I’m a fourth-generation Californian, born in San Francisco and raised in Nevada County, California by my adoptive parents.

At 11 years old I began a quest to find my natural family, a goal that would remain entirely unrealized throughout my teenage years. Left with a continued sense of searching, I was spurred toward a life of adventure. As soon as I graduated from high school, and following the death of my adoptive mother from cancer, I set to travel. Ultimately, I explored nearly 60 countries, getting by on $10 a day while climbing mountains, hitchhiking, and experiencing every adventure I could find.

One such adventure was my joining a co-ed team training to ski to the South Pole. Despite giving the training my all, I was unable to raise the necessary $70,000 and could not join the expedition.

In response, I founded The American Women’s Trans-Antarctic Expedition and began pulling together the best female outdoor adventurers in the country, including Ann Bancroft, the first woman to reach the North Pole by foot, and other top Himalayan climbers. Ten months after organizing the team, however, I was told by the other members that as a beginner I lacked their experience of 15-20 years and as such, they kicked me off the team and went to the South Pole without me.

This time it took a year to recover from the blow, but when I did it was with the decision to cross Alaska by myself. First, though, I chose commercial fishing as a test of my fortitude. Thus my Alaskan adventure began on The Big Valley, an ill-fated vessel, which I would watch sink twelve years later along with my captain, Gary Edwards, and four other crew members, on a television show called The Deadliest Catch.

Satisfied with what commercial fishing taught me both about Alaska and myself, I moved to Homer in 1993, securing a job training Iditarod sled dogs, while I organized my trans-Alaskan journey. I also trained with two retired sled dogs who would help to pull my sled while I cross-country skied down the frozen Yukon River. In yet another setback though, the owner took the dogs back five days before I was to leave. He intended for me to give up.

I did not. Five days later, at 27 years old, at 55F below, I attached myself to the 160-pound sled. Filming for National Geographic, I skied and pulled my supplies down the frozen river. As it would turn out, I encountered another dog along the way who became my travel companion after I saved him from being shot.  

Much of what I faced along the journey was surmountable with minor adjustments. That was until halfway across the state, when the only “road” I knew, the frozen Yukon River, began melting prematurely below my feet. I had two options: give up or find a different way.

While I waited for the ice to finish melting, I stayed in a tiny log cabin along the bank of the river offered to me by the local Athabascan villagers. As the weather continued to warm, I pondered my next steps, the first of which, it would turn out, was just a few steps away.  Outside my front door, an old birch bark-style canoe that had been hidden under a snowbank slowly became visible. I finished digging it out before going to the elders of the village with my announcement: I was going to build my own canoe, all I needed were some tools. Unfortunately, the elders’ response was an emphatic, “No! Women don’t build canoes!”

Once again, I made the rounds in the village, but this time explaining to each of the elders, “No, you don’t understand. Where I come from, in California, that’s what women do! We’re canoe-builders! That’s our thing!”

Despite their initial reluctance, they lent me the necessary tools. I then proceeded to cut down three trees, split the trunks, and plane the 18-foot-long planks of birch and spruce. The villagers watched me, doubtful at first, but becoming increasingly interested in this odd white lady, building her own wooden canoe. Only after I completed planning and began assembling the wood, their skepticism was replaced with enthusiasm and support. Keeping my eye on the goal, I modified the boat for rough waters, and the locals began to offer advice, C-clamps, galvanized screws, and oil-based marine paint, helping me to improve and fortify the canoe.

The children were particularly engaged in what I was doing because it had no longer been customary to hand-build canoes in the village for the last two decades. Together, we would learn and relearn how to build a canoe, tapping into lost and primitive knowledge.

In this way, the canoe became the catalyst for deeper insights into our humanity. Our collective power and ability to share knowledge had not only created something both practical and poignant, it had greatly expanded my understanding and appreciation of what humanity is capable of. It also highlighted for me the real value of leadership and the inherent power and wisdom of our collective-genius when properly harnessed.

In a canoe fortified by a collective effort of young and old, an endeavor that blended the venerable knowledge of the Athabascans with the creativity and enthusiasm of those willing to undertake what seemed impossible, I was able to continue the final - and unexpected - leg of my journey. This 18-foot canoe, generally reserved for the calm waters of a muskrat pond, would now be able to endure the dangerous and pounding four-foot white-capped waves of the treacherous Bering Sea, allowing me to complete my 1,500-mile odyssey in four months and six days.

During this isolated winter solo trek, I learned, of all things, the exponential power of community and the human spirit. Lessons that came to serve as both the catalyst and guide for my community work.

For the rest of the story, and the lessons of legacy learned along the way, go to: https://www.thefoghornexpress.com/reinette-s-solo-alaskan-crossing

The extreme polarization of our current politics has blinded many of us to our common challenges and to our common cause in forging durable solutions. Our current politics has also left numerous communities, relationships, and economies in tatters.  We must stop this madness.  In order to bridge the dangerous chasm of this politically manufactured divide and mend the deep wounds inflicted over the last two years, we must focus our sights, collectively, on a far-reaching common goal that lifts us from our present myopic disharmony.

