Home ownership is a goal that I think every Red Blooded American can agree on!

It's the American way of life, it's the American dream, and although some people aren't good at managing their own finances or have less than perfect credit history, it should still be an option, even if that means that we have to reinvent the concept.

As a Jewish American, I am very intimately aware of the amazing progress that Israel has had in solving their water crisis.

I say it's time we take a leaf from their book, and use our expansive ocean access to build Desalinization plants, providing fresh clean potable water to the entire state.  Then selling any excesses beyond reasonable reserves, to the highest bidder.

I believe California is already doing its part, and at the state level there's not a whole lot more we can do.

Obviously the climate changes regardless of the human impact and I think that it's time we as a people prepare for the inevitability of climate disasters far greater than we've ever experienced before.

I'm a big fan of the Northern European Penal System, in that there are very low recidivism rates and the focus is on building up the person in small group setting, as opposed to punishing the person (which leads to reinforcement of otherwise already damage social expectations).

There is only so much land in California to build upon. We have almost reached our capacity and must consider high density in the core of some cities and utilize the areas outside the inner city for single family dwellings.

It costs a billion dollars to convert water from the ocean to 100,000 households. Rather than build a High Speed Rail, we should be building desaltization plants to meet our water needs.

California has already mandated some items that will help meet the goal of carbon neutrality. All housing must provide solar heating and lighting capacity in the future. I would promote low cost solar panels to individual homeoweners at little or no cost to meet the goal in 2045. I would also provide the development of smaller panels and units that would provide the same capacity as the large panels but with less size.

I believe if you commit a crime, you should be incarerated. With an increase in populatlion, we will have more crime. I believe the inmates should be utilized to care for the institution that they are serving in and they should have to work for their room and board while serving their sentence.

Although most will agree that more building will stabilize demands, thus will create Affordable housing, it is more complex than that; there is not a singular remedy for the Affordable Housing crisis however these combinations and a very thought out inclusive plan, we can realize improvements:

(1)    Workers must be paid more wages; one that will sustain a roof over their heads, maintain their health with preventative care, decent meals on the table, a dignified retirement, and savings for the rainy days.

(2)    For the government to have gap resources in place for a period of time when people are in deep crises to provide help to maintain housing during a loss of employment or illness of the main wage earner; the qualifying criteria must be sensible and realistic.

(3)    Encourage more housing stock building of SFR, Multi-Family by providing tax incentives and ease building restrictions without compromising safety standards, quality work and materials, etc. and to have financing in place for low to moderate income earners that have sensible and realistic qualifying factors.

(4)     To have more than a temporary fix for the homeless, along with having homeless shelters and hotel vouchers as a solution, begin plans for permanency , multi-unit complexes in a housing community setting that includes preparation and maintenance, financing classes, education/on-the-job training sites, overall reintroduction which includes mental health wellness programs.

These are some ideas I have in mind to remedy the Affordable Housing crisis.

It depends on what you mean by the water needs….water needs for agriculture, needs for potable water, water to keep the grass green in country club golf courses.  The vast majority of water supply is in our northern California region, while southern California has the higher demand.  I will support legislation that will give us sustainable water resources as long as the consequences are minimal to the environment, our fish and wildlife.  That when we make plans to re-route water/water systems we take in to account and balance the effects vs. affect.

We must save our planet; I support any plans/legislation to renewable energy solutions from sunlight, water, wind, etc.  increasing solar power, wind power or any other alternative renewable energy to meet our goal of zero carbon, taking to account any consequences/alter effects to our natural resources/habitat.

We have to analyze and re-vamp the system.  Mass incarceration does not help our community and rehabilitate no one.  Albeit those who are a danger and menace to our society must and should remain in prison, however, those who are jailed for minors, misdemeanor charges, even felonies that are not a danger to our life and property, the minimum time serve must fit the crime or have other punishment in place.  Additionally, we must NOT privatize our prison system, because it may have the propensity to be a bounty.