I will work for you in the State Assembly to address California’s core challenges: housing, homelessness, and climate change. As a scientist and neighborhood leader, I will tackle these issues with all my technical training, the urgency they demand, and a commitment to improving your life, your family’s life, and our community.
Increase funding for governmental and non-profit social services, including after school, theater/arts/music, peer mentoring, and vocational programs. For every ten community-building nonprofits in a neigborhood, there is a 9% drop in the murder rate, a 6% drop in violent crimes, and a 4% drop in property crimes on average. We need to fund and promote the creation of such organizations everywhere, particularly in underserved communities.
Encourage law enforcement officers to be hired from within the communities they serve. Communities should be made safe by the people who live in them. The state should financially reward community recruitment and training.