I am proud of a lot of things, but what I am not proud of is: systematic racism in our communities through schools, industrial plants, contamination, an emerging police state. I do not support health insurance, instead I support healthcare for all or MediCare for all, [I’m] not proud of No on [Proposition] 10, not proud of high levels of cancer in this district, not proud [that] teachers can’t get reduced class sizes, college students are in debt. [I’m] not proud of continuous marginalization of undocumented folks. Believe it or not there are white undocumented folks out there, even people from Asia and the Middle East, it’s not just Mexicans or Latinos.
My team and I will continue to engage residents living in the 33rd District regardless of legal status. We are committed activist that are here for long term change. We in this campaign have heard the concerns of the people and everyone is tired of career politicians, Democratic or Republican. While people believe they are Democrat or Republican, there is a party that unites party leaders and divides people like me and you, and that’s the corporate party. Society needs to understand that the political spectrum is made of four quadrants and in that there is a magnifying glass that its size and the direction it moves toward is created by politicians that have no desire to serve the people that put their asses there. And pay their salaries.
On the contrary, I will work with the people daily if I am elected to [hear] out their interests first, because I am only accountable to the community and can only make [decisions] with them. Other elected officials will need to jump on board and follow what I will do and also execute the people’s needs, otherwise the people will put their ass out office.
Yes, I support those pieces of legislation. I also fully agree that we must have state-led reform on the oversight of our police departments. I would add that the requirements we place on individuals in California to become a physician, nurse, teacher, barber, accountant, lawyer, beautician, and other careers are often far more stringent than what we require of our police officers.
The state has made it very clear that the requirements to teach our children, save a life, keep our finances in order, cut our hair, and a whole host of other things require education standards and licensing above what we require for the only individuals in our society we give the right to use deadly force. We must revisit the minimum standards and requirements we have in place to give any individual in California the right to use deadly force.
I support [the repeal of] Prop 13 because while for example Disney makes a shitload of money they pay nothing in property taxes and pay peanuts to their employees. We need to stop giving handout[s] to big corporations and individuals with many properties in California that pay nothing in taxes because people are struggling to pay rent. We need to secure funding for rent control and this is one of they way to do it.
I will [repeal] the Costa-Hawkins Act and allow for rent control and work with local organizations and members of the community to bring clarity because a lot of working class people aspiring to buy homes or middle class people thought No on [Prop] 10 was a bad idea. It is my commitment to bring awareness and thorough comprehension of what these both mean.
Furthermore, I will ensure that rent control is governed by the state. I do not believe city government’s can be held accountable to do the right thing, therefore my team and I will work with cities in the 33rd to come to real comprehensive reform. The person in Long Beach that was drafting rent control decided not to move forward with it because he wanted to pocket the money instead of covering the expense for supplies. He’s based off of a church, and to make things worse, the legislation was not beneficial, so we had two failures in one. I know because I went looking for him. Pathetic he hides in a church… When I am elected that will not happen. Real representation and the majority of the members will be renters. If Long beach wishes to pursue rent control again, I suggest only have one person that’s a property owner can be on the committee, or have ZERO! You want to secure rent control for your city, we need to be aggressive, because poverty is aggressive and has no limits.
I will tap into the state funds and build affordable housing in [Long Beach] while stopping all approved developer projects causing gentrification.
I will perform a “Throwback Thursday” bill that will make it mandatory for renters to pay the amount of rent they paid 12 years ago. If we want to eliminate poverty we need to put a limit on the big expenses that decrease the value of our labor, hence our dollar. Time is not money, money is an accumulation of time.
I am not in support of the Interstate 710 Expansion Project. Before we address the issues of traffic, we need to address the issues of pollution and harm. People living off of the 710 many have cancer, because the particles of contamination are brought and dumped with the semi-trucks. We need to take care of those people first, because freeways can be expanded, rebuilt people cannot.
Furthermore, this ties into my comprehensive Green New Deal, BOLDER CLEANER GREENER. If we want to expand the 710 we need to begin the discussion and application of a truly green society by 2025. I am in support of the 710 expansion only if renewable-energy semi-trucks replace all the existing fossil fuel. Furthermore the people that have been living around the 710 are compensated by the companies and the state that caused their cancer and other family issues this may have caused. And evidently they need the best medical care. If we can address the real issues then I am in complete support, otherwise I am not.
