2021 CA Governor's race: on Jobs


Doug Ose: Repeal law that employers provide benefits to more workers

[On Assembly Bill 5]: "I think we need to get our schools open, I think we need to get our businesses open, I think we need to tackle homelessness and drug addiction and mental illness that is so prevalent there. I think we need to repeal AB 5," he added, referring to the 2019 law known as Assembly Bill 5 that directs employers to provide benefits to more workers.
Source: Sacramento Bee on 2021 CA recall race Mar 16, 2021

Doug Ose: Opposed higher minimum wage; base income on productivity

Ose was a community activist and a leader of the Citrus Heights incorporation effort before running for former Rep. Vic Fazio's seat in 1998. Ose, then 43, owned duplex and mini-storage buildings. He opposed a higher minimum wage, arguing income should be based on productivity--and is not a government entitlement. "I'll work to hold government accountable for the money it spends, eliminate wasteful spending and make sure that taxpayers get their money's worth," he said during the campaign.
Source: Sacramento Bee on 2021 CA recall race Jan 23, 2018

John Cox: The real, true minimum wage should be zero

Businessman John Cox, who lost to Newsom in the 2018 governor's race, appeared to endorse eliminating the state's minimum wage law. "The real, true minimum wage... should be zero. It should be set between the employer and the employee," Cox said at one point.
Source: Associated Press on 2021 CA recall race Aug 5, 2021

Kevin Faulconer: Only one-sixth of staff are white, heterosexual males

Just one-sixth of his 29 staff members are white, heterosexual males. He founded a nonprofit called One San Diego that raises money for laptops and after-school programs in underprivileged areas. A booming economy has allowed Faulconer to add community-center hours across the city as well as to break ground on a $13 million new library in a low-income neighborhood. He also makes most of his major announcements in communities of color.
Source: The Atlantic Magazine on 2021 California recall race Jan 3, 2016

Kevin Faulconer: Make fixing unemployment system top technology project

State auditor Elaine Howle has reported that the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic left the department in disarray, handing out unemployment benefits to fraudsters while delaying payments to legitimate claimants. Faulconer outlined his three-point plan for reforming the EDD:
Source: Times of San Diego on 2021 CA recall race Mar 26, 2021

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