Policy Positions
Positions as of June 6, 2026, extracted from source websites.
Climate(9)
Supports investing in publicly owned renewable energyâsolar, wind, and hydropowerâto phase out fossil fuels and democratize energy systems.
"We must invest in publicly owned renewable energyâlike solar, wind, and hydropowerâto phase out fossil fuels and democratize our energy systems."
Supports the Green New Deal with union jobs in clean energy, environmental justice for frontline communities, and a just transition for workers.
"The climate crisis demands bold action. A Green New Deal means: Millions of union jobs in clean energy & transit, Environmental justice for frontline communities, A just transition for workers, not fossil CEOs"
Supports the Green New Deal, including millions of union jobs in clean energy, environmental justice for frontline communities, and a just transition for workers.
"The climate crisis demands bold action. A Green New Deal means: Millions of union jobs in clean energy & transit. Environmental justice for frontline communities. A just transition for workers, not fossil CEOs."
Opposes giveaways to fossil fuel companies and supports a just transition away from fossil fuels creating union jobs.
"No more giveaways to polluters. No more delay. We need a just transition that creates union jobs, lowers utility bills, and puts communitiesânot corporationsâin control."
Supports bold carbon pricing through progressive carbon taxes and cap-and-dividend systems to make polluters pay.
"Making polluters pay through bold carbon pricing mechanisms like progressive carbon taxes and democratically accountable cap-and-dividend systemsânot Wall Street's cap-and-trade scams."
Expresses support for protecting the environment and keeping communities clean and safe.
"Protect our environment"
Has advocated for sustainability initiatives at the local level and brings a justice-focused lens to environmental policy.
"He served on the Tarzana Neighborhood Council for three years, advancing sustainability initiatives and community projects that strengthen local neighborhoods. He also served as Chair of the Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance... bringing a justice-focused lens to environmental and small business policy."
Expresses support for protecting the environment and keeping communities clean and safe.
"Protect our environment. Chris and the family enjoy what our district has to offer. The beautiful beaches and parks. Be about it!"
Expresses support for protecting the environment and keeping communities clean and safe.
"Protect our environment... Chris and the family enjoy what our district has to offer. The beautiful beaches and parks. Be about it!"
Criminal Justice(3)
Supports full federal legalization of cannabis, expunging past convictions, and reinvesting tax revenue into communities.
"We support full federal legalization, expunging past convictions, and reinvesting tax revenue into education, infrastructure, and addiction treatment."
Supports comprehensive criminal justice reforms to reduce incarceration and end private prisons.
"Support comprehensive criminal justice reforms aimed at reducing incarceration and improving the system's fairness and effectiveness. End private prisons due to the negative impacts these facilities can have on inmates and the broader goal of creating a more equitable justice system."
Supports building partnerships between law enforcement and communities and using data ethically to reduce bias in identifying crime trends.
"Prioritizing partnerships between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. Ensuring that data is used ethically and without perpetuating bias when identifying crime trends."
Economy(11)
Supports raising the federal minimum wage to $30 an hour so every worker earns a living wage.
"Every worker deserves a living wage. We support raising the federal minimum wage to $30 an hour"
Supports a wealth tax on extreme billionaire wealth, endorsing the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act.
"I support bold proposals like the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act from Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna, which would tax extreme billionaire wealth and invest those resources back into working families."
Supports fair trade policies that protect labor rights, end outsourcing, and build global worker solidarity.
"Promote fair trade that protects labor rights, ends outsourcing, and builds global worker solidarity. Let's growâfrom the bottom up."
Supports fair trade that protects labor rights, ends outsourcing, and builds global worker solidarity.
"Promote fair trade that protects labor rights, ends outsourcing, and builds global worker solidarity."
Supports tax credits, deductions, streamlined regulations, and educational initiatives for small businesses.
"Offering tax credits or deductions for small businesses, especially for startup costs. Implementing progressive tax structures that may provide benefits for smaller enterprises. Streamlining regulatory processes to reduce the burden on small businesses"
Supports tax credits, deductions, regulatory relief, and educational initiatives to help small businesses, especially startups.
"Offering tax credits or deductions for small businesses, especially for startup costs. Implementing progressive tax structures that may provide benefits for smaller enterprises."
Supports progressive tax structures that benefit smaller enterprises and taxing extreme billionaire wealth.
"Implementing progressive tax structures that may provide benefits for smaller enterprises."
Supports domestic manufacturing through investment in union jobs, green infrastructure, and worker cooperatives as part of a working-class growth strategy.
"Invest in green infrastructure, union jobs, and worker cooperatives. Support innovation that serves the public goodânot corporate profits."
Identifies as a small-business owner and frames policy around protecting small businesses being squeezed by corporate interests.
"Across the district, tenants, workers, and small businesses are being squeezed while Brad Sherman takes money from corporate landlords and Wall Street donors."
Opposes policies that protect billionaires over working families, implying support for greater taxation or regulation of wealthy interests.
