I support a district-wide light rail line because reliable, affordable transportation connects our communities to jobs, schools, health care, and opportunity. Too many people in our district are stuck in traffic or cut off from economic mobility because they don’t have real transit options. A light rail system would reduce congestion, lower costs for families, cut pollution, and strengthen our local economy by keeping our district connected and moving forward.

I support small business tax reform and relief because local businesses are the backbone of our district, yet they’re often squeezed by a tax code that favors large corporations and special interests. Small business owners shouldn’t be buried in paperwork or punished for creating jobs in their communities. Fair tax reform and targeted relief help small businesses grow, hire locally, and keep our local economy strong.

I support district-wide free community college because education should be a pathway to opportunity, not a lifelong debt sentence. Too many people in our district are forced to delay or abandon their goals because tuition, books, and fees are unaffordable. Free community college strengthens our workforce, opens doors to better-paying jobs, and gives everyone regardless of income or background a fair shot at success.

I support restoring and expanding the SALT (State and Local Tax) deduction because families in California’s 26th District were hit especially hard by its elimination. Homeowners, renters, small-business owners, teachers, firefighters, and nurses in Ventura County already face some of the highest housing and cost-of-living expenses in the country. The SALT cap unfairly taxed our community twice on the same income simply because we live in a high-cost state.

Bringing SALT back to pre-Trump levels and expanding it puts real money back into the pockets of CA-26 families, helps people stay in their homes, supports small businesses, and strengthens local funding for schools, roads, and public safety. Tax policy shouldn’t punish where you live. It should reflect real costs and reward work, not squeeze working families to score political points.

I support district-wide student debt relief because crushing debt is holding people in our district back from building stable lives. Student loans delay homeownership, family formation, and small business creation, while limiting economic mobility for an entire generation. Relieving student debt puts money back into our local economy and allows people to invest in their futures instead of struggling to keep up with interest payments.

I support no tax on tips and no tax on Social Security payments period. Not with loopholes, not with income caps, and not with fine print that quietly excludes people who’ve worked their whole lives.

Tips are wages. They’re earned through hard work, long hours, and service jobs that already come with uncertainty and instability. Taxing tips punishes workers for doing exactly what we ask of them showing up and working hard.

Social Security is not a handout. It’s money people paid into over a lifetime of work. Taxing it again is wrong, especially when seniors are struggling with rising housing, food, and healthcare costs.

That’s why my policy has no income thresholds. No phase-outs. No “only if you make less than X.” If you earned tips, they shouldn’t be taxed. If you paid into Social Security, your benefits shouldn’t be taxed whether you’re barely getting by or finally living comfortably.

This is about fairness, dignity, and keeping promises to workers and seniors not playing games with the tax code.