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Candidates › CA-29 race › 2025–2026
D Democratic nominee for U.S. House, CA-29
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14 priorities from angelica4congress.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
Our immigration system is broken by design, ICE has operated without accountability, terrorized families, violated due process, and wasted billions while making no one safer, so the agency must be abolished and those responsible prosecuted as we build a humane system enforcing law without disappearances or family separation.
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No one is above the law, not billionaires, not politicians, not their friends. From what we already know about the Epstein files, even with redactions, the facts demand real consequences. The public deserves accountability, survivors deserve justice, and anyone who broke the law should face trial.
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Human rights are not conditional. U.S. tax dollars must not fund Israel’s genocide in Gaza, forced displacement, collective punishment, apartheid, or illegal occupation. I will never vote to send U.S. weapons or military aid to Israel. Real peace begins with justice, accountability, international law, and basic human dignity. I have never taken money from AIPAC, and I never will.
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Ensuring housing as a fundamental right, we combat gentrification, advocate for affordable homes, and strive to end homelessness through comprehensive programs and healthcare reform.
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Advocating for Medicare for All, promoting a single-payer solution for reform to our current healthcare system.
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Billionaires borrow against stock to avoid income taxes. Any loan backed by stock should be treated and taxed as income, just like wages.
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Our tax system should reward work, not clever accounting. Today, some of the wealthiest Americans avoid paying income taxes by borrowing against their stock instead of selling it. Because loans are treated as debt, not income, they can fund lavish lifestyles without triggering the taxes that ordinary workers pay on every paycheck. That is not fairness, it is a loophole.
The solution is not to tax unrealized capital gains. Taxing paper gains before an asset is sold risks harming retirees, small investors, and working families whose retirement savings rise and fall with the market. A temporary surge in stock prices could create tax bills that force people to sell long term investments at the worst possible time. Retirement accounts are meant to grow over decades, not be taxed based on short term swings.
Instead, we should focus on the real gap. When massive loans are collateralized by stock and used as personal income, they function like income and should be taxed as such. This approach targets the strategy used by billionaires without punishing ordinary investors who are saving for the future.
Fair taxation means protecting retirement savings while ensuring that extreme wealth does not escape responsibility. Close the stock backed loan loophole, protect working families, and make the system work for everyone.
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Advocating a foreign policy of peace, prosperity, and collaboration through diplomacy, human rights, fair trade, and responsible military spending.
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Advocating for inclusive immigration policies, we champion legal status for all, DREAM Act citizenship, work visa programs, healthcare access, and justice for asylum seekers. Join the fight for humane reforms.
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Championing criminal justice reform: demilitarize police, boost accountability, end school-to-prison pipeline, ban private prisons, eliminate mandatory minimums, and reform use-of-force laws.
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From mass incarceration to police shootings and killings, and all the way to our court system of convicting officers’ wrong doing, there is must needed room for criminal justice reform. Public trust on our police departments have deteriorated over the years, especially with the use of cell phone videos and body cameras. We know that police have always used excessive and deadly force disproportionately against Black and Brown citizens and our unhoused community members. We know that while Black and Latinx Americans comprise just 28% of our population, they are 56% of our incarcerated. Here in the state of California, we also subject our incarcerated to prison labor by having them on the frontlines of climate change fighting deadly wildfires at only $1 in pay per day. This public distrust is valid because many people, including the Native American, African American, Latinx, LGTBQIA+ and the Disabled community, have been unjustly targeted and sometimes end up dead for minor issues like traffic stops, disproportionately to Whites. We are outraged that when officers do get charged with murder or manslaughter, most often than not, they never get convicted.
From the National spotlights of Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, George Floyd, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, Walter Scott, Sandra Bland, Samuel DuBose, Philando Castile, to the local spotlights of Ezell Ford, Wakiesha Wilson, Jose Mendez and Jesse Romero, it is clear that there must be criminal justice reform.
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We advocate for stronger public schools, better teacher support, improved classrooms, protection from privatization, and universal pre-K and Head Start programs
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Ensure access to abortion and reproductive healthcare, defend bodily autonomy, and protect every person’s freedom to make their own medical decisions without government interference.
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Protect the right to unionize, raise the minimum wage to a living wage, defend collective bargaining, and guarantee fair pay, safe workplaces, and strong labor protections for all workers.
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Clean energy now to lower costs, create local jobs, and protect the health of our communities and future generations.
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The transition to clean energy is not complete, and the work of the Green New Deal remains unfinished. While recent legislation invested in renewable power, manufacturing, and infrastructure, it did not fully transform our energy system or meet the scale of the climate crisis. We must continue the fight to move faster and go further.
Clean energy lowers costs for families by reducing reliance on volatile fossil fuel markets and expanding affordable solar, wind, and storage. It creates good paying local jobs in construction, manufacturing, and maintenance that cannot be outsourced. Investing in domestic renewable energy strengthens national security and stabilizes long term energy prices.
We must accelerate the shift to 100 percent renewable energy, modernize the electric grid, expand public transit, and support electric vehicle infrastructure. Communities that have long borne the burden of pollution deserve priority investment, cleaner air, and safer water. Climate policy is also public health policy.
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Make public college and trade schools tuition free so education opens doors for everyone instead of trapping millions in lifelong financial burden.
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We will protect Social Security, oppose benefit cuts or raising the retirement age, and lift the income cap so the wealthy pay their fair share. We also support full Social Security spousal benefits for all lawfully married same sex couples.
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Social Security is a promise that work over a lifetime will be met with dignity in retirement. For millions of seniors, people with disabilities, and surviving spouses, it is not a supplement but a lifeline. Any attempt to cut benefits or raise the retirement age breaks that promise and shifts the burden onto those who can least afford it.
We oppose efforts to reduce earned benefits under the guise of fiscal responsibility. Raising the retirement age is simply a benefit cut, especially for workers in physically demanding jobs who cannot continue working into their late sixties or seventies. Social Security is insurance that workers pay into every paycheck, and it must remain strong and reliable for current and future generations.
