Finish the border wall, increase border patrol staffing, enforce immigration laws, and secure the southern border.
Supports a legal-status pathway for long-term residents, worker protections, and keeping families together.
Issue with the biggest divide
Infrastructure investment
Repeal gas taxes and lower fuel costs for commuters.
Use federal legislation and infrastructure investment to bring skilled, good-paying jobs to CA-23.
Clean energy standards
Support a market-based, multimodal energy approach, energy diversity, and environmental protection without overregulating energy production.
Support stronger emission standards and federal funding for clean energy jobs.
Veterans health services
Expand coverage for veterans exposed to burn pits, hold the VA accountable, fund the military, and raise troop pay.
Oppose Veterans Administration service and job cuts and protect quality and access to veterans’ care.
Affordable rental housing
Provide grants and technical assistance to faith-based organizations, colleges, and local governments seeking to increase the supply of affordable rental housing.
Invest in affordable rentals and pathways to homeownership.
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Experience
2021 to presentRepresentative, US House of Representatives
1988 to presentOwner, FarSight Studios
2014 to 2020Assembly Member - District 33, California State Assembly
2010 to 2014Council Member, Big Bear City Council
2024 to presentOwner, A Life Less Ordinary Therapy: Tessa Hodge, Licensed Clinical Social Worker PC
2025 to 2025Clinical Therapist, SAC Health
2021 to 2024Intervention Specialist, DESERT/MOUNTAIN CHILDREN'S CENTER
2020 to 2021Social Service Practitioner II, County of San Bernardino Children and Family Services
