Many of the most serious crimes, particularly murder, have spiked. Retail theft, violent crimes, and home invasions dominate the news and put our families in danger. One of the primary functions of government is public safety. The rights of criminals shouldn’t come before those of the victims. I opposed Proposition 47 and 57, and I was an early supporter of Proposition 20 to reverse their worst provisions. It is well known that organized theft rings are

California experienced a net loss of 2.6 million people to other states over the past decade. Since the pandemic, nearly 40,000 businesses have closed. The truth is, The State of California has a $42 billion “surplus” because you pay the highest gas taxes and some of the highest personal income taxes. In spite of this, our schools rank near the bottom, we have the highest poverty rate, some of the worst roads, and a terrible

After spending billions of dollars, California’s homelessness crisis is only getting worse. California makes up 29% of the homeless in the entire country while only being 12% of the nation’s total population. Unfortunately, too many politicians believe that throwing more money at the problem will solve it. It won’t. It hasn’t. It has only made it worse. Without addressing mental health issues, addiction, and rising housing costs, we aren’t fostering healthy communities. We need to do

During the 2020 fire season, an estimated 4.3 million acres burned, the most since record-keeping began. These forest fires emit more carbon emissions than all the cars on the road for an entire year. Sadly, those emissions are not included by the state in their scoping plan. Climate change is not the primary cause of California’s recent super fires. Misguided efforts have prohibited environmental health. Climate change must be addressed holistically. I believe Sacramento can

The state paid roughly $20 billion in fraudulent unemployment claims during the pandemic. Your tax dollars are being wasted by politicians and no one is held responsible. Their policies don’t match with the realities and needs of Californians. California has no plan to recoup those funds. We need to provide greater oversight and accounting of distributed funds. Have clawbacks written into state contracts for underperforming entities. California’s state government is trying to solve so many

California consumers pay electricity rates that are 60 percent higher than the national average. Offsetting costs to consumers with ever-increasing bills for an unstable power grid is unacceptable. We need to pause the regulators’ demands to reinvent the power supply based on an arbitrary schedule.  Californians’ deserve reliable and affordable electricity. I will appoint a Public Utilities Commission that gets back to basics — safe, affordable, and reliable power. It is 2022 and we live

California has haphazardly spent billions of state and federal money on its COVID response with lackluster results. We currently have massive rapid testing shortages and difficulties getting boosters, and businesses are closing their doors. California’s overpriced COVID lab in Valencia has routinely underperformed, failing to meet the contract’s goals for turnaround times and numbers of processed tests. But the state auto-renewed the yearlong contract at the end of October 2021. Additionally, converting the Sleep Train