Issue Position: My top legislative priorities include:
Issue Position
Protecting women's health and a woman's right to choose by serving as the Chair of the Select Committee on Women's Reproductive Health -- the first select committee in the nation dedicated to women's reproductive health
Securing millions in funding for local projects, including local parks and recreation programs, local environmental programs and more
Helping local governments earn more funding from competitive state transportation grants so our region is able to get our fair share of state transportation funding
Working to fund our public schools by bringing California's education spending up to the national per pupil average or higher (AB 39)
Strengthening gun safety laws by prohibiting anyone who goes through a court-ordered mental health from possessing a firearm while in the program (AB 1121) and modernizing the process that oversees the transfer of firearms in estates or trusts (AB 1292)
Protecting victims of human trafficking from retribution by protecting their privacy when seeking professional help (AB 1735) and preventing the sexual exploitation of our youth by ensuring court-ordered visitation monitors are required to go through background checks before interacting with children (AB 1175)
Ensuring Californians have more access to quality, affordable health care by streamlining the open enrollment period for Covered California (AB 1309)
Protecting children and adults alike with severe food allergies from health risks by requiring food servers to understand of allergens and cross-contamination issues by authoring a bill in honor of Natalie Giorgi, who died at 13 years old after being exposed to a deadly allergen at summer camp (AB 1532)
Making college more affordable for certain California students by removing income exclusions which penalize families on CalWORKs (AB 807)
Helping small farmers succeed, reducing water consumption and protecting drinking water by codifying a program to provide small farms with grants to convert to micro-irrigation systems (AB 1086)
Providing key protections for the nearly 100,000 California students who attend online for-profit and out-of-state schools by requiring these schools comply with state accreditation requirements (AB 1344)
Protecting the environment, including increasing penalties who illegally dump garbage (AB 1216) and working to electrify and modernize California's ports (AB 1594)
Streamlining the development process for certain transportation projects with higher quality construction and design, as well as managing costs by authoring a bill to improve transportation construction projects around the state (AB 1475)
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