When I am elected I will fight for increasing renter protections. So for example tenants are still obligated to pay the increase in rent, even if their stove is not working, or their sink is clogged renters do not have the right to withhold rent for these day-to-day issues. Yes they can itemize for the repair, but the loss of money when eating out, by which the person intended to eat at home but couldn’t because their stove is messed up, is not a valuable reason to withhold rent in the eyes of the court.
I will work to change that. There was a recent article that I read that relates to this. The little things such as this really screw up the working class. How I know this aspect of the law, well I know an attorney that is the pitbull when it comes to unlawful detainers, she writes law books. Sonya Molho. I know that when rent is increased, everything in the unit becomes more valuable; the court also doesn’t see this but it should. Therefore, I will make it illegal to raise the rent when the basics aren’t working.
And when things are working, landlords will be able to raise the rent by a fifth of a percent. Overall, I will roll back the prices of rent to what we were paying 12 years ago. If otherwise that doesn’t work, my team and I have a grassroots strategy that could work with community efforts, but this is all collaboration.
Part of the Bolder Cleaner and Greener Green New Deal is to address issues affecting the community.
My team and I will initiate lawsuits in favor of the community to ensure that their homes are paid out the market value.
Secondly, if there are renters living in those areas, I want to secure that they get about $15,000 in relocation money from the agency conducting this. We cannot continue dislocating families because we have projects. Initially, $15,000 sounds like a lot of money, but it doesn’t compare to the government handouts given to corporations, where they pay little in taxes, zero in taxes like Netflix or get refunds. My commitment is to work in support anti-displacement issues.
Furthermore, I will stop a previous vote by the WATER BOARD to allocate water for almonds, by which only hipsters can afford and not working class. The working class needs clean water. We need to focus our water system to be efficient and the LA River is the perfect way to lead by example by installing spheres that allow for renewable energy throughout its course.
Instead we should have clean water for people living in the district. People in Maywood and Cudahy don’t have clean water. People in Pico Rivera also don’t have clean water, what I’m saying is it’s not just in the 33rd, its nationwide—Flint! We are not having another fucking Flint! An injustice somewhere is an injustice everywhere. I use this language because I want you to convey the anger and rage that this causes in me. Its happening nationally and locally.
I will create a space in my office to support and collaborate with your organization to support people and I want to be part of this matter and get the necessary information to represent our community.
I want to hold weekly meetings on weekends for an action plan. Action plans, action plans, ACTION PLANS.
[Governor Gavin Newsom] should focus on addressing climate change before a high-speed rail that takes too long and demands too much money and might be destroyed or unsuitable 10 years from now because the planet will be extremely hot, according to the scientific community. [Newsom] should cancel it and focus on completely stopping the sale of gasoline-operated cars by 2025. We need to survive and a high-speed rail doesn’t address rent control, affordable housing, a living wage, education for all, etc.
Some of the remedies that I would introduce are laws that educate our society that sexuality is fluid. I believe that sexuality is far more developed than the Kinsey scale, and through education our children need to understand that we cannot place such a big emphasis on sexual orientation when it is only a small aspect of our identity. That needs to be the reminder in people’s minds that could prevent hate crimes due to our limited knowledge. We need to respect people’s privacy but [intervene] when their safety/privacy is at risk.
The labor market also needs to address this because there are industries where LGBTQ are discriminated and we need to be mindful of this because it could be there is some correlation between hate crimes arising from industries that heavily discriminate against LGBTQ. I will work to address these industries that have a high discrimination rate
I will also support language that incorporates homophobia and transphobia as determining factors against hate speech and crimes.
Additionally, I will support the various state funded centers that will support resources for victims of hate crime for the LGBTQ community in every city. And hire psychiatrist and staff that are culturally unbiased to support our community.
Furthermore, I will work with mental health professionals and LGBTQ centers that could develop comprehensive intake sheets to document the consequences brought to this person and their families because they have been victims of hate crime. Through the number of consequences or the magnitude, I want to allow victims of hate crimes to take time off work, hold their job, put them in a new job, allow them to have more access to education, relocation assistance, and replace other material damages caused by hate crime.
Of course if there is severe physical, emotional, mental damage, we should cover the full cost of their damage for their lifetime.
If people wish to undergo a sex change, I will consider the medical expense as medical and not cosmetic, because some people go into debt for this and that not right. People should aspire to be who they want to be and this also falls under healthcare for all.
And if they have gone through a sex change and their body has been damaged by the hate crime, we should cover the full cost of restoration to ensure they can continue to live their life as trans male to female or female to male.
