Career and educational opportunities contribute to the long-term prosperity of our state. To create sustainable, good-paying jobs, we must ensure that every child has access to quality education. This directly impacts every Los Angeles family – if we want our economy to grow and continue to lead, we must make sure that our children receive a world-class education and support services. We do this by investing in our public schools, parks, recreational sports programs, and libraries to provide the foundation our K-12 students need. 

With our state's $97.5 billion budget surplus, we have the resources to achieve these goals – but our wealth gap continues to grow. With this surplus, we need to invest in our public-school teachers and classified employees who are vital to our children's wellbeing. We know that low-income community students do not have the opportunity to receive these benefits and tend to be impacted by a lack of access to products that drive their creativity and passion. With this, I will work to prioritize additional resources for California students to pursue career and technical education opportunities that lead to good-paying jobs, as well as keep filming production in California and work with entertainment unions to help build a diverse pipeline of behind-the-camera talent with area schools. I will fight to bring additional funding to programs that were lost, such as sports, the arts, and STEM activities, and make investments so that all kids – no matter their zip code – benefit and thrive.