Alex Padilla in Survey of 2022 Senate campaign websites
On Education:
Expanded after school programs; reduced class sizes
Alex was elected to the Los Angeles City Council as a political outsider at the age of 26. As a councilman, he expanded after school programs to serve 16 schools in his district, worked to reduce class sizes and built state-of-art
libraries and museums in a community that had none. He recruited and retained local jobs and brought more job training programs to the Valley.
Source: 2022 California Senate campaign website Alex-Padilla.com
Dec 23, 2020
On Energy & Oil:
Got state agency to increase use of renewable energy
Alex was elected to the Los Angeles City Council as a political outsider at the age of 26. He fought to close and limit the expansion of the landfills that had plagued his community for so long, to clean up local air and water and to
face climate change by requiring the city's biggest polluter, the Department of Water and Power, to dramatically increase renewable energy.
Source: 2022 California Senate campaign website Alex-Padilla.com
Dec 23, 2020
On Energy & Oil:
2006: for solar power, modernizing electrical grid
In 2006, Alex was elected to the State Senate. He passed landmark legislation increasing renewable energy standards, expanding green manufacturing and solar power,
developing clean fuels and modernizing the electrical grid.
Source: 2022 California Senate campaign website Alex-Padilla.com
Dec 23, 2020
On Government Reform:
Implemented same-day voter registration
Alex has worked to make our elections more accessible and inclusive, while fighting to protect the integrity of our voting systems:- Voter registration is at an all-time high - over 22 million Californians are registered to vote, the highest rate
in 68 years.
- Implemented innovations like same-day registration, online pre-registration for 16- and 17-year olds and automatic voter registration.
- Modernized voting systems to prevent hacking, fraud and manipulation.
Source: 2022 California Senate campaign website Alex-Padilla.com
Dec 23, 2020
On Gun Control:
2006: Stopped felons from possessing body armor
In 2006, Alex was elected to the State Senate. He passed common-sense gun safety measures
like tracking stolen guns and stopping felons from possessing body armor
Source: 2022 California Senate campaign website Alex-Padilla.com
Dec 23, 2020
On Health Care:
2006: Fought for universal health care
In 2006, Alex was elected to the State Senate. He fought for universal health care, stopping tobacco sales to minors,
fighting diabetes and obesity, expanding patient protections and improving food safety.
Source: 2022 California Senate campaign website Alex-Padilla.com
Dec 23, 2020
On Principles & Values:
Son of Mexican immigrants; taught him value of education
My parents, Ernesto and Lupe Padilla, came to California in 1968. They met in Los Angeles, both recently arrived from Mexico. They got married and applied for green cards in that order.
I grew up in the Northeast San Fernando Valley. It was there my parents taught us about the value of education. They taught us that no matter who you are or where you live you can be anything. That's the California Dream I was raised to believe in.
Source: 2022 California Senate campaign website Alex-Padilla.com
Dec 23, 2020
On Principles & Values:
Became a teenage activist on crime, environmental racism
It was the conditions in his neighborhood growing up and the feeling that the Northeast Valley was always overlooked and left behind that awakened Alex's political activism.
As a teenager, he had helped organize neighbors to take back the streets from crime. At the age of 15, he joined his mother to protest environmental racism and demand closure of the Lopez Canyon Landfill.
Source: 2022 California Senate campaign website Alex-Padilla.com
Dec 23, 2020
On Technology:
Bill created statewide Earthquake Early Warning System
In 2006, Alex was elected to the State Senate. As an engineer, he fought for the ethical advancement of science and technology.
He authored legislation protecting Californians from discrimination based on genetic information and wrote the bill creating a statewide Earthquake Early Warning System.
Source: 2022 California Senate campaign website Alex-Padilla.com
Dec 23, 2020
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