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3-3-25 Chris with supporters after Nevada County Candidate Forum

3-3-26 Chris with supporters in Grass Valley

3-1-26 Chris at the Folsom Sunrise Solidarity ICE Protest

2-28-26 Chris at the Arden & Howe anti-war with Iran and anti-ICE Protest

2-26-26 Chris with a college student at the CADEM Convention in SF

2-21-26 Chris at the CALCARE CADEM Convention Rally in SF

2-19-26 Chris at the Nurse Action against ICE at UC Davis Medical Center

2-19-26 Chris with a nurse leader at the Nurse Action against ICE at UC Davis Medical Center

2-17-26 Chris speaking at the UNITE HERE Local 49 picketline outside Sky River Casino

2-17-26 Chris marching with UNITE HERE Local 49 picketline outside Sky River Casino

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2-11-26 Chris on the Kaiser Roseville Picket Line with UNAC-UHCP

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2-8-26 Chris at the Folsom Sunrise Solidarity ICE Protest

2-5-26 Chris with SEIU 2015 on the SNF picket line

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2-3-26 Chris at the Fair Oaks-Carmicahel Indivisible Meeting

1-31-26 Chris at the Firewise cleanup on Judy Lane in Grass Valley

1-30-26 Chris at the John Moss ICE Field Office during the Sacramento area HS Student Walkout

1-30-26 Chris at the State Capitol during the Sacramento area HS Student Walkout

1-27-26 Chris registering students to vote at Sierra College

1-24-26 Chris at the John Moss ICE Field Office in downtown Sacramento

1-21-26 Chris with a nurse at the Hands Off Our Ratios rally

1-21-26 Chris holding a "Hands Off Our Ratios" sign with CNA nurses on Jan 21, 2026

1-20-26 Chris chatting with Constituents at the Grass Valley walkout

1-20-26 Chris with Grass Valley HS students at the ICE Walkout

1-19-26 Chris at the MLK Jr 365 Diversity Expo

1-11-26 Chris chatting with volunteers during our January 11th kickoff

12-18-25 Chris at the Third Act Holiday Party

12-8-25 Chris Bennett with Jessup U students at CPB recruiting event on Dec 8, 2025 in Rocklin

12-8-25 Chris Bennett with two others protesting ICE/CPB recruiting at Jessup U in Rocklin on Dec 8, 2025

11-22-25 Chris Bennett with an organizer of the 100 Years of Palestine event at Tarbiyah House in Roseville on Nov 22, 2025

11-17-25 Chris Bennett with Flo Cofer and union member on AFSCME 3299 picket line on November 17-18, 2025

10-25-25 Chris with Chinua Rhodes at the CAIR banquet

7-11-25 Chris chatting with constituents at a meet and greet in July 2025

6-14-25 Chris speaking with people at No Kings on June 14, 2025

6-14-25 Chris with Sac County Young Dems at No Kings Day on June 14, 2025

6-14-25 Chris with volunteers for No Kings Day on June 14, 2025

5-24-25 Chris doing Know Your Rights canvassing

5-17-25 Chris chatting at the teacher's rally in May 2025

5-1-25 Chris on the picket line with UPTE-CWA 9119 in May 2025

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I have devoted my life to serving my community and our country.I'm here to fight for a better future for all of us.I'm a disabled army veteran, former tech worker, and community activist. I come from a working class military background, so I understand the needs of everyday people and how poverty fuels our system.I believe that together we are stronger than the billionaires and oligarchs.Like you, I haven't had a fairy tale life. I'm open and honest about the hardships I've faced. My experiences have fundamentally shaped my view that government can and must work on behalf of people like us.If you'd like to know more about me, keep reading below!In solidarity, Chris Bennett

