Policy Positions
Positions as of June 6, 2026, extracted from source websites.
Climate(6)
Authored a $2.5 billion national EV charging program and supports the transition to clean energy as a major economic opportunity.
"Authored the Clean Corridors Act, a $2.5 billion national EV charging program enacted in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law."
Supports protecting California's vehicle emission standards and fighting federal rollbacks of clean energy and emissions rules.
"Fighting to protect California's vehicle emission standards and clean energy investments against federal rollbacks."
Supports strong environmental regulations, including refinery safety standards and EPA-type protections, opposing Republican efforts to undermine federal land protections.
"Opposing Republican attempts in Congress to undermine protections of federal lands."
Supports strong environmental regulation including refinery safety standards and opposes Republican efforts to undermine federal land protections.
"Co-led the Industrial Safety Ordinance, which became a model for California and national refinery safety regulation... Opposing Republican attempts in Congress to undermine protections of federal lands."
Supports protecting clean air standards.
"Protecting clean air standards and accelerating the transition to clean energy."
Advocates for fossil fuel worker transition programs while opposing rollbacks of federal land protections, indicating support for moving away from fossil fuels with worker protections.
"Advocate for Delta water protection and fossil fuel worker transition programs. Fighting to protect California's vehicle emission standards and clean energy investments against federal rollbacks."
Criminal Justice(1)
Supports accountability in law enforcement and criminal justice reform as part of a broader civil rights commitment.
"Continuing to push for criminal justice reform and accountability in law enforcement."
Economy(6)
Supports protecting workers' right to organize, safe workplaces, and fair wages, and advocates for worker voice in AI-driven economic changes.
"Fighting to protect the right to organize, safe workplaces, and wages that keep up with the cost of living."
Authored and supports a CEO tax bill that taxes excessive CEO salaries at companies where workers are not fairly compensated.
"Wrote a CEO tax bill, which has been adopted in Portland, OR, that taxes out of control CEO salaries at companies where workers aren't being given their fair share."
Supports domestic manufacturing and worker protections through the Justice for Dislocated Workers Act aimed at protecting workers from mass layoffs and plant closures.
"Authored the Justice for Dislocated Workers Act to protect workers from mass layoffs and plant closures."
Supports ensuring workers have a voice as AI and automation reshape the economy.
"Fighting to ensure workers have a real voice as AI and automation reshape the economy."
Supports guaranteeing a livable wage for workers.
"He is a leader in Congress on the issues that matter most to California families, like guaranteeing a livable wage"
No explicit position on individual income tax rates stated on the page.
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Education(3)
Supports expanded after-school programming and family engagement in education, having authored legislation signed into law under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
"Authored the Family Engagement in Education Act, signed into law by President Obama as part of the Every Student Succeeds Act."
Supports federal investment in family engagement in education and expanding after-school programming for children.
"Authored the Family Engagement in Education Act, signed into law by President Obama as part of the Every Student Succeeds Act. Created AfterSchool4All as a County Supervisor to expand after-school programming for children across Contra Costa County."
Supports affordable and accessible education for families.
"He is a leader in Congress on the issues that matter most to California families, like guaranteeing a livable wage, affordable and accessible education"
Guns(3)
Supported passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first major federal gun safety law in nearly 30 years, which included enhanced background check provisions.
"Supported passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the first major federal gun safety law in nearly 30 years."
Frames gun violence as a public health crisis with commonsense solutions, citing California's gun laws as a model, while supporting bipartisan gun safety legislation.
"California has shown that commonsense gun laws reduce violence. The data supports it. Progress is possible at the federal level when people are willing to work across the aisle, and I have proven that."
Supports evidence-based solutions to reduce gun violence, implying support for gun safety measures.
"Investing in evidence-based solutions that actually reduce gun violence."
Healthcare(6)
Supports codifying reproductive rights into federal law, protecting access to abortion, contraception, and IVF, and opposing any federal restrictions on women's healthcare.
"Voted for the Women's Health Protection Act, which passed the House twice, to create a federal right to abortion access. Sponsor of the Right to Contraception Act and the Access to Family Building Act to protect access to contraception and IVF."
Supports restoring and protecting women's right to make their own healthcare decisions.
"Fighting to restore and protect every woman's right to make her own health care decisions."
Supports expanding early childhood mental health services, platform accountability for youth mental health, and behavioral health access for students and workers.
"Authored the Early Childhood Mental Health Support Act to bring mental health support into Head Start and early childhood centers. Authored legislation expanding behavioral health access for students, educators, and workers."
Supports expanding mental health support for youth before they reach a crisis point.
"Expanding mental health support for kids before they reach a crisis point."
Implicitly supports robust federal healthcare funding through strong advocacy for NIH research funding and opposition to cuts that would slow development of new treatments.
"Strong advocate for NIH funding every year in the appropriations process. Fighting against any cuts to medical research funding that would slow the development of new treatments and cures."
Supports expanding access to quality healthcare for every patient.
"Protecting medical research funding and expanding access to quality care for every patient."
Immigration(6)
Opposes mass deportation policies, demanding accountability for harm caused by ICE and fighting for humane treatment of individuals in immigration detention.
"Fighting against mass deportation policies that tear families apart and harm communities. Demanding accountability for those killed and injured by ICE and anyone being deprive of their rights in an immigration detention center."
Supports humane and fair immigration reform that treats people who have built lives in the U.S. with dignity, including passing private immigration relief bills for individuals.
"Pushing for humane, fair, and functional immigration reform that reflects American values."
Supports humane immigration reform that treats long-term residents with dignity and has authored private immigration relief bills to grant legal status to deserving individuals.
"Authored and passed H.R. 785, granting permanent legal status to Isabel Bueso, a Guatemalan national with a rare life-threatening disease who came to the U.S. legally to participate in a federal clinical trial at UCSF."
Supports fixing the broken immigration system through reform rather than restriction, emphasizing dignity for those who have legally built lives in the U.S.
"Our immigration system needs reform, but reform means fixing what is broken, not using fear to score political points. People who have built their lives here, raised families here, and contributed to our communities deserve to be treated with dignity."
Supports treating asylum seekers and immigrants with dignity and opposes policies that use fear to score political points.
"People who have built their lives here, raised families here, and contributed to our communities deserve to be treated with dignity."
Supports humane immigration reform and dignity for families already in the country.
"Pushing for humane, functional reform and dignity for families already here."
Social Issues(7)
Strongly supports federal legislation to codify abortion access and opposes any federal restrictions that would override California's reproductive protections.
"Fighting to codify reproductive rights into federal law. Opposing any federal legislation that would restrict women's access to health care or override California's protections."
Consistently advocates for LGBTQ+ equality and fights against efforts to roll back civil rights protections.
"Consistent advocate for voting rights, disability rights, and LGBTQ+ equality... Fighting against efforts to roll back voting rights, civil rights protections, and equality under the law."
Supports LGBTQ+ equality and fights against rollbacks of civil rights protections.
"Consistent advocate for voting rights, disability rights, and LGBTQ+ equality."
Supports restoring and protecting reproductive freedom for women.
"Fighting to restore and protect every woman's right to make her own health care decisions."
Advocates for racial justice, including securing the exoneration of the Port Chicago 50, Black sailors unjustly court-martialed in 1944.
"Secured the full exoneration of the Port Chicago 50 on July 17, 2024."
Supports civil rights, dignity, equality, and justice under the law for everyone.
"Fighting for dignity, equality, and justice under the law for everyone."
No explicit position on affirmative action stated on the page.
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