To strengthen the program, we support lifting the cap on taxable income subject to Social Security contributions. Today, income above a certain threshold is not taxed for Social Security, allowing the wealthiest earners to pay a smaller share of their income than middle class workers. Requiring high earners to contribute on more of their income would extend the life of the program without cutting benefits.
We also support full Social Security spousal benefits for all lawfully married same sex couples, no matter where they live. Marriage equality must include equal access to the benefits that families depend on in retirement. Protecting Social Security means honoring fairness, strengthening solvency, and ensuring that every worker can retire with security and respect.
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Protect LGBTQ rights, ensure equal protection under the law, defend access to healthcare, and guarantee safety, dignity, and freedom from discrimination in every part of life.
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We advocate for increased funding and resources for the Department of Veteran Affairs, prioritizing mental health, housing, employment, and education for our veterans.
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We will fight for transparent, fair and clean elections. Elections and other political processes are pivotal to the quality of our government. We will fight to get Corporate money out of politics and end Citizens United.
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Election integrity starts with systems people can see, trust, and understand. That means 100 percent paper ballots and in-precinct voting as the standard, so every vote is verifiable and counted transparently. Making Election Day a national holiday ensures working people are not forced to choose between a paycheck and their right to vote. Democracy only works when participation is practical, accessible, and protected from both suppression and manipulation.
Civic participation should also be treated as a shared responsibility. Many democracies around the world use forms of mandatory voting, often with only a small fine for non-participation, and consistently see higher turnout and stronger public trust in elections. The goal is not punishment, but participation. At the same time, mail-in voting should remain available for students, people with disabilities, and Americans living or serving overseas, ensuring access without weakening the integrity of the system.
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In the international arena, we must work multilaterally to advance U.S. interests, not force them upon other nations through regime change.
In Congress, we will always seek peaceful approaches, while advocating for the use of diplomacy, and not wage preemptive wars without being attacked or facing an immediate, unavoidable attack. It is time to put the breaks on the war machine.
In the same manner, we will work with countries that do not violate human rights, including women’s rights and labor rights. We prioritize foreign aid to governments whose actions are consistent with our values and principles. We propose the establishment on thorough military spending audits to find any wasteful spending or fraudulent charges from sub-contractors.
We will create partnerships with other countries to grow small and medium businesses to bring jobs to the US. Reducing our military budget by 50%. Currently we use 50% of our discretionary budget on military spending.
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We will renegotiate or withdraw from trade agreements like NAFTA to eliminate rules that enable investor-to-state lawsuits that can overturn health, safety, and environmental protections.
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We will forgive the sovereign debt of highly-indebted developing countries and push for the IMF and World Bank to forgive these debts as well.
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We will fund and transfer technology for renewable energy and environmental sustainability to developing countries as part of our commitment to stop climate disruption.
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We will negotiate a follow up to the Paris climate accords so the world has a better chance of avoiding catastrophic climate disruption.
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We will establish international regulation of standards for autonomous robots and drones so that they do not develop into a threat against humans.
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We will negotiate with other nations to eliminate nuclear weapons.
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We will negotiate protections for international waters to prevent unregulated fishing, mining, construction, and dumping, including within Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), because the world’s oceans are connected and pollution will flow. We will also promote the elimination of dirty bunker fuels from shipping, which is one of the major contributors to climate change.
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We will negotiate a United Nations treaty to ban weapons in space and to regulate the use of space and orbits.
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The rapid emergence of artificial intelligence is driving a new wave of electricity demand. Data centers powering AI tools, automation, and digital services consume vast amounts of energy, and that demand is only growing. If we are going to build the future on advanced computing, it must run on clean power, not coal or gas.
We will push for renewable energy requirements for new data centers and encourage efficient, closed loop cooling systems that reduce wasteful water use. Innovation should not come at the cost of our climate or our freshwater supplies. As AI expands, we must ensure that the energy fueling it accelerates the clean transition rather than setting it back.
The goal is simple: protect future generations while building a stronger economy today. By pairing bold clean energy policy with responsible oversight of emerging technologies, we can power innovation, create jobs, and safeguard our communities for decades to come.
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Over the past two decades as the United States wages a War on Drugs that has destroyed Black and Brown communities nationwide, our local police forces have grown more militarized and more deadly. We must repeal the federal “1033” program that allows for the transfer of military grade weapons from the Department of Defense to local police forces free of charge. In fact, the more local police use the military equipment, the more they receive – creating a perverse incentive to terrorize and oppress our communities. From 2006 to 2014, the 1033 Program facilitated the transfer of over 79,000 assault rifles, 600 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs), 205 grenade launchers, roughly 12,000 bayonets, nearly 4,000 combat knives, 50 airplanes, 422 helicopters, 479 bomb detonator robots, and $3.6 million in camouflage gear to local police forces. The initiative has transformed our police into powerful militias.
WE MUST hold police institutions and the labor unions that protect them from prosecution accountable. We need to establish Civilian & Police Review boards in local communities to have a balanced check on police and make sure they are held accountable for any related police incidents resulting in death or bodily harm to individuals, whether by accident or on purpose.
We must increase police training length, especially in terms of conflict resolution tactics. In some European countries, police training can go up to 3 years so that police can have ample time to learn to better understand, communicate with and calm distraught individuals. US police academies provided an average of 19 weeks of classroom instruction. We must also focus on increased training on de-escalation techniques instead of using deadly force.
We must demilitarize our police forces so that they don’t look and act like they are going to war with our own citizens. We must have mandatory community policing requirements of proportional representation where police officers look and act like the people in the communities they are supposed to protect and serve.
We must ensure that mental health patients who call law enforcement for help will be treated as medical patients, not criminals. In addition, we need to invest in medical and mental help programs to deal with those having substance abuse issues. We should be treating them from a health perspective, not a criminal perspective.