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<img src="https://run.imgix.net/3262cf40-ce81-4e3c-b1cc-34fdcd002acb/2620f87e-7cf0-4886-9a2d-43d43a1bd25f/2620f87e-7cf0-4886-9a2d-43d43a1bd25f.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C480%2C604&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="With family in the early 1990s" align="left" alignwidth="30" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">With family in the early 1990s<h4>A Childhood of Transitions</h4>I grew up an Army brat and the oldest of eleven siblings. My mom is Puerto Rican, my dad from Eastern Washington, and they met as cadets at West Point. After they graduated, got married, and had me and my three brothers, their marriage ended when I was nine. My childhood was shaped by constant moves, tight finances, and watching my parents work hard through difficult times, including on the global scale. I was in 6th grade when I watched as the second plane crashed into the World Trade Center. At that moment, I gave up on being an architect and decided I wanted to serve my country.&nbsp;My high school years were full of transition. Alternating between living with my dad, step mom, an aunt and even a family friend, I saw first hand the hardships of working class people working full time jobs and often still needing to rely on food stamps to feed the children in their care. By high school graduation in 2008, I had moved a dozen times and gone to three high schools in three different states.<h4>A West Point Education</h4>I applied to only one college, the United States Military Academy at West Point, where I studied Computer Science and trained in military ethics, leadership, and the laws of just warfare. The program was rigorous and tested me in every way, both academically and personally. Like many cadets, I faced challenges that forced me to dig deep, ask for help and support when I needed it, and build the resilience to lead under pressure. Fighting through exhaustion, mental health struggles, family and relationship complications to finish the academy strong shaped my commitment to service. It strengthened my belief that access to support systems, whether in education, health, or community, can change the course of someone’s life. I'll be forever grateful for the mental health care support that I had in the Army, and I graduated in 2013, ready to put those lessons into action as an Army officer.<h4>Serving Our Country</h4><img src="https://run.imgix.net/3262cf40-ce81-4e3c-b1cc-34fdcd002acb/1dba5d6d-9cb6-4e50-80bf-b7f55cffe2bd/1dba5d6d-9cb6-4e50-80bf-b7f55cffe2bd.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C960%2C960&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="At a Ball in Seoul, South Korea in 2014" align="right" alignwidth="30" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">At a Ball in Seoul, South Korea in 2014I commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Field Artillery branch and swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, before reporting to Fort Sill, Oklahoma for Artillery School. While I was there, I got to take Precision Fires where I learned how to use guided munitions and minimize collateral damage. I also learned about the military responsibility to prevent war crimes prohibited by international law and the Geneva conventions–crimes such as indiscriminate or deliberate targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure and collective punishment, among others.My first duty station was in South Korea, where I met my wife, a California native and the daughter of Vietnamese refugees, who was teaching English after graduating from Cal Poly Pomona. Around that time, the Army created the Cyber Warfare branch, and I was one of just a handful of artillery officers accepted into the new Cyber Corps. In early 2016, we left Korea for Augusta, Georgia, where I joined the U.S. Army Cyber Protection Brigade on 152 Cyber Protection Team (CPT). I led a mission element specializing in discovery and counter-infiltration, providing cyber support to corps and below units. The work took me to training centers across the country, including Fort Irwin, California, and Fort Polk, Louisiana.<h4>Life Transitions</h4>After finishing my active duty service in 2018, I left the Army so my wife and I could start a family. I always wanted children of my own, but I wanted them to have more stability than the constant moves of my Army childhood. We settled in Northern California, where I worked in nonprofit healthcare at Kaiser Permanente in Walnut Creek and Oakland, later joining Sutter Health.