Candidate for
Member of the State Assembly; District 53

1. Make Government More Accountable

• Better control spending to ensure government can provide vital services
• Require truly independent audits to cut fraud and waste.
• Eliminate pork barrel projects that cost taxpayers millions.
• Consolidate duplicated functions and departments.

• Oppose any future efforts to raise the car tax.
• Support the tax savings provided under Proposition 13.
• Oppose a "split roll property tax" which will tax business and thwart job creation.

• Prepare students for the future by ensuring they can read, write and speak English.
• Protect after-school programs and activities and provide safe and constructive alternatives to gangs, drugs and violence.
• Empower parents to have a greater say in curriculum and discipline.
• Reduce bureaucratic controls that tie the hands of school leaders and limit student achievement.

• Reform Californiašs energy policies so our state has reliable and affordable power.
• Keep taxes low to free up the ability of individuals to spend their own money and to control their own future.
• Work to stop businesses from leaving the state and do more to create and retain good jobs by promoting a more business friendly environment.

• Oppose giving illegal immigrants the ability to obtain California drivers' licenses.
• Continue efforts to ensure police and fire fighters have the tools needed to protect us.

• Guard our beaches from any form of pollution.
• Work with our refineries to reduce or eliminate serious emissions.
• Support efforts to improve the quality of life that has deteriorated because of noise from LAX.