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We must put an end to the school to prison pipeline. We can invest more in youth jobs and education, not jails and incarceration. This involves ending the War on Drugs that targets people of color disproportionately compared to our White counterparts. In addition, we need to take marijuana off the federal government’s list of outlawed drugs / the DEA’s Schedule 1 drug list where Heroin is on that same list. We must legalize and tax cannabis, while expunging all federal criminal records for non-violent drug offenses. And we must restore full access to civil liberties and social services to help break the cycle of recidivism.
We must rebuild and invest in the economic growth and prosperity of our formerly incarcerated community members, and establish community-led healing efforts grounded in restorative justice. We can invest billions into mental and behavioral health services so that our community members receive treatment as opposed to prison for a chronic health condition.
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It is time to end the for-profit prisons industry with a direct ban. The prison industrial complex has led to a disproportionate amount of mass incarceration people of color and low-income people. In the United States, we have the world’s highest level of prisoners (over 2 million prisoners) compared to any other country. The private prison industry’s business model revolves around maximizing arrest and prosecution to churn endless profits – not aid in the delivery of justice. Private prisons face little regulation and oversight, and nearly all have inhumane conditions including decrepit water and sanitation facilities, lack of healthcare services, frequent abuse by guards, and conditions that force incarcerated individuals to live in squalor. We must abolish this system of tyranny.
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We must eliminate mandatory minimums and three strikes laws, which we have seen disproportionately leads to tougher sentencing for Black and Brown people than Whites. According to the Yale Law Journal, Black men were nearly twice as likely to be charged with an offense that carried a mandatory minimum sentence than White men facing similar circumstances. Judges have historically selected longer and tougher sentences for Blacks, even if they have the same criminal history as Whites.
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We must evaluate and reform our current laws regarding the “use of lethal force” to ensure that police officers who are in the wrong of unjustly killing people are indicted AND convicted. There is an overwhelming number of police shootings each year that ends up as “justifiable” in the eyes of the law however, when we see cases like that of Walter Scott, who was shot 3 times in the back while running away, or Eric Garner who was choked to death even though his hands were up and there was large presence of police officers around, it begs to question: what must you do to get an indictment or a conviction for police officers? There is too much leeway for law enforcement officers who get away using lethal force. There must be transformative reform.
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Medicare For All ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/healthcare at this heading)
As millions of people are thrown off their health insurance due to massive employment losses nationwide, the COVID-19 pandemic has made the case for Medicare-for-All better than any politician ever could. We must use this unprecedented moment to rally together to, once and for all, institute a single payer system; a move that enjoys major support across the political base of the country. We are the only major country in the world to not provide healthcare as a right, yet spend around $9,400 per capita- the most expensive in the world! That’s an average of 2.5 times more than other major industrialized nations who provide universal healthcare for ALL of its citizens. On top of high administrative costs, costly deductibles, and payments for procedures, most uninsured people are low-income and disproportionately people of color.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) made history by expanding health insurance to 30 million Americans by requiring people to buy private health insurance policies and expanding Medicaid. However, it left private insurance companies in charge of our healthcare system. Their ability to consolidate power in order to command market prices continues to drive up costs. So, while people may have more “access” to healthcare, the legal requirement to buy into private health insurance left many with high premiums, and a heavy burden of debt.
Basic human rights, like our healthcare, should not be privatized into a 100 billion dollar industry, PERIOD.
But we can’t stop at healthcare coverage alone. We must reform our health system to focus on public health prevention as opposed to treatment. Investing to prevent chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes, asthma, hepatitis, and other illnesses can save billions in healthcare spending per year. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a whopping 90% of our healthcare dollars go towards preventable chronic conditions like heart disease and lung cancer; yet less than 3 cents of every $1 spent goes towards preventing those conditions. But insurance companies rarely cover preventive services, and pharmaceutical manufacturers rarely invest in preventive drugs.
Meanwhile, pharmaceutical companies have exploited our healthcare system’s focus on treatment as opposed to prevention by price gouging some of the most critical life-saving drugs on the market. For example, the cost of insulin is ten times higher in the United States than other developed countries, and its costs doubled from 2012 to 2016. Not only are pharmaceutical companies not required to disclose how they calculate their prices, there is barely any meaningful federal regulation of prices. Drug spending per capita has increased 40% since 2007, while our health outcomes and life expectancy have gone down; begging the question – why have drug prices soared if we aren’t seeing the benefits in our health?
Today, our healthcare system comprises roughly 20% of our annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and its profits are driven almost exclusively on costly treatments. In 2017, public health spending comprised just 2.5% of our roughly $3.6 trillion healthcare system. As stated above, we spend over $9,400 per capita on healthcare, but less than $32 per capita on public health.
The result is more sickness, more death, and lower health outcomes. Systemic racism throughout our healthcare system leaves Black, Indigenous, and Latinx communities with disproportionately higher rates of disease and death. For example, infant mortality rates among Black Americans are 2.3 times higher than for Whites, while Latinx Americans are nearly 3 times more likely to be uninsured than White Americans. We can reverse this trend by investing into community-based public health prevention programs and services. We can rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and ensure every American has access to healthy foods. Every $1 invested pin public health prevention saves $5.60 in healthcare treatment spending – a 560% return on investment. We can save the health of our communities by investing in their growth and prosperity.
The Profit Motive ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/healthcare at this heading)
Once we are able to eliminate private insurers and ruthless pharmaceutical companies from the equation, their ability to drive up prices for premiums, deductibles, and admin costs will, in effect, also be eliminated. That’s more money in your pocket. The only ones who lose are private insurance executives and shareholders. On top of that, the for-profit private health insurance companies have proven ineffective when it comes to negotiating with for prescription drugs and other forms of medicine. A Medicare for All “Single Payer” System will provide universal health insurance which will eliminate out-of-pocket expenses, the aforementioned costs of the private health insurance bureaucracy, and be able to negotiate for affordable prescription drugs.