What most Californians don’t realize is that 80% of people agree on 90% of the issues. Not only is this a rule of thumb, but I have personally experienced this over and over again on the campaign trail.

Californians want to be able to make ends meet, and know that their children have a solid education and opportunities in the future. Californians want clean water, soil, air, and healthy food. They also want transparency and accountability within their government. They also want to know that their hard-earned dollars, and retirement, aren’t going to be usurped by over-taxation and inflation. 

We have everything and everyone we need to fix all that is wrong with our state.  We must tend to all the resources we have more carefully, wisely, and efficiently — our young people, our elders, our lands and waters, our communities, our creativity, and our finances — protecting the most vulnerable while supporting everyone to thrive in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I commit to you, all the people of California, that this will be my charge every day: to empower each and every one of you to lead a free and fulfilling life. This is why I am running for Governor as a decline-to-state, common-sense candidate, focused on core values and ethics and on implementing pragmatic solutions.  

When I am governor, Californians will once again have the freedom to manage their own day-to-day lives and the lives of their families. I will ensure that the state always provides comprehensive, transparent information in a clear manner, allowing Californians and their communities the ability to make informed decisions.  

Now is the time to commit to a common-sense, purpose-driven, local control system of self-governance that is centered around the health and well-being of all children, their parents, and caregivers, and all of the business owners, farmers, teachers, and workers who make this state golden.

This is why I have focused on rebuilding California’s economy based upon healing and restoration: Rebuilding our topsoil and pollinator populations, expanding regenerative farming, ensuring the legacy of family farms and ranches, expanding Indigenous stewardship, ensuring equitable water allocation, expanding community gardens and intergenerational centers, and restoring our forests.

In addition, it's time we bring back common-sense education that includes teaching the trades, critical thinking, and ultimately making "better humans" by graduation day. 

Along with my candidacy, I offer the Contract with California to empower all of us to rebuild our lives and our state.  Under my Contract with California, a 30-page blueprint, I weave together many of the best ideas from across California and beyond, to focus on a new foundation of common purpose and ideals for the people of California.

In 1988, the US Congress and Senate finally recognized the fundamental role that the principles of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy — the Great Law of the Iroquois — played in the creation of the US Constitution.  My Contract with California has been crafted in the same spirit, but with the re-inclusion of two of the most critical principles from the Great Law of the Iroquois that were not included in the Constitution: the Seventh Generation Principle and the Wisdom of Grandmothers and Elders Principle. 

“Every decision we make today 

should serve seven generations from now.”

My Contract with California embodies and celebrates the inherent value of always making decisions with an eye to the next seven generations—with an ear to our elders and the last seven generations.  Focusing on what is best for our children and using the basic wisdom that we have acquired over generations provides us with the means to step out of our current destructive trajectory, set aside our differences, and realign our priorities.  

This campaign supersedes politics and election cycles. This is about creating a cultural shift within California itself. We are much more powerful than we realize. Our leaders have led us to believe that our destiny is forged by their policies and legislation. Nothing could be further from the truth. 

On average, a person has 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts a day, many of which are connected to actions. This is where we stand in our leadership; realizing these tiny, and what seems like insignificant decisions add up over time. The more we realize this, the more we can embrace our power, and be effective in creating the future we all desire for ourselves and our children’s children.

It's time we provide measurement and a guiding light for our leadership and the decisions we make as a society: The Seventh General principle. 

Join me, as we forge this path together.

Jim Hanink, here. I'm from Inglewood. My wife Elizabeth and I are about to celebrate our 54th wedding anniversary. Our large family, like our neighborhood,  is racially diverse. For forty years I taught philosophy at Loyola Marymount University (LA). I'm a writer, blogger, videocaster, and organizer.

I am the candidate of the American Solidarity Party. Please see our California FB page! American-Solidarity Party of California!

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Robert Newman was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, but his family soon moved to California where his parents lived on a small farm, and his dad worked as a commercial fisherman.  They may not have been dirt poor, but they were pretty dusty.

Robert experienced all the joys of a farm boy, even after polio struck at the age of four.  The disease was devastating, but it could not keep the irrepressible youngster down.  He fought back.  He continually pulled his weight on the farm and even participated in sports at school.  He had, and still has a natural love of learning — about almost everything.  He could say, along with Thomas Jefferson, “There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.”

Robert has been married to the love of his life, Mary, for 57 years.  Their first home was a small trailer in a mobile home park; what they called a “trailer park” at that time.  Robert worked his way through college despite being at poverty level.  He continued his studies, earning a Ph.D. in research clinical psychology, and ran a very successful practice in Southern California for two decades, before returning to a small farm where he and Mary intended to spend the rest of their days.  God, however, had other plans.

Robert appreciates the wisdom of those who founded the United States and despairs at the foolishness of modern politicians who often disregard that wisdom for personal gain.  He has watched as the dream of 1776 turned into the nightmare of today.  He has experienced first hand the oppressive and unjust power of the state.  As much as he would have preferred to simply stay on his farm, he felt a powerful call to confront the many and varied abuses of government.  He knew that he could not stand idly by.  Our nation and its people deserve better, so Robert turned from the farm and the life that he loves so much to fight a fight that simply must be fought.  He got involved in local school boards, water agencies, community college districts, environmental agencies, and state government.

