State of California secondary Archives: on Welfare & Poverty
Jimmy Panetta:
More affordable housing units in new developments
We have experienced a rapid rise in the cost of housing at a time when income for working Americans has hardly budged. Jimmy knows that what was once a need for affordable housing for low income Americans has burgeoned into a crisis for middle-class
Americans who have been priced out of rents and the ability to buy a home in our communities. That's why he is committed to fighting for a greater percentage of affordable housing units in new market-rate development projects and set-asides to fund
non-profit housing that is accessible for working and middle-class Americans. In December, Congress made the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit more generous, helping to finance the construction of more affordable rental housing.
Jimmy's goal is to find ways to keep this federal program going, monitor its success, and push to find other ways the federal government can create a win-win of construction jobs and money to finance low to moderate income housing.
Source: 2016 CA House campaign website JimmyPanettaForCongress.com
Nov 8, 2016
John Cox:
Public-private partnership with churches can help homeless
Treatment is the key. Although just 12% of the U.S. population lives in California, 27% of the U.S. homeless population lives in California. To solve this issue, California leaders must enforce our laws and strengthen our mental health and drug
treatment programs. A public-private partnership with Churches and other non-profits can help house and treat our homeless population. Conservatorships and other means of requiring treatment have to be used to clean up this problem.
Source: Campaign website JohnCox.com for 2021 CA recall race
Feb 15, 2021
Kevin Faulconer:
Cut red tape; promote policies to get people off the street
As governor, Kevin Faulconer will bring his compassionate and results-oriented approach to all of California. He will expand access to mental health services and addiction treatment. He will use proven solutions that give people a safe place to sleep,
get on their feet, and get the help they need. He will cut red tape and promote policies that get people off the street and into a home. And he will clean up the garbage and filth generated by encampments that are not only eyesores but public health
hazards.As governor, Kevin Faulconer will fight so you can keep more of the money you earn. He will veto any tax increase that comes to his desk. And he will defend
Proposition 13 to support homeowners and small businesses. You work hard to live within your means, and he will run a fiscally responsible government that does the same.
Source: Campaign website KevinFaulconer.com for 2021 CA recall race
Feb 14, 2021
Kevin Paffrath:
Current system traps people into poverty programs
Look at welfare. Welfare says, "Oh, well, if you want to be on welfare, you have to go work." What happens? People go on welfare, then they get a minimum wage job and guess what happens? They're stuck forever. They never leave welfare.
The same thing happens with rent control. They get stuck in rent control, they never move, they never build wealth. The programs we have right now trap people into the poverty programs.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle on 2021 CA recall race
Aug 25, 2021
Laura Smith:
Homeless people pour into California for free money & food
Homelessness in California has been an ongoing issue for decades but has recently skyrocketed out of control as an influx of homeless persons from all other states pour into California for free money, food, and housing given to these who refuse to
work and pay their fair share. Unsanitary conditions pose a serious threat to the neighboring working communities, causing unsafe environments for law--abiding citizens.
Source: 2022 CA Governor campaign site LauraSmithForCAgovernor.com
Aug 2, 2021
Lily Zhou:
Group homes for mentally ill solves homelessness
There's two causes for the homeless. One is the mental and the other one is the circumstances. So if we can find out what causes the mental illness, I mean for them to become homeless, then we can target to them. All I need is $10,000 to $100,000 to
start, run a home, bring the homeless, you know, depending each room, maybe four to a room, bring the homeless and make them own this community. And then we can have that community everywhere. And there's no more homeless.
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune on 2022 CA Senate race
Jan 9, 2020
Ron Paul:
Welfare state isn't in the Constitution
Q: A long time ago, a fellow Texan was horrified to see young kids coming into the classroom hungry. The young student teacher later went on to be Pres. Lyndon Johnson. Providing nutrition at schools for children--is that a role of the federal government
PAUL: Well, I'm sure, when he did that, he did it with local government, and there's no rules against that. That'd be fine. But that doesn't imply that you want to endorse the entire welfare state. No; it isn't authorized in the Constitution for us to
run a welfare state. And it doesn't work. All it's filled up with is mandates. But, yes, if there are poor people in Texas, we have a responsibility--I'd like to see it as voluntary as possible--but under our Constitution, our states have that right--if
they feel the obligation, they have a perfect right to. This whole idea that there's something wrong with people who don't lavish out free stuff from the federal government somehow aren't compassionate enough. I resist those accusations.
Source: 2011 GOP debate in Simi Valley CA at the Reagan Library
Sep 7, 2011
Kevin Kiley:
Audit $2.7B spent and help transition out of homelessness
Homelessness is an especially unfortunate example. In 2019, 1,039 homeless people died on the streets of Los Angeles, and the state's overall homeless population was growing faster than the rest of the country combined. At the same time, we spent
$2.7 billion more to address the problem over a two-year period. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst warned more funds would "quickly dissipate" because there was no strategy, yet in early 2020
Newsom wanted to add $1.4 billion in additional spending. I proposed a full audit of where funding was going and what outcomes were being achieved, so that our spending would be informed by data about what would best help
Californians transition out of homelessness or avoid it altogether. I was one vote away from getting the audit approved when Newsom pressured three legislators to "abstain."
Source: KileyForCalifornia.com website on 2021 CA recall race
Aug 4, 2021
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