Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - California 1st Congressional District in 2022 California General Election.
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Get StartedRebuild our timber industry: Spend $1 billion/year to subsidize the start-up costs and streamline the regulations for greater mill capacity and responsible logging in the North State. Learn more
The federal government should fund 25% of Sites Reservoir for environmental water: cross-subsidizing capacity needed for urban and agricultural use while protecting vulnerable ecosystems. Learn more
Manage our forests at scale: Ease the NEPA process to allow large-scale forest management plans: we need to be approving and executing 100,000-acre-plus treatment plans that acknowledge the catastrophic risks of a “no-treatment” alternative. Learn more
We need a dedicated national effort to reduce the destructive impacts of uncontrolled wildfires. This will require an aggressive commitment by lawmakers to fund more firefighters, with more equipment, in more places. Learn more
Fund forests as an essential part of our country’s environmental infrastructure: we need to allocate $6 billion/year in federal funds for fuels reduction, prescribed fires, defensible space, and stewardship agreements. Learn more
Pass a stronger Voting Rights Act fit for the challenges of 2022. Ensure that elected politicians never have the power to change the results of elections outside of a court challenge. Learn more
Consolidate land management agencies: Transition the Forest Service from USDA to the Department of Interior – where it would join the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service in managing our natural resources. Learn more
Implement a federal voting I.D. program, to be run out of every U.S. Post Office, for free, six days per week. Photo identification for voting makes sense; but photo I.D.’s need to be free, convenient, and quick. Learn more
One of the most important things the federal government can do for California’s water crisis is to fund more dams. Learn more
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