Where do you stand on California's homelessness crisis?

Massively expand housing-first programs and supportive services with state funding

Increase shelter beds and mental health outreach while adding some housing aid

Balance new services with clearer local accountability and mixed approaches

Prioritize encampment clearances and require treatment or work for aid

Focus on strict enforcement, ban camping, and cut funding for failed programs

How should California address its housing shortage?

Mandate dense affordable housing near transit with strong tenant protections

Streamline approvals for more multifamily and subsidized units statewide

Support mixed zoning reform while preserving some local control

Reduce regulations and CEQA barriers mainly to boost private market supply

Protect single-family zoning and let cities decide with minimal state mandates

What is your position on California water policy?

Prioritize environmental flows, conservation mandates, and equitable urban access

Invest in recycling, efficiency, and limited new storage with eco safeguards

Balance farms, cities, and ecosystems through adaptive management

Build more dams and desalination while easing rules for agriculture

Maximize water for farms and growth; roll back environmental restrictions

How should the state handle wildfire risk and response?

Focus on climate action, controlled burns, and aid for vulnerable communities

Expand prescribed fire, forest thinning, and resilient infrastructure funding

Combine prevention, land management, and emergency readiness pragmatically

Prioritize aggressive fuel reduction and private landowner incentives

Emphasize logging, less regulation on clearing, and personal responsibility

Where do you stand on California's state income tax?

Raise rates on high earners to fund housing, health, and climate programs

Keep progressive taxes but close loopholes and add targeted credits

Maintain current structure with modest reforms for fairness and revenue

Lower top rates and simplify brackets to retain jobs and residents

Significantly cut income taxes and shift toward broader-based lower rates

What approach should California take on immigration and migrants?

Expand sanctuary policies, state benefits, and pathways for undocumented residents

Support legal status options and limit local cooperation with federal enforcement

Balance humanitarian aid with orderly processing and some cooperation

Require ID checks for services and increase coordination with federal agents

End sanctuary rules and prioritize deportation support for those here illegally

How should California respond to violent crime trends?

Invest in prevention, diversion, and root-cause programs over incarceration

Restore some prosecution tools while expanding mental health and jobs aid

Use data-driven policing mixed with community programs and fair sentencing

Toughen penalties, end catch-and-release, and support proactive policing

Mandate stricter sentencing, more prisons, and zero-tolerance enforcement

What is your stance on K-12 education in California?

Increase funding equity, reduce testing, and expand social-emotional supports

Raise teacher pay and target resources to underserved districts

Support standards, choice within public systems, and accountability measures

Expand charters, vouchers, and parental rights over curriculum decisions

Prioritize school choice, cut admin bloat, and focus strictly on basics

Where do you stand on state environmental regulations?

Strengthen CEQA and climate rules to protect communities and ecosystems

Keep strong green standards while speeding clean-energy and housing permits

Balance environmental review with economic needs through targeted reforms

Streamline CEQA significantly to unlock housing and infrastructure faster

Roll back major state environmental mandates seen as job-killing overreach

What should California's energy policy prioritize?

Rapid 100% renewables transition with subsidies and fossil fuel phase-outs

Accelerate clean power while ensuring reliability and worker transitions

Mix renewables, storage, and existing sources for affordability and goals

Keep nuclear and natural gas options open to lower costs and blackouts

End renewable mandates and prioritize cheapest reliable energy sources

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Where do you stand on California's homelessness crisis?
How should California address its housing shortage?
What is your position on California water policy?
How should the state handle wildfire risk and response?
Where do you stand on California's state income tax?
What approach should California take on immigration and migrants?
How should California respond to violent crime trends?
What is your stance on K-12 education in California?
Where do you stand on state environmental regulations?
What should California's energy policy prioritize?

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