As a candidate for governor, Robert had to withdraw from some commitments.  He served on the Advisory Board of the Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe.  He was a frequently invited quest on Radio Nueva Vida (KEZY AM1240 in the Inland Empire and Los Angeles) and was heard on Revolution Radio.  He has also appeared on the Wiley Drake Show on Live TV.

Robert and Mary have two adult children and two adult grand children who all reside in California hence he has grave concerns about their future here in this state.  Therefore he challenges you to get involved, learn in detail about the U.S. Constitution (the supreme law of the land), and join the “California Revolution,” the campaign to save California and make it the great state it used to be.

It is exceedingly important that we know what we believe and why, in order to be grounded.  This approach to life protects the individual from falling prey to every wind of doctrine.  Adults are aware that something may be known but the knower may lack the ability to explain the position as to why it is known.  We are told by wise individuals that one should be ready for an accounting both in season (when one anticipates the need to share) and out of season (when one is caught by surprise).  The ability to put your philosophical position into words cannot be emphasized enough.

In addition to my position that my philosophy of life is dependent upon my mind, the thinking/rational part of my psyche, I also know I have an affective element which is the element of the mind as well as bodily feelings.  These elements may be subdivided though that is not necessary for one's understanding.  It is essential that one understands that the mind, emotions and body are inextricably one.  They coexist; they interact continuously. 

Where does the spiritual element enter into the picture?  For me it is primarily a rational, cognitive matter.  I know my God, Jehovah, and God's son Jesus from an intellectual premise.  From that base I know that I am loved and have eternal security, an awareness of security that began a long time ago.  I know that the certainty I have in God provides direction and guidance in life.  I am comforted to know that my life has meaning and purpose.  I know that I am created in God's image.  I know that I am not an evolving being whose ancestors crawled out of the primordial ooze a long time ago.

God created all human beings.  He loves, as we used to sing in Sunday School:  “Red, [Brown] and yellow, black and white, They are precious in His sight; Jesus loves the little children of the world.”  This awareness is extended to others whom I must respect and then assume my appropriate responsibilities and allow those with the capacity to do so to assume theirs.  This includes the unborn, the infirm and limited as well as the elderly who have made their contributions in life.  In many locations the Bible clearly states that we are to care for the widows and orphans.  “To whom much is given, much is expected; to whom much more is given, much more is expected,” (Luke 12:48).  And I have been given much more.

Because I have been given much more, much more is required of me.  I have the responsibility to take care of myself, my family, and others, as needed from time to time.  II Thessalonians 3.10 states, “…if any would not work, neither shall he eat.”  I strongly believe in the work ethic.  Work structures life and work well done gives satisfaction. 

I believe that every citizen has civic responsibilities.  In the United States of America we have a Constitution based upon The Holy Scriptures.  Citizens have the right to vote for whom they believe will best represent them.  I believe citizens have not only the right to vote and also a duty; that duty necessitates some knowledge of the issues and of the candidates.  I believe that we are held accountable to God for our vote.  (The citizen’s political party should be carefully chosen based upon the “Party Platform Statement.”  Excerpts from the two main parties, Republican Platform and Democrat Platform, i.e., what they believe, are included here for the reader’s edification.)  These excerpts are from the 2012 Republican and Democrat platforms because their statements were clear.  Currently, the parties have bought into “word salads” which make the platform more palatable but much less clear and much more confusing.  (Please note that the Democrat Party has somewhat morphed into the “Democratic Party.”)  The platforms will only cover five issues:  Life, Marriage, Second Amendment (Firearms), Conscience in Health Care, and The U.S. Constitution.  These topics or issues are of great concern to Christians.

Republicans believe in the sanctity of human life and that the unborn is a human being with individual rights.  And Republicans are opposed to using public monies to perform abortions or subsidize organizations or health care which covers abortions.  Republicans believe in marriage as between one man and one woman.  And Republicans believe in The U.S. Constitution, “The Supreme Law of the Land,” the foundation which holds our country firm.  The Second Amendment is the right to keep and bear arms which Republicans believe is tantamount to law-abiding citizen’s protection.

The Democrats believe that a woman has the right to make decisions about her pregnancy, including a legal abortion and that the father of he baby should have no voice in the matter..  Democrats support access to affordable family planning, i.e Planned Parenthood health centers.  Democrats believe marriage should be available to same-sex couples.  Democrats believe women should have health insurance which covers abortion.  And Democrats view The Constitution as a “living document” which means it is changeable at any wind of doctrine.  This is exemplified  in the Democrat’s view of the desire to mutate the Second Amendment.  The Second Amendment to keep and bear arms is seen by Democrats as subject to “reasonable regulation.”  And they would like to ban assault weapons.

I believe that my philosophy of life can be seen throughout the writings in this book.  It is my hope that readers will examine their position and stand on the many issues which confront us in life.

Galatians 6.10:  “As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.”  Let me conclude with a word of admonition from James 4.17:  “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is a sin.”