What Is Single Payer Healthcare?
The United States is the only country in the developed world that does not guarantee access to basic health care for residents. Countries that guarantee health care as a human right do so through a “single-payer” system, which replaces the thousands of for-profit health insurance companies with a public, universal plan.
If you think this is politically unfeasible to win in the United States, take a look at the across-the-board support for the program. Afraid it can’t work? It already exists for seniors! Medicare is a public, universal plan that provides basic health coverage to those age 65 and older. Medicare costs less than private health insurance, provides better financial security, and is preferred by most patients. Single-payer is often described as “Expanded & Improved Medicare for All.”
A single-payer system would save at least $2 trillion in net savings over the course of ten years, which is now wasted on administrative overhead and monopoly profits.
And, finally, the $2 trillion-dollar question: How do we pay for it? For starters, we can increase personal income taxes on the top 5% of income earners, an additional 2% tax on those who make more than $250,000 (less than 3% of the population) in taxable income, and a 6% premium on large, billion-dollar corporations. The rest of the necessary funding will be through the authorization of funds via the Federal Reserve. Aside from the savings we would accrue over time as a whole (as previously stated), small-to-medium sized employers, as well as labor unions, will be relieved from the burden of negotiating healthcare services for employees, as they will already be covered.
As a first step in congress, we will support and co-sponsor H.R. 1384 – “Medicare For All Act” which will provide comprehensive healthcare coverage including at least the following:
- Primary care and prevention
- Approved dietary and nutritional therapies
- Inpatient care
- Outpatient care
- Emergency care
- Prescription drugs
- Durable medical equipment
- Long-term care
- Palliative care
- Mental health services
- The full scope of dental services, services, including periodontics, oral surgery, and dental (not including cosmetic dentistry)
- Substance abuse treatment services
- Chiropractic services, not including electrical stimulation
- Basic vision care and vision correction (other than laser vision correction for cosmetic purposes)
- Hearing services, including coverage of hearing aids
- Podiatry care
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We need to end the monopolization of profits by big pharmaceutical companies by regulating the prices they charge for prescription drugs. On top of creating an government apparatus that can negotiate for better prices, we need to pass a bill that will allow us to purchase prescription drugs from other countries that are providing the same drugs by the same reputable companies from countries like Canada. In 2017, 13 Democratic Senators voted NO on an amendment that would lower prescription drugs by importing them from Canada.
We need to pass legislation like the Prescription Drug Affordability Act of 2015 that would allow the importation by individuals of prescription drugs from Canada and other countries. We need to establish restrictions on certain anti-competitive patent settlements known as “pay-for-delay” agreements which effectively block generic drug competition, and we must allow the Federal Trade Commission to initiate proceedings to enforce these restrictions. Lastly, we will fight to require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals.
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Housing For All ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/housing at this heading)
We believe that housing is a human RIGHT. No one should ever be priced out of their homes or not be able to afford to have a roof over their head.
The growing disparity between the rich and the poor only proves once again, that those who have money can move into places like the San Fernando Valley, rent or live in new homes or luxury apartment complexes, drive up prices, and displace those who have been living here their entire lives. Gentrification is one of the major issues among constituents here in CA District 29.
Most of these major developments are being approved by our Democratic elected officials without regard to the community in which they’re being developed. In addition, these Democratic elected officials are receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from these large developers. It is time to make Housing a Human RIGHT, stopping Gentrification, and enacting Universal Rent Control.
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We will work to expand to expand the National Affordable Housing Trust, created by Senator Bernie Sanders, to set aside funds to go towards affordable housing projects for low to extremely low income households. These funds would enable state and local governments to build millions of affordable housing units and also create jobs in the process. We will work with Federal and Local government to negotiate with structural developers to develop affordable housing units.
We will fight for legislation where new apartment complexes have to ensure 20% of the units are for Affordable Housing (where rent is 30% or less of the area median income) and 30% of the units are for low income housing (where rent is more than 30% of the area median income). We will work to provide federal subsidies for affordable housing developers who develop ONLY 100% units for affordable housing especially for low to extremely low income households. We will also work to encourage more infill housing where local governments can utilize existing land or buildings, such as abandoned property-undeveloped property to be used for public and affordable housing.
We will also work to end speculation buying coupled with vacancy for long periods of time just for the purpose of making short or long-term profits when that land could be used to address the shortage of affordable housing. We would encourage the President to use the Department of Housing and Urban Development to grant or withhold funds in order to encourage state and local governments to take positive steps to desegregate housing, including ending zoning laws that effectively prohibit multi-family housing, prohibiting landlords from refusing to accept Section 8 vouchers, increasing Section 8 voucher amounts so that poor people can move into middle income neighborhoods, and building new public housing in middle income communities that is high quality and mixed income.
Public Housing ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/housing at this heading)
WE will work to increase funding for Public Housing. Currently, only 1.2 million households live in public housing and are only limited to low-income families and individuals, which is a very small number needed in a time where people can’t afford a place to live. There is a stigma in America about Public Housing rooted from the images of overcrowding and poor living conditions, but this is only the product of the failure of our government officials who give the state and local officials too much control and say in how much federal funding they should receive, where to build public housing, how to preserve decent living conditions, and who gets to live in public housing. However, Public Housing in cities like Vienna and countries like Sweden have been successful, because they understand the growing populations and the need for an affordable place to live, while in America we lack that foresight and allow developers to squeeze every dollar out of us just so they can make a profit. Successes in Vienna and countries like Sweden are the result of 1) having adequate funding for the need of public housing and 2) encouraging mixed-class tenancy. For mixed-class tenancy, priority still goes to low-income families, BUT if they are able to get back up on their feet with a job, they can still live there. In addition, when low-to-middle income families leave Public Housing, their governments actually help them find a new living place through a complex arrangement of land sales, loans and low-cost developments.
