Issues I Care About...
Housing for everyone: Housing for workers, elders, veterans, teachers. Housing we need, not just high cost housing.
Health Care: Single Payer Health Care for All! It covers everyone and is the way to go. California can lead the way.
Tenants Rights: Fund renters in need to protect from evictions. Honor renters.
Prop 13 Fix: Keep low taxes on homes like mine. Prop 13 lowered taxes on big corporation's property too. Chevron and Disney should pay their fair share. Prop 13 ruined school financing and we have never caught up. Fix Prop 13!
Rent Control: Needed for more low cost rental housing. Repeal Costa-Hawkins so cities can vote for rent control if they wish.
Environment: More energy from the sun and tides; green housing; electric cars, monitor our use of water; preserve our parks and green space. Save the planet.
Minimum Wage: Working people should earn enough to be able to afford housing and basic necessities.
Education: Safe schools, small classes, better pay for teachers, more art, music, literature and science. Free community college and classes for the trades: low tuition at State Universities.
Restore Affirmative Action: Justice for all. Pay reparations.
Women's Rights, Equal pay, abortion on demand, safe work places, good child care, and more.
Police Reform: Policing that keeps us safe with civilian oversight. Jails are not the place for mentally ill people.
Save People's Park! We need green space in dense Berkeley. No building on People's Park!
Travel: Coordinated, accessible public transit, a quiet BART; fast trains that could lower plane and freeway traffic. Europe and Asia have them; they are speedy, safe, quiet and comfortable.
Protect Small Businesses and Small Landlords: State laws must protect the livelihoods of those who create the communities that we so value.
Vote Nov 5th!
Elect Margot for Assembly!
We need legislators in Sacramento who will vote housing for everyone, not just the rich.
How do I differ from Buffy Wicks, our East Bay Assembly member? See the issues!
Margot: We need low cost housing for families, workers, elders.
Buffy: Voted housing for the rich, developers give her money.
Margot: Pass Health Care for All, California leads the way.
Buffy: Killed Health Care for All in committee.
Margot: Supports environmental laws; protect the planet.
Buffy: Bypass environmental laws to speed development.
Margot: Fund public schools; small classes, safe schools.
Buffy: Supports Charter Schools, less $$ for public schools.
Margot: Respect local lawmakers, our elected city councils.
Buffy: Lets developers bypass city councils, build anywhere.
Margot: Protect local newspapers, local reporters.
Buffy: Let Google, Yahoo and Meta give us the news.
Margot: Lower our PG&E energy bills; prevent profiteering
Buffy: Voted against limiting PG&E billing.
I will work to legislate housing for veterans, us elders on Social Security, teachers, students, families, people who want to live near their work. We need housing for everyone, not just the rich. Vote!
We see the housing shortage daily: people camping on the street, couch surfing and living in their cars. We suffer traffic congestion on freeways during rush hour when people travel long distances from home to work.
I am a Democrat for democracy. We elect our local city councils and county supervisors to make sure local people and local housing needs are met by people who understand local conditions. Our cities have local problems that limit housing options:
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flood zones,
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fire hazard areas,
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fire and tsunami evacuation routes,
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rising sea levels, eroding shores,
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steep slopes, landslides,
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abandoned oil wells, and
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narrow streets with limited parking.
People know the need for housing in their communities, they are for housing that they will have enough income to live in and that is built where the environment is right for them.
A vote for me is a vote FOR better housing laws; let's show we care about housing for all California residents. And, I care for about the future of the planet.
Our incumbent Assembly member Buffy Wicks ran in 2022 with NO opposition. We cannot let that happen again. We need to change the laws on the things we care about and make laws we support.
Vote Margot for Assembly!
I do not accept corporate dollars.
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