Jerry Brown MyOcracy topics and responses

Civil Rights

Support marriage rights between same-sex individuals

• 2010-08-11: Opposes Amendment to prevent same sex marriage
• 2008-12-23: The right to marry is sacred for gay and straight people

  Support for gun rights

• 2013-12-17: Pushed back against liberals on gun control

  Abortion rights: Women should choose

• 2010-11-02: Uncompromising champion of a woman's right to choose

  Support for gun control measures

• 2013-10-12: Ban hunting with lead bullets; but detachable magazines OK

Economic Issues

Invest money in more public projects to improve infrastructure

• 2011-01-10: Proposes balanced budget and $12.5 billion in cuts

  Taxes for wealthier tax payers: More

• 2011-01-31: Only choice is raise taxes to deal with extreme difficulty

Education Issues

Support school vouchers

• 2013-12-16: No government-imposed standards for public schools
• 2011-01-31: Let people vote to avoid cutting schools & colleges
• 2010-11-01: Give school districts more flexibility and hold accountable

  Reduce federal government involvement with public education

• 2013-01-24: Consider subsidiarity: central authority only if local fails

Environmental Issues

Eliminate tax incentives and/or subsidies to the fossil fuel industry

• 2013-01-24: CO2 emissions could warm planet by 7 degrees
• 2011-01-01: Clean energy investment produces jobs for CA
• 2010-11-02: Clean Energy Jobs Plan: invest to replace fossil fuel

  Invest in the creation and further development of mass transit systems

• 2014-02-08: 32-year quest to build nation's first high-speed rail line
• 2011-11-01: Supports high speed rail in CA to create jobs, ease traffic

  Use tax incentives for wind energy development and use

• 2011-11-02: Letter to Congress supporting renewable energy tax credit

  Support cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

• 2014-01-05: Pay for high-speed rail project with cap-and-trade revenue

Healthcare Issues

Establish government-assisted non-profit organizations from which all taxpayers would obtain health insurance

• 2013-01-24: Get started on ObamaCare, then expand Medi-Cal

  Provide single-payer health insurance coverage to all taxpayers direct from government

• 2010-08-11: Supports government-run healthcare

Immigration

Provide amnesty for undocumented individuals

• 2011-10-08: Signed AB131: undocumented students college financial aid
• 2011-10-08: Supports state aid to illegals' children and DREAM Act