Stopping Displacement and Gentrification ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/housing at this heading)
WE will work with Federal, State, and Local Governments to ensure that developers first get approval from neighborhood councils and the community, not city government, in order to build new buildings, apartment complexes, and retail spaces that have the potential for the harmful effects of gentrification. If developers come in and displace members of the community, the government or developers must make those displaced “whole” as if they never were displaced by providing subsidies or vouchers to help pay for the cost of relocation and rent or cost of their new living place for the next 5 years. Gentrification in the San Fernando Valley is a real issue and most of those affected are communities of color (mainly Latinx) that have lived there their entire lives only to be displaced because profits matter over people.
Universal Rent Control ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/housing at this heading)
We will work to ensure that Universal Rent Control is in place to make sure that no rent increases are more than 3% a year. It’s very scary knowing your rent might increase 10-50% next year because the existing landlord sold the apartment complex to a new developer or a new developer is building a new luxury apartment just a block over forcing the existing landlord to compete by raising prices.
Stopping Evictions ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/housing at this heading)
We will work to impose an immediate moratorium on foreclosures and evictions. We will also work to stop illegal evictions of tenants especially under the threat of cash for keys where landlords threaten the tenant to “leave or else they will be removed under the law”, and will usually offer cash to the tenant to leave. We will also work to restrict eviction for long-term tenants including the elderly and disabled. We will work to catch landlords who refuse to maintain their properties in habitable condition, or who engage in illegal evictions, with hefty fines and, in extreme cases, jail terms.
Tenant's Rights ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/housing at this heading)
We will work to guarantee tenant’s rights, including: freedom from harassment and evictions without just cause; well-enforced habitability standards; strong anti-discrimination enforcement, including family protection laws and domestic partnerships; continuation of established services and amenities; the right to reasonable guest visitation; maintenance of roommate privileges; and the right to communicate with other tenants about conditions or circumstances in their buildings. We will also work to fund public and non-profit tenant-related counseling and legal assistance for renters.
Homeowner Assistance ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/housing at this heading)
We will work to provide financial assistance for first-time homeowners especially when it comes to acquiring a new loan, putting down-payments, or any other type of payment assistance. We will also ensure that credit score reform is underway as the average credit score needed to borrow money from creditors is around 740 when it used to be in the 600s. Those who took a hit during the housing crisis in 2008 have also had their credit scores effected negatively. We will also work to provide financial assistance and refinancing for homeowners who still owe more in interest than the principal of their homes. It is extremely discouraging to not fully own a house and know that as time has gone by, you’re still paying down the interest.
Ending Homelessness ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/housing at this heading)
The United States has over 550,000 sleeping on the streets on any given night, with 20% of that number being children. Close to 60,000 people live on the streets of Los Angeles County, while around 25,000 live in the city of Los Angeles, and up to 7,000 of that number live in the Northeast San Fernando Valley. It is an embarrassment that as the wealthiest nation on earth, we have some of the highest levels of homelessness among industrialized nations. We can help and treat the symptoms of homelessness as much as we can but we must tackle the root causes.
The #1 cause for homelessness is that people cannot afford a home to live in. One out of every five families in our District lives in poverty and rent is starting to move up to $1,500 a month, all the way up to $2,500 a month with the median gross rent of $1,200 a month. In addition, many of those experiencing chronic homelessness are veterans and people with mental illnesses or substance abuse issues.
Housing as a Right, Homeless Programs, and Healthcare Reform go hand-in-hand to prevent and treat homelessness. There is no one solution to treating homelessness and we must be open in helping those living on the streets, especially the children.
Prevent Homelessness ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/housing at this heading)
The #1 cause for homelessness is not having enough affordable and low-income housing. As part of our “Housing is a Right” Platform, we will work to build more affordable and low-income housing units, stop gentrification, enact universal rent control of 3% per year, stop illegal evictions, preserve renter’s rights, and provide assistance for homeowners (first-time and underwater). Other ways we can prevent homelessness and fighting poverty in general are increasing the minimum wage to $15 nationally, providing guaranteed healthcare through a single payer system, providing quality public education as a right, and guaranteeing a job for anyone willing to work.
End Chronic Homelessness ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/housing at this heading)
According to the Housing of Urban Development (HUD), a Chronically Homeless Individual refers to an individual with a disability who has been continuously homeless for 1 year or more or has experienced at least four episodes of homelessness in the last 3 years where the combined length of time homeless in those occasions is at least 12 months. To end chronic homelessness, we will work to provide more permanent supportive housing units which has proven to be a cost-effective solution (saving over $10,000 per person) to ending chronic homelessness. Permanent supportive housing is a program designed to provide housing (project and tenant-based) and supportive services on a long-term basis to formerly homeless people. We would also push to allow the homeless to take part in the decision making process in finding solutions for their short and long-term situations.
Families, Women, Children, and Victims ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/housing at this heading)
We will work to provide more new rapid re-housing capacity to prevent and end homelessness for families with children. Rapid Rehousing is a housing model designed to provide temporary housing assistance to people experiencing homelessness, moving them quickly out of homelessness and into permanent housing. We will also work to provide more Transitional Housing Programs to provide services and housing for homeless victims of domestic violence and sexual assault who require an emergency transfer from their current assisted housing into permanent housing away from their abusers.
We will work to create more drop-in centers for unsheltered homeless individuals. We will work to ensure access to emergency shelters without barriers for families, unaccompanied youth, and women. We would work to create more Basic Centers for runaway youth that would create temporary emergency shelters, food, clothing and referrals for health care. In addition, we’d work to provide family counseling, recreation programs, and aftercare services for youth once they leave the shelter. We will work to build on the Street Outreach Program which provides educational and prevention services to run away and street youth who have been subject to, or are at risk of, sexual exploitation or abuse. The program works to establish and build relationships between youth and program outreach staff in order to help youth get off the streets.
