevent displacement and evictions before they happen!

• Offer full wraparound support, including mental health, substance use, and job training services. 

• Stop criminalizing homelessness with fines, arrests, or forced sweeps.

• Guarantee quality, accessible public healthcare options alongside private options—forcing the private market to compete on quality, not exploitation.

• Remove public-subsidized profit incentives that reward higher costs, over-treatment, and denial of care.

• Include dental and vision care as basic healthcare.

• Invest in local community clinics 

• Decentralize and protect health data

• Expand access to affordable, trauma-informed and liberation-based mental health care for all ages.

• Integrate mental health professionals into schools, emergency response, and community safety programs.

• Support community-based programs that prevent crises and provide early intervention.

• Legalize growing and having cannabis.

• Expunge past convictions.

• Protect small growers from corporate takeover.

• No data centers in District 35.

• Protect water & energy systems.

• Support decentralized, accountable data systems that serve people, not surveillance capitalism

• Get millionaires and billionaires out of politics. Overturn Citizens United.

• Establish citizen-led redistricting with real oversight and transparency.

• Invest heavily in civic education and participatory practices so people know how to use their power, not just vote and disappear.

• Protect clean soil and water from industrial contamination.

• Invest in localized, regional food systems that reduce dependence on monopolies and global networks; Support small and mid-scale farmers and ranchers; Support local food supply chains with food cooperatives and farmers markets

• Protect rural land and water from corporate exploitation.

• Expand access to healthcare, emergency services, and broadband.

• Support small farmers, local economies, and community-owned infrastructure.

• Invest HEAVILY in fire, EMS, and crisis response teams. Integrate mental health professionals into first response.

• Require strong cultural competency, de-escalation training, and real accountability for police.

• Invest in community violence intervention and prevention programs.

• End for profit prison system so there isn't incentive to criminalize people.

• Strengthen oversight of federal courts to ensure accountability and prevent corporate exploitation

• Expand funding for public defenders and civil legal aid so everyone has access to justice.

• Support laws that enforce civil rights and constitutional protections consistently, holding government and corporations accountable.

• Fund free public events, classes, and cultural programs through federal grants and support.

• Invest in libraries, recreation centers, and community spaces as hubs for learning, arts, and connection.

• Incentivize local nonprofits and municipalities to run accessible programs for all ages.

• Ensure federal resources reach communities directly, not corporations or corrupted community organizations.

• Hold the Federal Reserve accountable for policies and practices that drive up prices for everyday people. 

• Stop decisions that benefit banks and wealthy investors at the expense of working families. 

• Ensure monetary policy supports real production, infrastructure, and community well-being rather than speculation.