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About this office
State assembly members introduce and vote on new laws, hold hearings, and draft the state budget. They are elected to two-year terms.
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My Top 3 Priorities
Public Safety. Criminal justice reform, stop mandatory vaccinations of first responders, funding police agencies.
Educational reform. Stop common core curriculum, stop sexual and critical race theory indoctrination in school, allow school choice,
Economy. Work to bring down gas and food prices along with providing affordable housing.
Experience
Biography
I am the Christian wife of 25 years to a navy veteran, a mom, Mayor Pro Tem in the City os Whittier. My employment has included. private, public and federal employment. Currently, I serve on several environmental boards that are responsible for the preservation of wildlife and their habitats. I also seve as trustee of the Greater Los Angeles Vector Control District that oversees the protection of health from disease borne insects.
Questions from League of Women Voters of California (4)
What programs, proposals, projects, or legislation would you support to meet the water needs of all Californians?
Answer from Jessica Martinez:
We must build desalination plants and also stop some of the bureaucracy that has been mismanaging our water supply wasting millions of gallons of water. While protecting wildlife is important, review of decisions of environmental bureaucrats should be subject to water boards and water boards should be able to appeal regulatory agencies when there is not enough of a balance of necessity is taken into consideration.
It is also necessary to spend the dollars needed to construct new reservoirs and make it possible to repair those that are in need of substantial repair.
Describe what proposal(s) you would support to alleviate the shortage of affordable housing for middle and low income people in California?
Answer from Jessica Martinez:
The State should offer inducements to contractors to build, whether it is streamlining authorization to build, tax credits, or paying a set percentage of contractors' costs to build. Also, some of the regulatory hindrances should be waived so that costly lawsuits that stop development can be avoided.
What programs or strategies would you suggest to meet the educational needs of young, low-income Californians?
Answer from Jessica Martinez:
Tax credits for students and parents. Giving private industry tax credits for paying for the education of employees.
To reach a goal of carbon neutrality by 2045, as set forth in a 2018 executive order what, if any, proposals, plans or legislation would you support? Please be specific.
Answer from Jessica Martinez:
Although the desire to cut carbon emissions is admirable. what is not being acknowledged is the human suffering if affordable, reliable energy is not readily available to Californians. Making private vehicle ownership impossible for low income residents because of registration, insurance and now regulations is a a mistake. What about the cost of replacing an electric vehicle battery? What about the environmental impact of all of the batteries that will poison the land that they will be discarded in? They will poison the groundwater. A battery is a storage device. It does not produce energy. That energy must be generated by natural gas, nuclear, hydro, or coal. We must consider the long term effects of the useless batteries, the discarded blades from windmills etc. before plunging headlong into an unsustainable energy need. We must count the cost in human suffering and life before implementing these courses of action.
Who gave money to this candidate?
Contributions
Total money raised: $73,495
Top contributors that gave money to support the candidate, by organization:
1
California Hispanic Republican Club (PAC)
$4,000
2
Employees of Los Angeles PD
$3,200
3
America Upheld
$2,000
4
Employees of Omnigold Realty
$1,550
5
Employees of Whittier c.c. Church
$1,400
More information about contributions
By State:
California 99.53%
Colorado 0.47%
By Size:
Large contributions (93.03%)
Small contributions (6.97%)
By Type:
From organizations (9.00%)
From individuals (91.00%)
Source: MapLight analysis of data from the California Secretary of State.
Political Beliefs
Political Philosophy
I believe in a common sense moral approach to public service. What will best serve the long term health of society through the exercise of our civil rights in pursuing happiness is a constitutional guarantee that I have vowed to protect. Public Safety, educational reform and bringing our economy under control by curbing gas and food prices are my priorities.