Healthcare for the Homeless ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/housing at this heading)
We will work to provide Health Care for the Homeless by providing healthcare as a right for anyone and everyone in the United States without bias or discrimination. This would help the homeless community by providing substance abuse treatment, emergency care/services, and outreach services to assist difficult-to-reach people experiencing homelessness in accessing healthcare.
We will work to ensure that drug abuse or mental health issues are not treated criminally but rather with an understanding that rehabilitation is needed. We will also work to enable communities to expand and strengthen their treatment services for individuals experiencing homelessness with substance abuse disorders, mental illness, or co-occurring substance abuse disorders and mental illness.
Education and Job Training ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/housing at this heading)
We will work to provide educational opportunities such as quality public education for high school students and tuition-free public college & university for those wanting to attend college. In addition, we will work to provide a guaranteed job program for those transitioning out of homelessness and back into the workforce.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · angelica4congress.com/housing
We are a nation of Natives as well as immigrants, and some of our most valued possessions came from the minds of immigrants. As Americans, we must be welcoming to those just like our parents, those that come from a past we will never fully understand, and those that just want to provide the best for themselves and their children.
For those that want to come in this country with documentation, we commend you for working hard in your current country, saving up money in order to live the U.S. with Documented status. For the 11 million undocumented immigrants (3% of the U.S. population) who are here currently, we must allow them to come out of the shadows without fear of deportation and hefty financial penalties. Many have escaped from a country where war, crime, and poverty has overcome their homes, which we can take a part of responsibility through U.S. Imperialism, bad trade deals, and wars. We should be uniting families not separating them.
Building a Movement for Citizenship ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/immigration at this heading)
WE recognize that it is very difficult for immigrants, documented and undocumented, under our outdated immigration system to become a U.S. Citizen and to come out of the shadows. We recognize that change can happen only from the bottom-up, and not from the top-down. With our election into Congress, we will mobilize millions of Americans of all races, especially the Latinx and Immigrant community to fight for the change they need one election at a time. These people will elect officials who recognize the importance of comprehensive immigration reform and will seek a welcoming path to citizenship.
Full Legal Status for All Immigrants ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/immigration at this heading)
WE will push for legislation that will provide legal status for ALL immigrants!
Citizenship for Dreamers ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/immigration at this heading)
WE will work to pass a modern day DREAM Act which would allow undocumented immigrants who came into the United States before the age of 16 an expeditious pathway to citizenship. In addition, we will work to expand educational benefits such as receiving financial aid and be eligible for in-state tuition rates.
Healthcare for All Immigrants ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/immigration at this heading)
WE will fight for undocumented immigrants to receive adequate health care through Medicare for ALL. In the near term, we will support expansion of Medicaid to cover undocumented immigrants. No one should face death or struggle to receive the healthcare they need because they could not receive any healthcare due to their undocumented status.
Right to Counsel ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/immigration at this heading)
WE will work with Congress to fight for Undocumented Immigrants to have Legal Representation, especially for children who currently have to represent themselves in front of a judge in immigration hearings. It does not make sense to have trial and not have legal representation especially if you are not familiar with the law. It is very sad to know that there are 10 or 12 years who have to defend themselves in front of a judge against getting deported.
Whistle-Blower Protection ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/immigration at this heading)
WE will protect all workers regardless of immigration status who report employers who exploit them by making them work in unsafe work conditions that violate health codes or safety codes. We will fight for undocumented workers who get threatened with no pay, overtime, or wages withheld due to threat of being deported. Currently, many undocumented do not file any complaints in fear of being deported, it’s time to change that.
Ban and Close All Detention Centers ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/immigration at this heading)
WE will work with Congress to end ALL detention centers whose main goal it is to increase their bottom line at the expense of separating families and deporting undocumented immigrants. In addition, we will fight to ensure that if they are released for non-violent crimes that they don’t get deported the minute they get out of jail.
Abolish ICE ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/immigration at this heading)
WE will work with Congress to defund ICE. If we are made aware of an ICE checkpoint in our district, our will staff inform the community. We will tweet, post and share so our community is able to stay safe and protect their loved ones from separation.
Lessen the Burden of Proof for Asylum Seekers ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/immigration at this heading)
WE will protect immigrants, especially children, who flee their home country because they are victims of domestic violence and criminal gang activity or war. Currently, it’s not good enough to tell or convince the government that if you get sent back to a war torn country like Honduras, you might die unless you prove that people want to kill you because of your race, political identity, etc. Children are saying if “I go back, I’m going to get killed by gangs”, however, our government says “you can’t prove that”. Children should NOT have to prove that. We should lower the burden of proof so that children and families can keep their life.
Ensure Immigration Courts Are Sufficiently Staffed and Funded ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/immigration at this heading)
WE will fight to ensure that immigrants are given a sufficient amount of time to defend themselves in immigration hearings. Currently, judges can decide immigrants’ fate, including children and families, in 7 minutes without sufficiently reviewing all the evidence and circumstances. Seven minutes can decide a family’s future, that is unfair.
End the 3 to 10-Year Bar ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/immigration at this heading)
WE will fight to end the 3 to 10-year bar on undocumented immigrants who leave the United States to apply for a Visa from their own home countries and try to come back to America for a better life. What we’re seeing are people going back to their home country to obtain their Visa but getting denied and up getting stuck in their country 3 – 10 years. A majority of undocumented immigrants won’t do it and will live here in the shadows.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · angelica4congress.com/immigration
Education is a Right ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/public-education at this heading)
We believe that it is time to transform our educational system all the way from early child care through college and beyond. The time for Quality Public Education as a RIGHT is LONG OVERDUE.
Tuition-Free Public College and University ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/public-education at this heading)
OUR campaign is calling for Tuition-Free Public College & Education regardless of how much one’s family makes. We believe Universal Public Higher Education through College should be a RIGHT, just as we believe Universal Healthcare should be a RIGHT.
