Here in the 27th District, we are all too familiar with the emerging threat of the climate crisis—experiencing wildfires in nearly every part of the district, air and water pollution, drought, and more.

For too long, federal agencies have fallen short in their stewardship, so we must fight to ensure accountability and reform. We have a lot of work to do to protect the air our children breathe and water they drink here at home, including shutting down the Aliso Canyon gas facility and ensuring aggressive oversight of our district’s two toxic waste clean-up sites, Santa Susana Field Laboratory and Whittaker Bermite, and three landfills, Sunshine Canyon, Chiquita Canyon, and Simi Valley.​

As Chair of the State Assembly's Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management, Christy co-authored a law that ensures first responders have mental healthcare covered in their workers’ compensation policy and worked to ensure communities had the resources needed in the face of growing wildfires. Christy held town halls to properly educate communities about wildfire resiliency and how to prevent loss of life, livelihood and property.

Now, Christy is an appointed member of the California Delta Stewardship Council where she works on issues like water supply reliability and ecosystem health with the council consisting of experts on agriculture, science, the environment and public service.

We must also invest in building a fully renewable and clean energy infrastructure using wind and solar to create good mortgage-paying jobs and combat the climate crisis so we can ensure our community is a place where families can live and thrive for generations to come, before it’s too late.