&nbsp;When the pandemic began, we moved to Sacramento County, looking to set down roots where we could raise a family and afford to live. After moving, I earned an MBA from UC Berkeley while working full-time, graduating in 2022 before taking a role in technology consulting with PwC Strategy&amp;.Like many families, we faced challenges starting a family of our own and pursued IVF. That endeavor was ultimately unsuccessful, and opened my eyes to how corrupt and profit-driven decisions in healthcare can deeply affect people’s lives. This painful experience fuels my commitment to fight for a system that puts people before profits.I loved my job and the people I worked with at Strategy&amp;, but the state of our country made me so angry that I had to act. I saw peaceful students and ordinary people getting snatched off the street by masked secret police and sent to foreign prisons without due process in violation of our laws, court orders, and the Constitution. I decided I couldn't continue with business as usual. So I quit my job to run for Congress. I believe that our elected representatives have abdicated their responsibility to check the power of the executive branch. I know I can do a better job.<h4>Fighting for Our Future</h4>Let's be frank - our country has been sold out. Our elected officials are in the pockets of billionaires and corporate lobbyists while regular people are struggling to get by. The rich and powerful use their media machines to pit us against each other, blaming immigrants, trans people, and other vulnerable groups so we don’t look up and see the real problem: a ruling class getting rich while the rest of us struggle.I’ve seen how health insurance companies profit from misery, denying care and jacking up prices just to boost their bottom line. For decades, our government has funneled wealth from working people to Wall Street and the billionaire class. As a disabled veteran who gets care through the VA, I know how dangerous it would be to privatize it. I’m fighting for Medicare for All because healthcare is a human right, and no one should have to go bankrupt just because they got sick. I’m fighting for a government run by the people, not by the billionaires.&nbsp;Enough is enough. It’s time our government worked for us, not them. 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<h2>Meet Captain Chris Bennett</h2><img src="https://run.imgix.net/3262cf40-ce81-4e3c-b1cc-34fdcd002acb/9f1d9094-9ded-46d5-a5c9-fbd3e63e831e/9f1d9094-9ded-46d5-a5c9-fbd3e63e831e.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=-4&amp;con=0&amp;sat=8&amp;high=0&amp;shad=1&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C2608%2C3206&amp;w=1500" alt="Chris Bennett, candidate for U.S. Congress" caption="" align="left" alignwidth="32" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">I'm a disabled Army veteran running for U.S. Congress in California's 3rd district to fight for everyday people, not billionaires, lobbyists, or genocidal foreign countries.I put people first.I'm the oldest brother of eleven siblings, and I know firsthand what it's like to worry about putting food on the table and making rent.After 9/11, I chose to serve my country in the Army like so many of my family before me. When I graduated from West Point, I swore to defend the Constitution and the rights it guarantees, like due process, freedom of speech, and the rule of law.In the Army, I served overseas in artillery and in the states defending our nation’s computer networks as a cyber officer. After the Army, I worked in nonprofit health care and tech strategy, earning my MBA from the Haas School of Business.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/3262cf40-ce81-4e3c-b1cc-34fdcd002acb/1f30d1c4-f519-47b3-a357-4bacb2b9d28a/1f30d1c4-f519-47b3-a357-4bacb2b9d28a.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=104%2C59%2C918%2C1321&amp;w=1500" alt="Captain Chris Bennett in army dress blue uniform for Department of the Army photograph" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="32" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">I’ve been shaped by many teachers in my 35 years - my parents, my wife, West Point, the Army, and Berkeley to name a few.Each one instilling values I still carry: to help those in need, stand up to bullies, choose the harder right over the easier wrong, lead by example, and question the status quo.But today, we’re watching billionaires harvest our data, steal from the poor, and destroy our safety net, while Congress takes a handout to look the other way. Both parties have been corrupted by wealthy interests, and too many politicians have abandoned us to appease their donors.When I saw ordinary people being disappeared off the street by masked thugs without due process, I couldn’t stay on the sidelines. So I left my job to run for Congress, to stand up to unchecked power and fight for the future we all deserve.I refuse any money from corporate PACs or lobbyists. I’m fighting for our basic needs - affordable housing &amp; groceries, Medicare For All, Social Security, the VA, and our basic human rights.This campaign isn’t backed by big donors, it’s powered by the people. We need your help to take back our democracy.<h4 style="text-align: center;">Join our movement today by donating or signing up to volunteer. A better future is possible, but only if we fight for it together.</h4>

