Rhonda Furin's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Rhonda Furin has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2021 Political Courage Test.
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| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| No | b) Do you support legalizing abortion when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| I support to protect the Mother's Life. | |||
| No | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| No | b) In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| No | c) Should businesses with over 500 employees be taxed for every employee they have? | ||
| I believe in setting budgets, incentives for job completions on time or in advance, and I don't believe in taxation. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support a limit on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| No | e) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| No | b) Should an individual under 18 accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the use of private prisons in California? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| e. Above question is vague, as if not given proper remediation and guidance, we may have to intervene with educating & building skills. A job with responsibility is a step in the right direction. | |||
| No | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support lowering state income taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| No | e) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of California? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support requiring employers to provide paid family leave? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| No | h) Do you support the creation of multi-housing in areas previously zoned for single family housing? | ||
| 3) I believe some jobs determined as minimum wage are designed to be a stepping stone to another skill or trade. It is very easy to distinguish a cook in a fast food chain from a developing chef. I believe in raises for a job well done. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in California? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in California? | ||
| No | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from California high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| c) I believe in merit pay based salaries for teachers. The misuse of tax dollars in California Education is astronomical. Full accountability and transparency must be required. Benefits in Education have been a one-size fits all. I believe we need other options and choices for teachers, | |||
| No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | b) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| No | d) Do you support state regulations on fuel economy standards? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support allowing homeowners to buy into a shared community solar energy system? | ||
| b) Limited regulations c) I don't believe in increasing state funding, I believe in finding better, less costly solutions. d) Limited regulations | |||
| No | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom after passing gun safety training? | ||
| No | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through California's health care programs? | ||
| No | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| No | d) Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| No | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| No | f) Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| a) Private sector should be an option. e) Vaccinations should be a choice amongst everyone. | |||
| No | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in California's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in California's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by California state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| I believe in promoting policies that protect and ensure the freedoms and liberties guaranteed to every California through our Constitution. If California were a sovereign nation, it would rank as the world's fifth-largest economy. Too many Californian's are being left behind. Housing is unaffordable and regulations on business have gotten out of control. It's said California has the worst quality of life. We need to cut the red tape to bring back jobs, cut taxes, and fix our crumbling infrastructure. | |||
| I have been an educator all my life and I am smart enough to know I am always learning. Bureaucrats in Washington D.C. think they know all the answers, but we know that's far from the case. Common Core has been a complete disaster and a repeated one-size fits all educational system is not the answer. Education needs to be localized with options for school choice, merit-based teacher pay, and charter schools. |
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