Leo Zacky is a 4^th Generation Californian and member of the Zacky Farms Poultry Family. He worked his way up from the bottom after attending The University of Arizona, eventually becoming Vice President of Zacky Farms having gone through a thorough and hands on learning experience working every job in the business. Upon joining the company, he became a Board Member of the California Poultry Federation where he would travel to Washington D.C. and Sacramento to meet with Senators, Congressmen, State Reps, the FDA and the USDA. Hard work and long hours do not phase Leo, especially when he is passionate about what he is doing. After California forced Leo and his family out of business after 90 years and having been at one point the largest privately owned employer in the state as well as arguably the largest poultry producer on the west coast, Leo took to aiding his grandmother through the gut-wrenching processes of closing a life-long family-owned business in January of 2019.

Leo has always been a Patriot and proud of his country. These were instilled in him by his grandfathers who had fought in The Second World War and in Korea. Leo has a deep understanding of history because he knows, “those who do not learn history, are doomed to repeat it.” Leo is also an active supporter of The Halo For Freedom Warrior Foundation. Leo’s love of country goes beyond just honoring and respecting those who have fought and died for our great nation, he stands for freedom in all its forms and against tyranny. Leo was attacked by ANTIFA while putting out a fire in Washington D.C. after Donald Trump’s inauguration, and was proudly in attendance at the rallies at Freedom Plaza and on the Capitol Grounds on January 6^th. “Freedom for the whole world is what is at stake here. I have nothing to lose but my life and my freedom, and I’m not about to lose my freedom.”

Leo has many friends from around the world and all walks of life, and is an avid hockey player. Everyone who comes to know Leo falls in love with him as his honest, sincere, and outgoing spirit gravitates people towards him. Generosity, loyalty, funny, and brilliant are words often associated with Leo. Leo is never someone who plays the victim and encourages others to take life into their own hands. Leo loves California and is tired of the decay and destruction of his home state. He has crafted well-thought-out, common-sense approaches in detail to many of California’s foundational issues, including: The Homeless Crisis, Drought, Crime, Wildfires, Education, and Corruption to name a few. Leo knows that the only way to fix these issues is by working together to achieve our goals and by putting petty issues aside. Leo is someone who is known for bringing folks together with his ability to compromise without surrendering his morals, values, and principles.

Many people assume Leo was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, however that couldn’t be further from the truth. Leo was born to parents who should never have had children to put it lightly, but he doesn’t dwell on that, and rather looks at it as a positive because he “…learned firsthand exactly what not to be.”

Leo is well respected in the poultry industry and is known for being a leader, problem solver, and not afraid of getting his hands dirty. His direct hands-on approach was huge boon to his business. Sadly, those efforts could not outpace California’s ever increasing minimum wage, business taxes, water costs, regulations, and environmental restrictions.

Leo has a vast knowledge and understanding of the Deep State Globalist Banking Cartel who are behind the Coivid-19 Scam-demic and many other nefarious dealings like child sex trafficking, market manipulation, and false flag attacks, and is not one to shy away from exposing them.

Leo Zacky is exactly what Californian’s need. He is the man who will unite everyone with his plans for California. He has state wide positive name recognition, actual solutions, common sense, and no second agenda.

America First and a Constituionalist. I am running for all Californians to fix California's key foundational issues and bring progress and prosperity to everyone.

Jenny Rae is an accomplished business owner, author, and strategic advisor with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Jenny Rae co-built tech companies in the energy and financial services industries before purchasing Management Consulted, a private tech-enabled services company. She knows the limitations our state has placed on the American Dream – and she’s ready for us to do better.

Jenny Rae is a frequent presenter at Harvard Business School, the Wharton School of Business, and over 60 other top institutions, and has been quoted in Forbes, Business Insider, and other business publications.

One year ago, in the midst of the many crises gripping California, Jenny Rae said, “Someone should do something.” She modeled her own COVID plan using publicly available data and hosted conversations about the future of public policy.

After meeting with groups around California, she recognized major gaps in both policy and process, leading her to announce her candidacy for Governor of California.

New Transformational Leadership & Fundamental Change is Coming.

Since 1995 as a San Francisco peaceful warrior champion, I fearlessly battled the Most Corrupt Machine in America that amassed unprecedented power & wealth, rigged the economic & political system to make the superrich richer, and caused ever-expanding criminal prosecutions.

34 Years of Exceptional Award-winning Public Service: Administrator, Safety Security Risk Expert & Analyst building the industry-leading City and County of San Francisco International Airport into an economic powerhouse creating 300,000 jobs & $62.5 billion in business sales annually (1987-2018); Department Head Assistant & Aging Specialist reorganizing the City and County of San Francisco Aging Commission into a model city department (1981-1984).

Prior Impactful Leadership Positions: 2021 Most Qualified California Gubernatorial Democratic Candidate; 2019 Democratic Party Runner-up for San Francisco Mayor; City and County of San Francisco Environmental Commissioner; President, Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods; Executive Board Member, Service Employees International Union (790); Environmental Justice Pioneer; Nationally-known Successful Community Organizer.

