Candidate for
Member of the State Assembly; District 18

With your help, I have worked in the State Assembly to make East Bay communities safer, healthier, and more prosperous. But we have more work to do.

I am proud Governor Brown signed legislation I co-authored to strengthen regulations on high capacity ammunition magazines in California. As Chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Gun Violence in the East Bay, I continue the fight to stop senseless gun violence in our communities.

The legislature and Governor passed a second consecutive on-time, balanced budget with increased investments in education and healthcare. We made our minimum wage highest in the country, and became first in the nation to implement the Affordable Care Act, creating greater access to quality and affordable healthcare coverage.

San Leandro Hospital remains open and the Alameda Health System is strengthened under legislation I helped pass.

This year, the state restored millions of dollars in funding to East Bay public schools, with more local decision making authority by parents and education officials to help children most in need. We also increased access to early education programs for pre-kindergarten students and progressed toward universal preschool for California children. I successfully fought for increased funding for small businesses and the elimination of part-day preschool fees in this year's budget.

I led the successful statewide effort to permanently fix the teachers' retirement system, which will protect taxpayers and the retirement security teachers deserve.

I hope to earn your vote to keep fighting in the Assembly for the people of the East Bay.