We are a country of immigrants. We have an orderly process of legal immigration, which has strengthened our national core. We also have many undocumented immigrants, who contribute to our workforce and pay taxes. I support a pathway to citizenship, and this should be a priority for Congress.

Our government has been one of legislative compromises beginning with the many drafts of the US Constitution.  Both sides of the aisle can come to agreement on so may issues, for example the Chemical Safety act (HR 2576) just passed in the House in May 2016 with a 403 to 12 vote.  Setting aside ideologies and labels, and passing legislation that benefits the people of this nation can be achieved by negotiation and dialog.

We have the best armed forces of any country in the world.  We must continue to be vigilant against any potential aggression by nations possessing nuclear weapons such as North Korea and Russia. The war torn Middle East countries Iraq and Syria pose great challenges.  ISIS poses a global threat  that must be defeated.  Our duty is to employ maximum, diplomatic, economic, and cyber weapons, work with our United Nations allies, and to support the military efforts of front line Middle East nations.

Fresh water is critical to the millions of people who live in California, and to our agricultural economy. Protecting our Sierra Nevada Mountain snowpack and watershed should to be our first priority.  Scientific management of watershed forests  requires Federal funding, which I will support. More efficient use of water both at home and on the farm can be achieved through funding research, and technologies.  Climate change and drought will challenge California, and Federal initiatives to counter climate change are essential.

The economy needs people in the fields where many immigrants work. Politicians act like they do not want immigrants in our country, while at the same time know that they must be let in to support our low paying jobs in the fields. Agricultural workers are going to be here one way or another. Since they are here illegally, they have less worker rights, which is good for business, but bad for the immigrants.

Also, the US is famous for high education institutions and we take a lot of the smartest people into the world into our country to go to our schools. Many of the smartest people in the world end up staying here, which is a problem for the "brain drain" within the other countries, but a benefit for the United States. These immigrants create technologies which keep the USA #1!

Examples of immigrants that improved our country:

Albert Einstein

Elon Musk-SpaceX, Tesla, Paypal, Solar City

Sergey Bren-Google

Alexander Graham Bell

John Muir

Also, many rich people from around the world immigrate to America and bring their money with them, which is good for the US economy.

I believe our entire political system, including immigration reform needs to be reformed, so that it does not cater only to special interests who pay for political campaigns!

We do have a reverse immigration problem. Many corporations have merged with other smaller corporations so they can move to a country where they do not have to pay taxes. They call this a tax inversion and is a problem.

I will not accept campaign contributions and will not have an incentive to play political favors to those objecting to good legislation.

I have absolutely no respect for the status-quo politician who is sold out to the highest campaign contributor.

If elected, it would provide hope for others that are disillusioned with the system. If someone can win an election without taking money, then others will run for office without taking money. In the mean time, most people are discouraged and give up on the idea that real change can really happen.

Most voters would agree that most voters are stupid for voting for someone, just because they have a pretty colored sign on the side of the road. Be part of the solution? Make a difference and vote against the pretty sign. It is easy to check on the Internet at www.opensecrets.org for how much money a politician has raised. Vote against the politician who raised the most money.

My campaign is not about me, it is about a political system that is run by large campaign contributions and politicians that will do anything to get that money in order to get elected. My campaign is about starting a new paradigm, where people educated themselves about the money and throw out the bums. I agree that my chances of winning this election are small, but over time, I am hoping that my message will amplify. The greatest Republican of all, Abe Lincoln lost many elections and I hope to follow in his footsteps.

I would like to change our two-party system.

Weapons manufactures, aircraft manufacturers, Halliburton and many more multi-national corporations that make huge campaign contributions benefit greatly from conflicts in the Middle East. Usually, unless we are giving someone military support in the Middle East, the people in the Middle East resent outside influence from the United States in the region. Before we enter another conflict in the Middle East, we should require that all of these business that would benefit economically from a war should not be allowed to contribute to the politicians that are deciding to go to war or intervene.

I often have jobs and work in the Middle East and there are a lot of good people in countries that many Americans fear. There are good and bad people everywhere. I have taught solar classes to good engineers (good hard working family men and women) in Lebanon, Pakistan, Qatar and Oman.

I am torn between letting people in the Middle East solve their own problems and helping people that are getting killed now. There is an opinion that the US invasion of Iraq, (where there were not weapons of mass destruction) has caused an imbalance in the region, which has led to ISIS.

The US is allied with many non-democratic countries. Many countries spend a lot of money lobbying/influencing our politicians and influencing USA discourse.

America should be a democracy of the people, not the corporation. America should not defend entities that do not respect human rights.

We are going to eventually need to get water from wetter regions than within our state. Anything else is a temporary fix. Population is increasing, droughts are common, temperatures are rising and aquifers are drying up. Tweaking the limited water supply in the Delta is only a temporary fix. It is very wet to the north of California and eventually we will get water from the north and it will cost a lot. As world populations increase, water for farming is becoming increasingly scarce. It may be that the wars of the future will be fought over access to water. Some people say that the war in Syria would not have happened and ISIS would not have formed if there were more water for farming. Crops get thirsty, people get hungry, people get angry and a small percentage of them chose to die as martyrs. The “water wars” that we have in California are tame compared to the slaughter going on in Africa due to drought.

Desalination is very expensive, but it is a potential solution, especially with the exponentially decreasing costs of solar energy and technology.