50 Years of Activism & Accomplishments: Organized the winning coalition that passed the most restrictive commercial office highrise growth control law in the nation; Started term-limits for politicians on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; Defeated corporate welfare sports facilities promoted by the superrich; Headed the public power movement in San Francisco; Testified before Congress against privatization of national parks; Led the effort to close the last two fossil-fueled burning power plants in San Francisco; Crafted open government law; Drafted detailed plan to cleanup radioactive-contaminated closed military bases; Adopted the first landmark City and County of San Francisco Sustainability Plan.

Media Characterizations: “hero”; “incorruptible”; “courageous”; “tough”; “principled”; “honest”; “liberal”; “left”; “empathetic”; “personable”; “knowledgeable”.

Family & Education: Son of extraordinary mother &  Italian American science teacher; Married Asian American immigrant; Step-grandfather to African Americans, Cambodian Americans & Filipino Americans; Related to signers of the Declaration of Independence & Constitution; Jesuit-educated; Master in Public Administration, University of San Francisco.

As a prominent, popular, public-interest 99% game-changer Inclusive-Populist-Progressive-Democrat, who received over 297,000 votes in California elections, I will govern as America’s most effective progressive governor.

Incorruptible*Independent*Berniecrat*Democrat.

The governor of California, the most populous state in the nation with the fifth largest economy of the world, has executive authority to lead state government while working with the state legislature and the electorate. The California Governor works to change legislation, regulation, and policy.

As the new Democratic Governor of California, I will restore, reinvent, and reimagine the Golden California Dream by implementing a new groundbreaking Equal-Opportunity-for-All-to-Succeed Platform.

As governor, I will:

Enact free, universal, high-quality healthcare, education prekindergarten-through-college, childcare & job training fully-funded by wealthy individuals & corporations, government revenues, and high-income workers.

Raise minimum wage to $18.50-an-hour with no exceptions & annual upward cost-of-living adjustments.

End homelessness, poverty, gender-based violence, mass incarceration, death penalty, war-on-drugs & institutional racism.

Pass best tenant protection, civil rights, gun safety & police reform laws in the nation.

Build large-scale multi-unit permanent affordable housing.

Eliminate taxes & fees on small businesses for 5 years.

Increase taxes on wealthy individuals & corporations.

Reverse economic inequality & expand economic democracy.

Disempower top 1% economic elite.

Empower nonviolent mass movements.

Reinvent California into the first zero-carbon-emissions state in the nation.

Restructure energy utilities into one full-service consumer-owned statewide public power system that operates efficiently, reliably, sustainably & safely with 15% lower rates.

Convert to non-nuclear 100% clean renewable energy.

Establish free public transit.

Cease fracking & oil drilling.

Reduce inequities, disparities & the gap between rich & poor.

Challenge corporate & tech agendas.

Rejuvenate inclusive & diverse participatory democracy. 

Remove corrupt influence of private money from politics by mandating 100% publicly-funded candidate campaigns & elections.

Prohibit elected representatives from meeting with lobbyists.

Halt government waste, fraud, abuse, inefficiency, mismanagement & corruption.

Make safety, security, opportunity & well-being accessible to all.

Confront bias, discrimination & bigotry.

Reopen Robert Kennedy murder investigation.

Launch advertising-free, public interest-oriented, high-value alternative media (television, radio & print) completely-funded by taxing corporate media & big tech 2.5% of gross sales in California annually.

Create just, livable & flourishing California for all.  

As CEO and founder of one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in America and contributing member of the Forbes Agency Council, Anthony has a unique approach to bringing a diverse group of people, ideas and perspectives together to build solutions that address and overcome complex challenges facing California like the cost of living, modernization of the education system, post statewide shutdown recovery of businesses, homelessness crisis, healthcare, water, fire resources in our local communities.

While this may be his first political campaign, his family has a rich history of looking ahead to build a better future—without the overreaching involvement of government.

Anthony’s grandparents fled Cuba during Castro’s revolution. They sought the promise of the American Dream right here in California—for their family and for their children. They rolled up their sleeves, started a small business that still exists in Los Angeles, CA today and built a life they could be proud of.

Like his parents and grandparents before him, Anthony was born with an entrepreneurial spirit and a deep desire to build something from the ground up. He saw that the system was setup to keep minorities dependent on government and didn’t promote independence or self-reliance. Wanting to blaze a trail for those who would have the courage to follow, he started his first business in Los Angeles.

“Our first meal as a family in our new apartment was Hamburger Helper—without the hamburger. We just didn’t have any more than that, but we had each other and our faith. That was enough.” Despite adversity, he thrived.

“I know first-hand what it’s like to have sleepless nights worrying about providing for your family. But Ialso know the potential that California offers. Through tenacity, hard work, faith and the entrepreneurial spirit instilled in me by my parents and their parents, I created something better in California for my family and for others.”

Today, the business he started over 20 years ago is flourishing. Over the past year, while politicians were busy closing business and choking our economy, Anthony was busy creating jobs and providing opportunities. Traffik was named the fastest growing privately held company by Inc 5000.

