We need long-term sustainable action plans that have permanent funding. 9/10 of the problem in California is misallocated resources. We need to meet the water needs of all in our community, including residential, commercial, agriculture, and secondary use. While in Sacramento, I would push for a desalination plant, owned by the public, that has proper levels of necessary minerals, such as magnesium. Would it not be better to refill our aquifers with good clean water, and not the chemically treated grey water with no knowledge of how it affects our land or our soil.

In my mind environmental concerns are at the heart of who we are as Californians, which is why it is important that we need to create solutions focused on long-term sustainability, and a balance between us and our environment.

In this district, but especially in Santa Cruz County, we have a lack of high quality, good paying jobs. In Santa Cruz we have moved from a manufacturing based economy to a service based economy, which does not allow for a high standard of living. People do not own their homes, can not afford to send their kids to college, and young adults graduating from college can not find gainful employment.  In the last 10 years 5 million citizens and 9,000 businesses have left our state, never to return. While I am not opposed to workers making more money, we must be realistic. Business in our community already have a tough time contorting from the regulations imposed by Sacramento. I am in favor of a two prong approach. One where the workers make more money but combined with freeing business from heavy regulation so they can pay their employees better, and sustains our local economy and community.