Fund the Sheriff’s Department and Fire Authority, and prioritize law-enforcement, fire-protection, and emergency-response resources for first responders.
Supports fully funding law enforcement personnel and equipment, and backs tools to combat retail theft.
Issue with the biggest divide
Fentanyl response
Emphasize fentanyl enforcement and prevention, support stronger consequences for repeat fentanyl dealers, and highlight fentanyl education and naloxone distribution.
Supports providing public-safety personnel tools intended to stop fentanyl trafficking.
Small-business regulations
Reduce fees, permitting delays, and regulatory burdens affecting small businesses, and resist unfunded state requirements that impose local costs.
Supports advocacy for small businesses.
Homelessness services
Review homelessness expenditures for efficiency, require measurable provider results, and direct more attention to mental-health treatment and substance-use recovery.
Supports county solutions intended to reduce homelessness.
Behavioral-health services
Fund county behavioral-health capacity, prioritize the response to mental illness and substance use, and coordinate county, nonprofit, and faith-based providers.
Supports improving access to and quality of mental-health care.
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Experience
Assemblymember - District 72, California State Assembly
2014 to 2023Councilmember, Newport Beach City
2013 to 2014Owner Principal, Diane Dixon Global Consultants
2000 to 2011Senior Vice President Communications and Corporate Affairs, Chief Communications Officer, Avery Dennison Foundation
2021 to presentSupervisor - District 5, Orange County
2009 to presentPresident & Managing Attorney, The Foley Group, PLC
2018 to 2021Mayor, Costa Mesa City Council
2014 to 2018Councilmember, Costa Mesa City Council