“Through my agency, I get to work with global brands, innovative startups and Fortune 500 companies to create solutions that drive demand and establish deeply meaningful connections between brands and their audiences. We constantly push ourselves to apply data in more effective ways, engage audiences across every touchpoint, develop innovative solutions and reimagine traditional models to improve the lives of our clients’ audiences by empowering highly informed decisions through authentic, deeply meaningful engagement.”

But some of the most meaningful work Anthony has done is with local organizations that are on the front lines battling homelessness, providing support and relief for families dealing with childhood illness and advocating for youth trapped in the foster care system. In 2021 Anthony was named “Miracle Maker of the Year”, for his 12-year work with ‘Miracles for Kids’ a charity organization that helps families with critically-ill children fight bankruptcy, homelessness, hunger and depression—so they can fight for their kids’ lives.

Why I'm running for Ca Governor

I am an immigrant from Belfast, Northern Ireland.  We came to the USA and California and it was a dream state where there was so much opporunity.  I got my cosmetology license and eventually opened my own salon where staff could grow and prosper, like I want for all Californians.  I listen to hudreds of people a week, from all different political parties, economic and ethnic bacgrounds.  I can make decisions that are fair, fast, economical and are what the people are saying what they need and whatis lacking.  I am not owned by any union or lobby.  

I am fiscally conservative and socially liberal.  I am pro peace, non-violence, social justice & equal opportunity, pro choice (for everything including school), sustanable environment, pro business and support those who wear a badge who serve and protect.

I owned Anderson's Ornemtal Iron from 1980 to 1985 and then changed the Name to Anderson Iron Works & Fabrication Inc. due to a change in my license to do Low rise structural steel buildens ( AIWF) from 1985 to 2009 but hung in there for 1 more year 2010..for a total of 30 years.. Some of my work came out in LA Stile Magazine & Architectural Records Magazine.. I do have the magazines if you wish to see:  Economy brought me down, I also own Americal Builders Inc., remodeling of homes and businesses I then Slightly changed the name and added Inspection Services.Due to A friend from the city of LA, Materials control I took classes and was Certified for inspection of structural steel, welding, in the past years I got along with, Engineers, Architect, City and County officials, During Business I had 3 Attorneys that taught me many things in business as well as a friend, spent time talking about business.& Political issues .And solving problems and issues. Makeing me more value in business and with people.This is when I had Anderson's. Having a business for 30 years, really is something. We also talked about people in genera.. The Economy & Covid-19 caused Americal Builders and Inspection services Inc. take a dip and put it on the shelf ( not closed, on hold ) due to the economy work was slow and people taking longer to pay, A friend told me about a bridge in Long Beach they were having problems & issues with people and the bridge. knowing what I know and business slow, and I already built 3 small pedestrian brides, and I always wanted to build a bigger bridge, I then helped build the Gerald Desmon Bridge, Rams Statmem stadium, Lucas Museum.I then broke my leg in two places and twisted my ankle,& knee. Some work started to come up for Americal Builders, but I needed to take time off due to leg issues and COVID continue to put guys on & off the job. A real pain on top of a pain I'm having to hold out,a little longer ..

Wile having time off due to my leg I started taking notice at the news, with all the allegations of crazy essence that is going on is so stupid and people being so disrespectful,hateful is crazy. Homeless people,Had me now thinking about past issues at a job site. A homeless person stopped seen me telling someone to double check his drawings because he is screwing up. The homeless guy then said what do I do I said I have my own privat business in doing construction inspection. He said he just wanted to know who his employees are he said your paying me in taxes, This jerk is right. I told him he should go to school, he said there's one down the street. But has more fun watching the job. Well I went down to that school. No one was in there I ask the proctor where's everyone at. She said they pop in once in a wile. I picked up a sandwich and went back to that school. A black guy and a white guy showed up proctor said you guys stink and they really did you can smell them 5 feet away. She told them to level and come back when there all cleaned up with clean clothes. The white guy said that will take me 2 days on foot to get there and 2 days to come back, the black guy said, ya I hear that. For some reason that bothered me. I then talk to them out side, went down the street, got them both a sandwich and soda,and pick a little information. That seam to be very interesting at the time. I have no idea why I did that .. I spent an hour and a half With them..And I new I had to get back to work. I Talked to other homeless people the next day on the job, I had more information on what they feel and what they don't. I found it interesting. I remember this when I was laying on the couch. With a double broken leg. I started looking at that problem and other issues. Then more and more, reading,makeing phone calls collecting information, and trying to salvage a broken state, it seems, I am finding answers. All my friends are in business, and speaking to a few they say well how come no one hasn't come up with that ..Good question.. A very good friend that owns 4 car washes a graphic design company and an auto body business we always go snow skiing even said you should be Governor. Your solving all the problems and your content is very good..Yes I can fix the problem we now having and it's easier than you think... and I'm continuing finding more and more issues. For instance no one is talking about food coming from China a while back many people died, and many people were very sick.It seems  A washer that cleans the carrots, peas, corn broke down. Looking into this China use's people poop and urine to grow the food we get..in 2012 it is said they found human growth hormones, but not enough to be of concern.Really. What about Now..because of the Covid virus  I called and ask if they noticed Covid and vaccines in the food. Some one ask who am I.. I told them and they hung up. A no answer is an answer.... We are going to get our food right here, & China is about to loose an account.

