Currently holds the office of Washington House of Representatives - District 43, Position 2 until January 10, 2025.
Candidate for Washington House of Representatives - District 43, Position 2 in 2022 Washington General Election.
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Get StartedCreate a public bank, in partnership with non-profit credit unions, for low-interest student loans, to relieve students and families of burdensome debt. Learn more
Implement Free College Tuition especially for those who need it the most. Learn more
Expand the Early Education and Assistance Program and Working Connections Child Care, towards universal coverage for all. Expand funding to increase the wages, health benefits, and training for the teachers and support workers. Dedicate progressive revenue (capital gains on investments in stocks and bonds, and other sources) to pay for the best investment we can make in early learning. Expand the state’s Early Education Facilities Fund, to provide decent classrooms and facilities, co-located with affordable, non-profit housing. Learn more
Extend free college tuition and forgive existing student loans for graduate degrees, apprenticeships and professions in areas of great public need (behavioral health for example), and partner with employers to pay for it. Promote accountability in higher education through legislation for Truth in Tuition and other innovative ideas. Learn more
Support public transit for the benefit of the entire community. Identify specific communities in need of environmental clean-up for social and economic justice, and make sure polluters pay for it. Help enact local Green New Deal programs to lay the groundwork for a better future for us all. Learn more
Implement the state legislation mandating 100% clean electrical power plants. Pass a progressive Clean Fuel Standard, as they have in Oregon and California, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality especially in our low-income communities and communities of color that are disproportionately impacted by transportation emissions. Take steps to electrify cars and trucks, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Learn more
Build the new UW Behavioral Health Hospital to replace the failed Western State Hospital, and the new Behavioral Health Institute in Seattle as a welcoming front door for people facing mental illness and substance use disorders. Implement Cascade Care, the newly-enacted public option in Washington state, for those who need affordable health care. Expand Social Security and Medicare through the Long-term Care Trust Act. Initiate a plan to create a state-funded, non-profit factory to manufacture insulin and other high-cost drugs. Learn more
Expand the rights of tenants and rent assistance in the costly housing market. Create cottage housing (small homes with full basic utilities), to lower the cost of new construction, as a model across King County and Washington state. Learn more
The housing and homelessness crisis doesn’t just affect Seattle – it challenges our entire state – and it demands action to develop thousands of homes affordable for workers, students, and those without a home. Learn more
Acquire public and non-profit properties, at no or little cost, for social housing, co-located with community facilities for early learning, health clinics, and more. Continue to add major new revenue sources for affordable housing, including an assessment on high salaries in large corporations. Address homelessness as a public health emergency. Empower doctors to order a prescription for a home, through a housing voucher, if medically necessary for those suffering from mental illness or substance use disorders. Learn more
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