josh Hoover is a candidate for the California State Assembly. A long-time Folsom resident, his family moved to the area from the Central Valley in 1999.Josh serves as the Chief of Staff for California State Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, developing the Assemblyman’s annual legislative agenda and advising him on education issues. Throughout his time in the State Legislature, Josh has worked to put families first through his work to reform education, provide school choice, keep our neighborhoods safe, and make California more affordable.
Josh believes that California’s housing first approach to homelessness fails to prioritize the mental health and substance abuse issues that keep people in a cycle of homelessness. Josh will push for a comprehensive audit of all homelessness spending in California to identify the programs that work and divest from the programs that don’t. He also supports making our public spaces safer by clearing encampments near parks, schools, and daycare centers.