This is Cristian Morales’ (@CMoralesCAGOV) first venture into politics, running as a Republican for California Governor. Cristian brings valuable experience in other ways, leveraging his personal and business qualifications. Born in Guatemala and raised by highly educated Guatemalan parents, the family immigrated to the U.S. during the 1970’s Cold War. Inspired by his family, Cristian went on to earn a Masters in Industrial and Labor Relations and a Bachelor of Science in Management from Cornell and Purdue. A 20+ year career spent in manufacturing factories (Automotive/Aerospace/Defense) leading multicultural teams from every demographic and age group, combined with his early upbringing in Guatemala has shaped Cristian into an insightful and broad-minded leader. His political belief system stems from his personal background and management approach – he genuinely connects with people and is known in the workplace as an advocate For All Voices. A fair-minded, accomplished businessman, Cristian wants to take that further into politics focusing on California’s labor movement, immigration, and economic issues.

PURPOSE:

Be the Labor Candidate for Governor of California, and the first Latino representing the voices of the working class — improve the quality of education to give Californians the skills needed to be competitive in the market, and make it affordable to do business in the state again, bringing back job opportunities for the disenfranchised blue-collar worker. Immigration will also be at the forefront of Cristian’s plan, aligning with the work already begun with his non-profit Northern Triangle.

The main pillars that I aim to address as Governor are the economy, Covid, housing costs, crime, homelessness, health care, and civil rights. California is ranked worst or near the bottom in every measurable metric regarding the above. Governor Gavin Newsom is failing us and causing an exodus of jobs from California that has accelerated since he became Governor. His inaction to resolve these issues or worse willful actions will lead to a loss of the majority of manufacturing and working-class manual labor jobs from California. The Democratic Party has moved on from being the party of labor to the party of elites, Big Tech, Hollywood, and the media. The Republican Party is now the party of labor and owes it to the working class to advocate for them. Companies that once would consider California as a place to do business now no longer even would consider moving their company to California.

Together, with your support, we can make a change - revitalize the California Dream. It won’t be easy. The deck is stacked against us. However, with faith, we can begin to turn and improve things around for all Californians.

Brian Dahle has served in the California Legislature since 2012, when he was elected to represent California's 1st Assembly District.  He won a special election to the California Senate in 2019.

In the Legislature, he has worked on a bipartisan basis to promote wildfire safety and forest health, protect rural healthcare, and expand broadband availability for unserved communities, and build new water storage. He supports lower taxes and reducing the countless regulations that make living and doing business in California so expensive.

Before winning election to the Legislature, Brian served four terms on the Lassen County Board of Supervisors, was a member of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy's board.  He also served as the chair of the National Association of Counties' Western Interstate Region and of the Regional Council of Rural Counties.

He still runs his family farm and a seed and trucking business in Lassen County.

The basic functions of government --- public safety, education, roads --- are vital to society and must be done well.  But our state government has taken on far more than it can effectively manage and we're all suffering under the bureaucracy that has created.  

Decisions should be made as close as possible to the people affected.  I believe in local control and the importance of our local govenments, including counties and school districts whose leaders are elected by their communities.

Taxes should be lower.  It is the people's money, and when the state government is running an enormous supplus as it is now, we should be cutting taxes and letting Californians keep their money for their own families.

I believe in accountability for crime.  For the past decade, California has been telling more and more criminals that their actions have no consequences.  This has having terrible effects on families, neighborhoods and businesses.  

Luis J. Rodriguez has emerged as one of the leading Chicano writers in the country with sixteen nationally published books in memoir, fiction, nonfiction, children's literature, and poetry. Luis' poetry has won a California Arts Council Legacy Fellowship, a Poetry Center Book Award, a PEN Josephine Miles Literary Award, and a Patterson Poetry Life Achievement Award, among others. From 2014-2016, Luis served as Los Angeles’s official Poet Laureate. His two illustrated and bilingual children's books, America is Her Name and It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way: A Barrio Story, have won a Patterson Young Adult Book Award, two Skipping Stones Honor Award, and a Parent's Choice Book Award.

Luis is best known for the 1993 memoir of gang life, Always Running, La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. A best seller, the memoir also garnered a Carl Sandburg Literary Award, a Chicago Sun-Times Book Award, and was designated a New York Times Notable Book. The memoir is popular among teachers and young people. It’s known as one of the most checked out books in libraries—and one of the most stolen! Despite this, the American Library Association has called Always Running one of the 100 most censored books in the United States.

In addition to the above honors, Luis has received a Los Angeles Times’ Robert Kirsch Life Achievement Award, a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award, a Lannan Fellowship for Poetry, a Hispanic Heritage Award for Literature, a National Association for Poetry Therapy Public Service Award, an Illinois Author of the Year Award, and several fellowships from Illinois, Chicago, North Carolina, California, and Los Angeles, among others.

