Supports the California Universal Health Coverage Act, eliminating premiums, deductibles, and copays and funding universal healthcare through targeted taxes on extreme wealth.
Protect Medi-Cal and block work requirements while expanding maternal and mental health access.
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Small business taxes
Lower payroll taxes for small and mid-sized employers.
Make corporations pay their fair share and fund services families depend on.
Police and crisis response
Create prevention-focused police divisions, set public-safety staffing standards, and transform prisons into rehabilitation centers.
Treat public safety as a public health issue focused on prevention, survivor support, reentry, accountability, and restorative justice.
Child care access
Enact a Universal Childcare Guarantee Act, provide free childcare and early learning from birth to age five, and fund it through existing programs and a corporate responsibility fee.
Expand child care, universal pre-K, anti-poverty efforts, education equity, and cradle-to-career systems.
Incarcerated worker pay
Provide federal-wage employment for incarcerated people through Project IMPACT, with income split to support families and reentry savings.
Supports fair pay for incarcerated firefighters and workforce-development investments.
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Experience
2023 to 2024Housing and Homelessness Prevention, Program Manager, MNC Inspiring Success
2022 to 2023Clinical Team Lead, YAI
2021 to 2022Director of Social Services
2020 to 2021Social Worker, First Place for Youth
2021 to presentAssembly Member - District 18, California State Assembly
2014 to presentFounder & CEO, Literacy Lab
2019 to 2021CEO, Oakland Promise
2018 to 2021Board Member, Alameda Unified School District
