Currently holds the office of Florida House of Representatives - District 89 until November 7, 2028.
Candidate for Florida House of Representatives - District 89 in 2024 Florida General Election.
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Get StartedReproductive rights are women's healthcare rights, and are fundamental to a woman's rights in totality. We must create policies and practices that provide protection to ensure and enforce all of these rights. Learn more
Create a safe place for women and healthcare practitioners to make personal medical decisions without government interference. Women must be able to seek and receive healthcare in a safe place in which healthcare practitioners do not operate in fear that allows government to dictate personal and life-saving treatments. Learn more
Improve restorative justice to keep people from re-entering the judicial system after reentry into society. Reinstate the right to vote once someone is re-entered into society, their civic duties should not be encumbered. Reduce and eliminate unequal sentences and fines. Learn more
Create programs to train law enforcement in dealing with individuals who struggle with mental health. Bridge the gap and build trust between the community and police through encouraging and incentivizing community policing programs. Learn more
Create and analyze the racial impacts of proposed and active legislation - along with using racial impact statements to help detect potential ramifications before adopting new policies and laws. Evaluate the mass incarceration problem in Florida along with the over-criminalization of nonviolent and minor drug crimes. Learn more
Expand the pretrial intervention and diversion programs. Learn more
Create more juvenile and youth programs for the purposes of creating pathways for success and crime prevention. Learn more
Create pathways to jobs through trade and skill acquisition, beginning in primary school and extending to adults seeking to train for new workforce opportunities that provide higher pay. Learn more
Create and enhance programs to assist small businesses in establishing credit, including microloan programs. Learn more
Create a mechanism of support for small and minority businesses. This includes the ability for small and minority businesses to compete fairly and equitably in contract bidding. Learn more
Create real-life skills and financial literacy trainings to prepare students for their adult lives. Staff schools with bilingual and multilingual educators and administrators to assist the children and their families in transitioning to a predominately English-speaking environment. Learn more
Eliminate educational and cultural censorship in curriculum and supporting literature. Ensure availability of African American studies, gender studies, Judaic studies, and all other diverse and cultural education. Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within public K-12 and extending to the collegiate levels. Adults should be able to decide what to study with their own funds. To do otherwise takes away the competitive edge of Florida's education system for students, educators, funders, and future employers. Learn more
Debra Tendrich is running for the Florida House of Representatives, and supporting the public education system is a top priority for her. Learn more
Create guardrails around education vouchers, to end the deliberate starving of resources to public education in favor of for-profit institutions. Learn more
We much achieve the following: Create more affordable housing, including workforce housing. Regulate and create standards for property insurance rates and rental prices. Create community benefit requirements and accountability systems that compel real estate developers to invest in local communities and infrastructure. Learn more
Assist senior citizens and families who are being priced out of home ownership. Learn more
Review and revamp the current rental assistance and down payment programs to ensure they are meeting the new economic needs of Floridians. Learn more
Do not use law enforcement to enforce immigration. Learn more
Create fair wage standards for employment. A minimum wage does not equate to a living wage. Learn more
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