Issues
I’m running for State Senate because I believe we deserve better: better politics, better representation, and better service.
As State Senator, you can count on me to:
Ensure access to quality healthcare that is affordable for every Californian.
Help businesses recover and retain their employees through grant and loan programs.
Assist students, parents, and teachers in adapting to the new distance learning and hybrid models.
Keep Californians healthy, especially our most vulnerable, during this public health crisis.
Honor our veterans by protecting and expanding the services and the support they receive.
Protect our environment, combat the climate crisis, and ensure clean air and water.
Read below for my thoughts on some of the most important issues our state is facing.
–Josh
Here in California, we can be proud of the fact that we boast the largest total number of veterans of any state in the nation.
And yet, programs and funding are falling well short of achieving their stated goals of helping veterans in their respective spheres.
I firmly believe that California can achieve its goal of 100% renewable and zero carbon energy by 2045, on its own and, perhaps just as importantly, in ways that will be affordable and reliable.
This is a crisis that will take urgency and a new approach to solve. In 2019, the state of California experienced the largest increase in the homeless population of any state in the US, with an increase of 21,306 people, more than the total increase across every other state combined.
There was a time, in the not-too-distant past, when a typical Californian could earn a college degree and simultaneously pay their tuition with a part-time job. Sadly, that is far from the case today.
Despite the fact that California has recently made desperately needed and promising improvements to our education systems, our state still ranks among the lowest in the nation when it comes to various metrics on education funding and outcomes.
As with anything related to fiscal planning, the key is balance. Not just balancing the budget, but balancing priorities in the form of the programs and initiatives that are being funded, to ensure that the best interests of the state are fully addressed in the most strategic and prudent fashion possible.
In today’s climate of special interest pressure and big money politics, the voices and concerns of average Californians are too often ignored.
In order to build a California workforce fully equipped for the 21st century economy, it is incumbent upon state government to play a proactive, strategic, and realistic role in devising policy solutions that promote the specific and varied educational and training needs of as many Californians as possible, up and down the education and income scales.
Keep neighborhoods safe and ensure fast emergency response times.
Josh is running for State Senate again to stand up against Donald Trump’s hate, division, and bigotry and work to end reckless partisan extremism.
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