Luis’s publishers are Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Seven Stories Press, Lee & Low Books, Curbstone Books/Northwestern University Press, Tia Chucha Press, and C&C Books. His poetry collections include Poems Across the Pavement, The Concrete River,  Trochemoche, My Nature is Hunger: New & Selected Poems, and Borrowed Bones.He also has another memoir, It Calls You Back: An Odyssey Through Love, Addiction, Revolutions & Healing. And he has a non-fiction on work with troubled communities through arts and healing, Hearts and Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times. His most recent book was released in 2020, From Our Land to Our Land: Essays, Journeys & Imaginings of a Native Xicanx Writer. His fiction books include The Republic of East LA: Stories and Music of the Mill: A Novel.

Luis has been praised for helping start several prominent organizations, such as Chicago's Guild Complex, one of the largest literary arts organizations in Chicago, and its publishing wing, Tia Chucha Press. Luis and his wife Trini twenty years ago also co-founded Tia Chucha' Centro Cultural & Bookstore—a bookstore, workshop center, performance space, art gallery, and media center—in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles.

Luis has spent over 40 years doing writing workshops, readings, and talks in prisons, juvenile lockups, homeless shelters, migrant camps, universities, public and private schools, conferences, libraries, bookstores, Native American reservations, and men's retreats throughout the United States. He has also traveled to Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Japan doing similar work.

Luis has been part of the Mosaic Multicultural Foundation's Men's Conferences since 1994 with Mosaic founder Michael Meade and other teachers such as West African teacher elder Malidoma Some and American Buddhist Jack Kornfield. At these conferences involving men of all walks of life, the complex but vital issues of race, class, gender, and personal rage are addressed with dialogue, ritual, story, poetry, and art.

In 2001, Luis Rodriguez became one of fifty individuals from around the world to be recognized as an Unsung Hero of Compassion; an honor bestowed on him by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Luis' work has also been widely anthologized, including in Letters of a Nation: A Collection of Extraordinary American Letters and the Outlaw Bible of American Literature. His poems and articles have appeared in college and high school textbooks throughout the United States and Europe. He has done radio productions and writing for L.A.'s KPFK-FM, California Public Radio as well as Chicago's WMAQ-AM's All-News radio and WBEZ-FM. His writings have also appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Nation, U.S. News & World Report, L.A. Weekly, Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, San Jose Mercury, Grand Street, American Poetry Review, Brooklyn Rail, Yes! Magazine, and Huntington Post, among others.

For over 30 years. Luis has been active in Indigenous people’s movements and spiritual practices, drawing from his own Mexica (Aztec) and Raramuri (Tarahumara) roots. His teachers also come from the Dine (Navajo), Lakota, and Akimel O’odham in the United States as well as Maya (Mexico and Guatemala) and Quechua (Peru).

Luis has run for public office several times, including as Vice-Presidential candidate with Rocky Anderson for President with the Justice Party in 2012. He’s run for California governor in 2014 and in 2022, both times endorsed by the California Green Party and others, including most recently the Peace & Freedom Party and the Justice Party.

Bradley graduated cum laude with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Telecommunications Management.

He spent 15 years in IT, working for the corporate offices of Fed Ex Kinkos (Dallas, Tx), Ebay and Paypal Corporations (San Jose, Ca.), and Upper Deck Corporation (Carlsbad, Ca.), to name a few. He has handling being an IT Support Engineer, Asset Manager and Executive Support, before becoming San Diego's children's book author.

As an author, Bradley has written 50 books since 2014, donating 100% royalties to San Diego County public schools. He has held free book readings for over 50,000 in Southern California alone, and continues to be active with schools, non-profits and libraries throughout Southern California.

He recently has started his own political podcast show, has been coaching AYSO soccer for over 7 years, as well as continuing his book publishing and fundraising efforts, helping to raise over $500,000 for schools, libraries and non-profits since 2014.

I believe the only way to end issues like homelessness, the housing crisis, climate issues, etc. is to SOLVE problems, as opposed to the political approach to "band aid" temporary fixes, costing taxpayers year after year. With my proposals to these issues, once these problems are solved, their will no longer be a need for the State to budget for them year after year.

Along with reeling in exuberant Government spend on unnecessary or wrongly implemented State projects (i.e. speed rail from San Francisco to Los Angeles), I intend to pursue plans for solving our dwindling water supply as well as the growing threats of devastating wildfires that plague our State.

As Governor, I will work to bring business and freedoms back to our state. I support small and family-owned businesses and will work to bring large jobs and revenue-generating businesses back to California. I support freedom: freedom of parents to raise their children, freedom to make our own medical decisions, and freedom to live our lives without government overreach.

With our eyes on tomorrow we will build a bright and sustainable future for our children. We will do this by placing our hands firmly on today’s problems and implementing statewide strategies to recover from the personal and economic losses resulting from the outbreak and mandated lockdowns of COVID-19. Together we will address the economy, the environment, education, societal equality, safety and security, our infrastructure and the growing homelessness rate. My decades of public service have prepared me to move California forward. Join me as we honor Constitutional freedoms and restore our great state to it place as a leader in global economics.