I served as Los Angeles City Councilwoman for the residents of District 9 which includes Downtown, Little Tokyo, and South LA. During my 12-year tenure I led catalytic projects such as LA Live, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, and the new Police Administrative Building. I brought in $15 billion in investment, $52 million in net new tax revenue for the City of Los Angeles, and approximately 90,000 full-time jobs.
Quality healthcare must be available to all–not a privilege for the affluent. It’s a sad fact that healthcare is still far too expensive and way too complex for those with greatest need to easily access. We can and must do better. We’ve made some progress by passing a law to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices and cap annual prescription drug costs. That’s a great beginning but there is certainly much more work to do.
In June 2020, the House of Representatives passed HR 1425, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act, which would have amended Obamacare by establishing an Improve Health Insurance Affordability Fund to reduce health insurance premiums and greatly expand access to insurance coverage. The Act died in the Senate, however.