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Everyone deserves a safe, stable place to live and healthy food in their bellies.I'll fight to build and create public financing for low- and middle-income housing, protect SNAP, end grocery deserts with federal commissaries, and expand WIC to ALL new mothers - regardless of income.I'll also work to end homelessness with housing first policies and homelessness prevention programs.PEOPLE FIRST so families can stay and thrive in the communities they call home.

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We need to reimagine the way we design and plan our cities and neighborhoods.Our cities are unfriendly to pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders. We can improve quality of life by ensuring that people have easy and full access to grocery stores, hospitals and healthcare offices, arts and entertainment, and community spaces. People should be able to walk, bike, or ride without fearing for their safety.

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Civil Service jobs and power to the workers.Democracy thrives when there is low inequality and working people have good jobs with strong labor protections.I will fight for a federal jobs guarantee with a Civil Service Corps offering good union jobs in infrastructure, housing development, green energy, and social services for all who want them.I support an inflation adjusted livable minimum wage indexed to the cost of living and a universal basic income, especially because of AI.I support undoing Taft-Hartley's damages and expanding workers' rights including collective bargaining and the right to organize with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protecting_the_Right_to_Organize_Act" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">PRO Act(➚)</a>.

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AI can harm us all, but is only benefiting the Epstein class. We have to change that. I am against new construction of any AI data centers until sweeping regulations are passed to prioritize residential water, electricity, and safety first including proving they will not harm people BEFORE construction and footing the bill for all damages they cause.I support making AI companies compensate all whose work was stolen without permission to train their models and ensure AI can only enhance jobs, not replace them without a universal basic income.I also support requiring companies allow consumers to OPT OUT of any and all AI features in computer software, websites, or mobile applications.

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There's not enough land for ethical farming everywhere so we need a different approach.Like our reliance on fossil fuels, our current system of factory farming and animal use is unsustainable.<a style="color: var(--color-text-accent-secondary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-secondary);" href="https://sentientmedia.org/meatpacking-workers-injury-risk-usda/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Workers, communities, and the environment are harmed(➚)</a>, <a style="color: var(--color-text-accent-secondary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-secondary);" href="https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/06/13/factory-farms-and-the-next-pandemic-how-industrial-animal-agriculture-fuels-global-health-threats/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">pandemics spread(➚)</a>, and <a style="color: var(--color-text-accent-secondary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-secondary);" href="https://awionline.org/content/inhumane-practices-factory-farms" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">animals suffer inhumane conditions(➚)</a>.I support increased funding, subsidies, and research for crops grown for direct human consumption, land use alternatives like stewardship and re-wilding, and plant based alternatives for food and medicine to reduce animal suffering.Animals deserve our compassion.

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Whoever has the most money, shouldn't get the biggest say.Wealthy interests spend infinite money buying our politicians which is why a Princeton study found that <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/abs/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">what ordinary people want has almost no impact on what policy outcomes actually get passed</a><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/abs/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> (➚)</a>.That MUST change.I support public financing of elections, Constitutional Amendments to overturn Citizens United &amp; legalized slavery, and banning Congressional Stock Trading which steals from our retirement accounts.

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There's not enough land for ethical farming everywhere so we need a different approach.Like our reliance on fossil fuels, our current system of factory farming and animal use is unsustainable. <a href="https://sentientmedia.org/meatpacking-workers-injury-risk-usda/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Workers, communities, and the environment are harmed</a><a href="https://sentientmedia.org/meatpacking-workers-injury-risk-usda/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">(➚)</a>, <a href="https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/06/13/factory-farms-and-the-next-pandemic-how-industrial-animal-agriculture-fuels-global-health-threats/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">pandemics spread(➚)</a>, and <a href="https://awionline.org/content/inhumane-practices-factory-farms" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">animals suffer inhumane conditions(➚)</a>. I support increased funding, subsidies, and research for crops grown for direct human consumption, land use alternatives like stewardship and re-wilding, and plant based alternatives for food and medicine.

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Health care is a human right.As a healthcare worker, I saw how our pain profits Wall Street, health insurers, and big pharma.I'll fight to expand the healthcare workforce, pass Medicare For All, support rural hospitals and build federal ones, invest in drug intervention, ban direct-to-patient advertising, remove limits on pharma negotiations, and cap pharma profits that rely on any publicly funded research.

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Support teachers &amp; students.Classes are overcrowded, teachers are underpaid, kids are hungry, programs are getting cut, and millions have endless student loan debt.I will fight for the safe and stable education. I support <a style="color: var(--color-text-accent-secondary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-secondary);" href="https://www.cta.org/our-advocacy/school-funding" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fully funding and staffing our schools(➚)</a>, reforming the Department of Education, undoing the harms of "No Child Left Behind", livable wages for all teachers and staff, universal Pre-K, free meals for all students, free public college &amp; trade schools, and cancelling all federal student loan debt.Everyone benefits from education and we need to fight to protect it.