Nowadays, a college degree is required for most jobs in the private sector. In addition, a college education is key to success and survival in the competitive national and global economy because as many other nations (who do provide tuition free public college) know: Knowledge is Power.
How would we pay for it? A Wall Street Speculation Tax. Put a financial transaction tax per total trade dollar amount:
- 0.5% on Stocks,
- 0.1% on Bonds,
- 0.005% on Derivatives, and
- 0.001% on all other Financial Securities traded.
For example, in the LAST SEVEN business days of December 2017, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) had $213,954,582,805 worth of Stock Trades. If there were a financial transaction tax of 0.5% on those stocks, that would equate to $1,069,772,914 worth of revenue generated to go towards education. That could cover 66,092 undergraduate students going to Cal State University of Los Angeles (CSULA), and only 27,000 are enrolled per year! That could also cover 47,791 undergraduate students going to UCLA for a year. AND that’s only SEVEN DAYS worth of trading from ONE stock exchange.
Wall Street investment firms, hedge funds, etc. are MORE than capable of picking up this small progressive tax, it just depends on who’s going to push for it. We know the bought Democrats and Republicans won’t because Wall Street are their biggest campaign supporters. Wall Street & the Big Banks received $16 trillion in federal assistance from the Fed with close to zero percent interest to bailout the greed and recklessness of Wall Street that contributed to the Great Recession where 9 million people lost their jobs, 4 million homes were foreclosed, 2.5 million businesses were shut down, and millions of hardworking Americans saw their retirement disappear. Wall Street & the Big Banks have recovered, but the American people HAVEN’T. It’s time for them to pay their fair share!
It should be noted that this will pay for itself, every taxpayer dollar that goes into education generates $7 in return in revenue and public benefits, this is what gave way to the GI Bill after WW2. In addition, the University of California (UC) Schools used to be free at least for California Residents before 1970
Cancellation of Student Debt ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/public-education at this heading)
As of 2016, there is currently $1.3 trillion of student debt outstanding with about 44 million Americans paying off their student loans. Students leave around with an average of $35,000 in student debt with a 5-7% interest rate when they graduate, and 11% of students are likely to default on their payments.
For that 4.8 million who are likely to default, they are burdened with the socioeconomic effects of insecurity, damaged credit scores, wage garnishments, and can lose public employment or even a driver’s license.
In Los Angeles, what we are seeing in areas with higher median income households are students with higher average loan balances especially with more expensive private colleges/universities but lower rates of delinquency meaning that those with money are able to take care of the costs.
However, in areas with lower median income households, students have lower loan balances attending more public colleges/universities, but are more likely to default on loan payments. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, before the Great Recession, total outstanding student debt ranked well below mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and home equity lines of credit as sources of household debt. Now it trails only mortgage debt… Student loans are the new mortgages.
Student debt is polarizing our students as it becomes clear that a degree is now a requirement into the job market that doesn’t exist. 50 years ago, one could not get hired a job without a high school degree; today, many employers won’t even consider hiring someone without a college degree. We believe it’s time we bailout our students and forgive their student debt. We call on the Federal Reserve to buy back the $1.3 trillion outstanding in student loans and declare it uncollectable – null and void (write-off the debt). The Fed was able to prop up more than $16 trillion in loans with close to zero percent interest to bailout the greed and recklessness of Wall Street that contributed to the Great Recession where 8.8 million people lost their jobs, 6 million homes were lost, and millions of hardworking Americans saw their retirement savings disappear ($3.4 trillion).
Bailing out our hardworking students and their parents will increase their cash flow, increase spending, increase the possibilities of idea creation and entrepreneurship, and give more quality time in finding that career path that they studied for so that they employ their full potential. We will push for the student loan bailout through the Fed because like Bernie Sanders said, “The Federal Reserve must be reformed to serve the needs of working families, not just CEOs on Wall Street.”
Improve Public Education and Protection from Privatization ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/public-education at this heading)
We will work to ensure that no public schools are privatized or taken over by corporate charters that end up running schools like a business. We oppose charter schools that don’t agree to their districts’ collective bargaining agreements with classified workers and teachers. Charters shouldn’t be used to bust unions.
We also share concerns about some charter schools that have served as vehicles for the enrichment of real estate speculators. From speaking with teachers, a lot of these charter systems make it seem that the opportunity is equal for everyone, but some still screen students or give admission to those who have a special interest into the school’s particular educational focus or sometimes make students write 5 page essays without grammatical errors, etc. One of the reasons is because the schools need to have “numbers” (standardized test scores at a certain level). Our strategy is to improve all public schools by providing them with the resources they need, rather than hiring teachers and classified workers with lower pay and benefits. We will also oppose any voucher system that would re-direct public education funding to private schools, including through tax credits. We believe that public schools should be a place for ALL students to have a quality education and should not be burdened by any financial desires from those “managing” the schools just to make profit.
Educators should have the freedom to be more innovative in their classes without restrictions by mandates, and teachers should have resources and technology incorporated as it is crucial in the learning environment, something that is currently being underutilized and underfunded. Right now, through this pandemic, we are seeing the impact that such a lack is having on the education of our children.
We also believe that educators should not be graded or measured based on standardized tests by students. We believe that there should be adequate measures that will empower educators, such as a well-rounded curriculum that not only lets students learn the subject matters but also helps them become better members of their community. The No Child Left Behind Act focuses heavily on math and literacy which takes away other opportunities for growth such as working in teams and creative/critical thinking which is crucial after graduating from school. Also, many schools receive funding based on how well the schools perform in terms of standardized testing and that has a major drawback on educators and students especially with low-income families and communities of color who lack fewer resources to begin with.
We also believe that teachers should have additional resources when it comes to full inclusion teaching where teachers teach both special education and general education. This can put lots of pressure on the teachers as the teachers sometimes do not specialize in special education. We will work to ensure critical consciousness among educators, making sure that teachers who are going into urban schools, have a critical education or theoretical background, and have an understanding of the systemic issues students are facing, especially students of color. You cannot have a top down approach from people who have never set foot in the community that students come from. There needs to be community involvement, even from the students, when it comes to decision-and-policy-making in education.
