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Kelly is a native of Southern Califonia who currently resides in Murrieta. He has been married for 35 years and he and his wife have raised three daughters. Kelly is a 35 year veteran of the fire service, starting his career as a paid reserve for La Verne Fire department, then serving 18 years with the City of Inglewood before finishing his career as a Battalion Chief for the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Kelly became involved in local politics in 1997 after being elected to the Murrieta City Council. He went on to serve a total of 13 years on the council and served as Mayor for 4 years. While on the council, Kelly represented the City on numerous county boards and commissions. He served as the President of the Mayors and Councils department for the League of California Cities and also Chaired the Public Safety Committee in 2006. In 2019, Kelly received the Outstanding Public Servant award from the Riverside Division of the League of Cities. In 2020, Kelly was elected to the California State Assembly to represent the 67th Assembly District.
While working as a firefighter and raising a family, Kelly took the opportunity to attend College where he earned an A.S. Degree in Fire Science from Mt. SAC, a B.S. Degree in Fire Administration and Technology from CSU Los Angeles, and finally a Masters Degree (MPA) in Public Administration from CSU Long Beach.
Currently, as a member of the State Assembly, Kelly serves on 8 committees. He is Vice Chair of Elections, Housing and Community Development, and Emergency Management. He also serves on Natural Resources, Labor and Employment, Public Safety, Rev and Tax and PERS.
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I am currently engaged with local housing advocacy groups to identify and promote new and innovative ways to assure that everyone has access to safe and stable housing. This can include everything from simply building more homes, to finding effective ways to use existing structures more effectively.
We MUST harness the power of the sun anywhere and everywhere we can here in California. Solar needs to be available to all, and programs that currently help lower income residents MUST be better promoted and expanded to cover more people. There is zero reason why we should continue to use non-renewable resources, when California has such a huge opportunity.
Furthermore, I wish to bring us closer to a full electric vehicle future. We MUST build the infrastructure to make this need a reality, including the standardization of equipment, the expansion of charging stations, and the ability to bring the costs of these vehicles down, so that everyone will soon have the opportunity to trade into the future. A cash for clunkers type program would be extremely valuable in helping to take gas-guzzlers off the road, bringing down overall costs, and greatly improving our environment over the long run.
What programs or strategies would you suggest to meet the educational needs of young, low-income Californians?
What programs, proposals, projects, or legislation would you support to meet the water needs of all Californians?
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