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Hands off our safety nets.Our seniors and most vulnerable people are being directly targeted with unprecedented attacks on Social Security and Medicaid.Once elected, I will work to overturn the "Big Beautiful Bill", remove the social security cap on high income earners, undo DOGE damages, make social security easier to use, and sustain Medicaid until we have Medicare for All.

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LGBTQIA+ rights are human rights.Trans and Queer people have always existed and&nbsp; LGBT+ people deserve the same rights and protections we all do.I will fight to keep LGBTQIA+ status a federally protected class and end the ability of the Epstein Class to divide us with bigotry while they hurt our children, rob us blind, and take away our freedoms.

LGBTQIA+ Rights

Chris Bennett, CA-03, Courage Candidate, endorsed by Courage for Democracy alongside more than 100 pro-impeachment candidates.&nbsp; FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, February 25, 2026 SACRAMENTO, CA – Courage for Democracy PAC and its grassroots advocacy group Citizens’ Impeachment have endorsed more than 100 Courage Candidates, including top midterm House prospects Analilia Mejía (NJ-11), Kat Abughazaleh (IL-09), Chris Ahuja (CA-32), Kate Barr (NC-14), Oliver Larkin (FL-23), and Chris Bennett (CA-03). As a Courage Candidate, Chris Bennett an Army Veteran, has pledged to uphold their oath of office if elected, and is committed to impeaching President Donald Trump for tyranny, treason, and obstruction of justice for his ongoing cover-up of the Epstein files, at their first opportunity.&nbsp; “This authoritarian regime continues to loot our economy, violate our rights, and shield the billionaire Epstein class from accountability.” Bennett continued “I’m running for Congress to upend the status quo establishment politics that led us here and make our government work for working people. As a Courage Candidate, I will do that by taking action: impeaching and holding accountable all who have violated the Constitution, fighting for Medicare For All, overturning Citizens United, and passing proportional representation.” Together, the Courage Candidates represent races in 81 House districts in 32 states, as well as Senate and gubernatorial races. They include one candidate, Barr, running as a progressive Republican, and six running as independents. The slate of candidates is running against Republican and Democratic incumbents that have not brought impeachment articles to a vote during their time in office, in addition to pursuing open seats. The Courage Candidates’ first opportunity to face voters directly was a success, with Mejía winning her special election primary, and widely expected to succeed in the upcoming general election. See the full list of candidates <a href="https://citizensimpeachment.com/courage-for-democracy-passes-100-candidates/#candidates">here</a>.&nbsp; Courage for Democracy PAC grew out of the nonpartisan, grassroots movement Citizens’ Impeachment, which united constituents from all 50 states to demand that elected lawmakers honor their oaths to defend our Constitution against all enemies, foreign or domestic.&nbsp; Courage for Democracy endorses and supports pro-impeachment candidates running for office in the 2026 midterms to ensure that impeachment remains a central issue for the election. Recently, Courage Candidates have expanded their platform to include <a href="https://citizensimpeachment.com/courage-candidates-say-abolish-ice/">abolishing ICE</a>.&nbsp; “The Constitution provides one clear remedy against the continuous unconstitutional actions of this administration, and that remedy is impeachment,” said Keira Havens, United States Air Force veteran and Executive Director of Citizens Impeachment. “The impeachment movement is a nationwide, patriotic movement, and we’re so proud to be working with candidates who, unlike this Congress, are committed to doing their jobs if given the chance. It’s incredibly important to have these voices in every race, giving power and visibility to the very popular impeachment movement.” “Polling shows that impeachment is a winning issue for candidates to run on, and we expect to see a number of these candidates win their races, and go on to uphold their commitments as members of Congress,” said Sarah Fite, co-founder of Courage for Democracy. “We’re thrilled that so many have joined us, and have an open invitation for any candidate who wants to join us in the 2026 midterm cycle.” (A majority of American voters have supported impeachment since <a href="https://freespeechforpeople.org/new-polling-majority-of-voters-support-impeaching-president-trump/">April 2025</a>, with additional polling in <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/poll-a-plurality-of-swing-district-voters-support-impeachment-amid-president-trumps-ongoing-crackdown-on-the-constitution">September 2025</a> indicating support for impeachment by a plurality of voters in swing districts.) Candidates interested in joining the slate can <a href="https://couragefordemocracy.com/become-a-courage-candidate">get in touch here</a>. For press info and interviews, please reach out to <a href="mailto:press@citizensimpeachment.com">press@citizensimpeachment.com</a>.&nbsp;

Chris Bennett, CA-03, Courage Candidate, endorsed by Courage for Democracy alongside more than 100 pro-impeachment candidates.

