Kevin de Leon in 2018 CA Senate race
On Health Care:
For health care to be accessible, it must be affordable
In my district, the emergency room at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center is unfortunately the primary health care provider for many of my constituents.
We need to keep in mind that many working families struggle everyday to pay for their rent, utilities, and other necessities--in order for health care to be truly accessible, it must also be affordable.
Source: 2018 California Senate campaign website KevinDeLeon.com
Jan 1, 2018
On Crime:
Gang violence plagues our neighborhoods
While crime is down in Los Angeles, one of my greatest frustrations is the ongoing gang violence that continues to plague our neighborhoods. While walking precincts during my first campaign, I stumbled across bullet casings
on sidewalks--just feet from where children were playing. I have ever since been determined to get the handgun ammunition that fuels this violence out of the hands of criminals and gang-bangers.
Source: 2018 California Senate campaign website KevinDeLeon.com
Jan 1, 2018
On Drugs:
Not his issue, but supportive of legal pot
He has a 100 percent rating from cannabis advocates for his votes on marijuana reform issues. He isn't seen as a leader on cannabis policy. If anything, some advocates say, his strength is simply that he doesn't get in the way
of state legislation promoting a regulated marijuana industry. "Cannabis is not his issue, but he has voted the right way," said the California director for the National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws (NORML).
Source: Leafly.com on 2018 California Senate race
Sep 1, 2017
On Education:
Invest budget in education, from childcare thru college
In three years serving as the Senate's lead in negotiating the budget, Senator de Le¢n has secured critical investments that strengthen the bookends of a student's educational career, pushing for new investments in childcare and higher education.
Under his leadership, California has added over 20,000 additional slots for California students in the University of California and the California State University.
Both budgets during his tenure as Senate leader have been delivered on time, provided protective reserves, paid down debt,
provided relief funding for the drought, and wisely invested in children and working families.
Source: 2018 California Senatorial campaign website KevinDeLeon.com
Feb 22, 2018
On Immigration:
Abolish ICE at "Abolish Ice Cream Social"
De Le¢n's campaign has focused on the party's energized liberal faction. He supports single-payer healthcare, aggressive goals for renewable energy and helped lead the successful effort to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour. He has criticized
Feinstein, known for having moderate tendencies, for being too conciliatory toward Trump, such as when she urged people to have "patience" with the president last year.
On Friday night [at the Democratic State Convention which endorsed De Leon over his opponent Dianne Feinstein], De Le¢n hosted
an "ABOLISH ICE CREAM SOCIAL" for delegates, a nod toward the Democratic-led effort to abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency after its agents separated thousands of children from their parents after they crossed the border.
Source: Los Angeles Times on 2018 California Senate race
Jul 14, 2018
On Social Security:
Secure Choice: first automatic IRA program
Senator de Le¢n overcame powerful opposition from Wall Street to pass SB 1234, which created Secure Choice retirement-savings program for California's private-sector low-income workers. Secure Choice was the first automatic IRA program of its kind
in the nation and will help millions of Californians achieve retirement security when fully implemented.Senator de Le¢n was a lead negotiator with Governor Jerry Brown and the state's unions to secure a $15 minimum wage in
California, and then shepherded the legislation through both houses to the Governor's desk.
Senator de Le¢n has also authored workers' compensation reform that lowered insurance costs for businesses, while increasing workers' benefits.
He also authored legislation that strengthens the Labor Commissioner's authority in tackling the scourge of wage theft in cities across California--especially Los Angeles which has been dubbed the "Wage Theft Capital of the U.S."
Source: 2018 California Senatorial campaign website KevinDeLeon.com
Feb 22, 2018
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