We will work to make educational institutions more welcoming especially to students’ parents whose first language is not English so that there is no intimidation and that there is a clear understanding between parents and educators.
End School-to-Prison Pipeline ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/public-education at this heading)
We will work to end the school to prison pipeline, where schools have zero tolerance policies which we will work to remove. According to the ACLU, “Zero-tolerance” policies criminalize minor infractions of school rules, while cops in schools lead to students being criminalized for behavior that should be handled inside the school. Students of color and even undocumented students are especially vulnerable to push-out trends and the discriminatory application of disciplines. This is why it’s critical that the teachers and administrators come from a critical background because those who don’t have their idea of what “defiance” is which is deemed as “unacceptable” behavior in their eyes. Zero tolerance policies do not consider what is going on in the communities these students are coming from.
Taking Care of Our Educators ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/public-education at this heading)
We will work hard to ensure that our teachers get paid more. Currently, educators with a college degree are making around $31,000 starting pay. Close to 50 percent of new teachers leave the profession with in the first 5 years due to low pay, while many teachers work multiple jobs because they cannot afford to qualify for mortgage loans, rent an apartment, or even have the money to pay off their student loans. No one should have to go to school or work and worry about whether their rent will be paid or there will be food on the table. Teachers give a lot of what they’re asked for which can be stressful and exhausting which might force them out of the profession to more lucrative positions if they are not being valued. We will also work to give teachers more self-care days so that they have time to take care of themselves.
Universal Pre-K and Head Start ↗ (opens angelica4congress.com/public-education at this heading)
We will work to ensure Universal Pre-K high quality programs for 4 year-olds regardless of their parents’ or families income, race, etc. Research has shown that the earlier a child starts learning, the better he or she does in his or her future. Currently, our country is not doing enough to give ALL kids that chance to learn and succeed in their early ages. Three in ten 4-year-olds are currently enrolled in a high-quality preschool program. Just like kindergarten is available to 5 and 6 year-old children, we believe that pre-k should be available as well to ALL children 4 years of age. According to the National Association for the Education of Young children, the term universal pre-K means that these programs are available for any child in any state, regardless of the child’s abilities and family income. Universal pre-K would also allow thousands of mothers to enter into the workforce and help families spend less on education and add additional income for a family. Brain development during the years leading up to kindergarten lays out the foundation for child’s future as well as it promotes creative learning, age appropriate educational exercises, the development of language, and early literacy, cognitive, and social skills. This goes beyond the child’s years; it lasts a lifetime.
We will also work to protect Head Start programs that prepare young children from low-income families, especially families of color. Head Start provides children with early childhood development such as developing reading and math skills from birth to age 5 and they also provide nutritional services. This takes off a heavy financial burden from low-income families and families of color as they can focus on being able to make an income and also not worry that their child is not getting the quality care they need. From the Office of Head Start, Head Start has served over 30 million children and their families in urban and rural areas in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · angelica4congress.com/public-education
FEC filings, Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00697391
83¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 9 reports ($81.2K of $97.5K). Cash on hand went from $0 on Mar 31, 2025 to $16.1K on Oct 14, 2026.
| Report | Raised in the period | Spent in the period | Cash on hand at its close |
|---|---|---|---|
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2025 through Mar 31, 2025 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JULY QUARTERLY 2025 through Jun 30, 2025 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026 | $13,263 | $2,053 | $11,113 |
| PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through May 13, 2026 | $16,355 | $21,951 | $5,516 |
| JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026 | $7,536 | $9,703 | $3,349 |
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026 | $56,433 | $30,684 | $29,099 |
| PRE-GENERAL 2026 through Oct 14, 2026 | $3,865 | $16,818 | $16,145 |
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
10 endorsers listed on Angélica María Dueñas’ own campaign site.
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Statements are quoted from these pages exactly. Headings, order and wording are the campaign’s; the record marking is ours.
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 45 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $22.9K.
Total reported receipts $97,450
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. Open a source marked + to see who gave. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
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97% of the money placed by state came from inside California: $22.3K of $22.9K.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 42 contributions · 97% | $22,273 |
| 1 contribution · 2.2% | $500 |
| 2 contributions · 0.4% | $100 |
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 3 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an employer · 16 contributions · 49% of ranked | $11,122 |
| 2 contributions · 20% of ranked | $4,500 |
| 1 contribution · 15% of ranked | $3,500 |
| 1 contribution · 4.4% of ranked | $1,000 |
| 8 contributions · 2.5% of ranked | $579 |
| 1 contribution · 2.2% of ranked | $500 |
| 1 contribution · 1.8% of ranked | $400 |
| 1 contribution · 1.3% of ranked | $300 |
A further $100 came from donors whose answer names no employer (None), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($52,165) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an occupation · 16 contributions · 49% of ranked | $11,122 |
| 2 contributions · 20% of ranked | $4,500 |
| 1 contribution · 15% of ranked | $3,500 |
| 1 contribution · 4.4% of ranked | $1,000 |
| 8 contributions · 2.5% of ranked | $579 |
| 1 contribution · 2.2% of ranked | $500 |
| 1 contribution · 1.7% of ranked | $400 |
| 1 contribution · 1.3% of ranked | $300 |
Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($52,165) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
Total itemized disbursements $49,637
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 42 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2 payments · 14% of all spending | $11,654 |
| 14 payments · 14% of all spending | $11,068 |
| 4 payments · 12% of all spending | $9,695 |
| 2 payments · 8% of all spending | $6,501 |
| 1 payment · 4% of all spending | $3,250 |
| 2 payments · 3.8% of all spending | $3,050 |
| 1 payment · 1.9% of all spending | $1,548 |
| 4 payments · 1.5% of all spending | $1,254 |
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.