Chris Bennett endorsed by Courage for Democracy

Large game developers keep telling us we don't own the things we bought anymore. No more.They take down servers, prioritize micro-transactions over completed content, and are trying to convince us we don't own anything we bought anymore.I support legislation to require publishers maintain the ability for us to play and access the games we have paid for including server access for discontinued "live service" games that reach end of life. I also support ending disastrous tariff policies that mean new consoles like the Nintendo Switch 2 are almost $1,000.<a style="color: var(--color-text-accent-secondary); text-decoration-color: var(--color-text-accent-secondary);" href="https://www.stopkillinggames.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Learn more about efforts to stop killing games(➚)</a>

Stop Killing Games

Our cities are unfriendly to pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders. We need to reimagine the way we design and plan our cities and neighborhoods. We can improve quality of life by ensuring that people have easy and full access to grocery stores, hospitals and healthcare offices, arts and entertainment, and community spaces. People should be able to walk, bike, or ride without fearing for their safety.&nbsp;As a member of Congress, I will fight to increase grants and funding to areas that prioritize the reimagining of our cities to become friendly to people not in cars. Support for designs and ways to expand pedestrian safety and&nbsp; access to daily needs and life.&nbsp;Federal support for livable cities can help us create and maintain:<ul><li>Cleaner environments and lower carbon emissions</li><li>Comprehensive, clean, and comfortable public transit systems such as light rails, subways, buses, and trains</li><li>Dense, multi-use buildings for housing, commerce, and public services</li><li>Affordable urban housing by building public housing, creating community benefit agreements, and expanding tenant protections to combat gentrification</li><li>Streets designed to slow down vehicles, using infrastructure such as roundabouts and narrow lanes</li><li>Streets redesignated to service pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders, limiting or eliminating personal vehicle traffic and providing outdoor spaces for public use</li><li>Safety regulations for vehicles, such as requirements for auto-braking features and limits on grill height to reduce severity of injuries to pedestrians</li><li>More overpasses and underpasses for pedestrians to safely traverse highways and other high-speed roads</li></ul>

Our cities are unfriendly to pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders. We need to re-imagine the way we design and plan our cities and neighborhoods.We can improve quality of life by ensuring that people have easy and full access to grocery stores, hospitals and healthcare offices, arts and entertainment, and community spaces. People should be able to walk, bike, or ride without fearing for their safety.

Walkable, Livable &amp; Healthier Cities

Humane immigration policyOur immigration system is broken and was built from a wave of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">anti-Chinese racism in the 1880s(➚)</a>.I support common sense changes to end employer slave labor, make reasonable pathways to citizenship, and ensure human and Constitutional rights for all.I will fight to abolish ICE which is lawlessly acting as the secret police and was only <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">created out of post-9/11 Islamophobia(➚)</a>

Immigration Reform

Support those who servedAs Vets, we're abused by war hungry politicians and forced to fight for care after harms caused during service.I support making military retirement payments tax exempt.As a disabled Vet, I oppose efforts to privatize the VA.I oppose handouts to defense contractors when troops are on food stamps or living with black mold.I oppose sending troops to die in pointless wars.It's time we prioritize care for our Vets and Troops.

Veterans &amp; Military

Californians are being squeezed from our homes and could lose everything thanks to unaccountable polluters and skyrocketing premiums.After taking our money for more than a century, insurers are pulling out of the state because it's no longer profitable thanks to the increased rates of floods and fires caused by climate change. Meanwhile, the ones most responsible—the biggest polluters—continue to poison our environment, loot our resources, spread disinformation, buy off politicians, and absorb any fines as a cost of doing business. That's why I support a federally managed, public homeowners insurance program funded by the biggest polluters to force them to finally fight climate change and invest in renewable energy.Make polluters pay so we can keep our homes.