"while they protect billionaires, working families can't afford rent, groceries, or healthcare â and the American Dream is slipping away."
Has personal experience as a small business owner and brings a justice-focused lens to small business policy.
"Christopher Ahuja is a working-class small business owner and organizer"
Education(7)
Supports making all public colleges and universities tuition-free, starting with community colleges.
"We will make all public colleges and universities tuition-free, starting with community colleges. No one should be locked out of opportunity because they can't afford to pay."
Supports investing in public schools so every child has access to a high-quality public education regardless of ZIP code, opposing privatization.
"I believe every child deserves access to a high-quality public education, no matter their ZIP code. That means investing in public schools... No to privatizationâyes to equitable public schools"
Supports investing in public schools and ensuring every child has access to high-quality public education regardless of ZIP code.
"I believe every child deserves access to a high-quality public education, no matter their ZIP code. That means investing in public schools"
Supports bold student debt relief prioritizing low-income graduates, public service workers, and those targeted by predatory institutions.
"We need bold student debt relief that prioritizes borrowers most harmed by the systemâlow-income graduates, public service workers, and those targeted by predatory or underperforming institutions."
Supports guaranteed funding for teacher professional development, mentorship programs, and better working conditions.
"Guarantee funding for professional development, mentorship programs, and better working conditions."
Opposes privatization of schools; while acknowledging some families choose charters, insists all schools must meet the same standards and public transparency.
"While some families choose charters, all schools must be held to the same high standards and public transparency. No to privatizationâyes to equitable public schools"
Supports investing in education and extracurricular activities to provide opportunities for young people and address root causes of crime.
"Investing in education and extracurricular activities to provide opportunities for young people. Addressing factors that contribute to youth involvement in crime, such as poverty and lack of resources."
Guns(3)
Supports universal background checks and closing gun sale loopholes.
"We support Universal Background Checks, Closing Gun Sale Loopholes, and implementing red flag laws."
Supports renewing the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which expired in 2004.
"The Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB), officially known as the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, was a provision of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. Let's renew this law as it expired in 2004."
Supports background checks as a measure to reduce gun violence.
"Implementing measures to reduce gun violence, such as background checks and safe storage laws."
Healthcare(9)
Supports free, safe, and universal access to abortion and contraception as part of reproductive justice.
"Supporting a woman's right to make her own reproductive decisions means ensuring free, safe, universal access to abortion and contraception."
Supports fully funding and expanding Medicare and Medicaid, opposing Republican cuts to these programs.
"I'll fight to fully fund and expand these programs so more working people get the care they need nowâwhile we build a universal system like Medicare for All that puts people over profits."
Supports negotiating drug prices, ending price gouging, and having the public set prices rather than Big Pharma.
"Cut costs by negotiating drug prices, ending price gouging, and slashing bureaucratic waste from private insurers. We need a system built on care, not paperworkâand where the public sets the prices, not Big Pharma."
Supports expanding Medicare into a universal system covering all Americans, with an option for supplemental private coverage.
"I support Medicare for Allâa universal, publicly funded system that guarantees healthcare as a right, not a privilege. Everyone gets the care they need, free at the point of service. For those who want supplemental private coverage, that option can still exist."
Supports universal healthcare so that all families can access the care they need without having to fight for it.
"his resolve to push for universal healthcare so no family has to fight for care their child deserves."
Supports expanding Medicare into a universal system covering all Americans.
"I support Medicare for Allâa universal, publicly funded system that guarantees healthcare as a right, not a privilege. Everyone gets the care they need, free at the point of service."
Explicitly supports Medicare for All as the vehicle for universal coverage, indicating strong support for expanding Medicare to all Americans.
"I support Medicare for Allâa universal, publicly funded system that guarantees healthcare as a right, not a privilege."
Supports funding free mental health care and addiction treatment for unhoused people and those in need.
"That means funding deeply affordable housing, free mental health care, addiction treatment, and job training."
Supports free mental health care and addiction treatment as part of a care-based approach to homelessness.
"That means funding deeply affordable housing, free mental health care, addiction treatment, and job training. We'll work with local officials and grassroots groups to build a system rooted in care, not cruelty."
Immigration(5)
Supports creating a real pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants with no criminal record who pay taxes and contribute to communities.
"We must also create a real pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who are already part of our communitiesâpeople with no criminal record, who pay taxes, and contribute every day."
Supports making DACA permanent so Dreamers can live and work without fear.
"I support making DACA permanent, so Dreamers can live, work, and thrive without fear."
Supports abolishing ICE, opposing its use as a militarized deportation force that raids homes without warrants.
"I support abolishing ICE and replacing it with a humane system rooted in due process, dignity, and human rightsânot fear and cruelty"
Opposes ICE and its deportation enforcement practices, characterizing it as a rogue militarized agency that raids homes without warrants.
"Under Trump, ICE became a rogue force, raiding homes without warrants and terrorizing communities. I support abolishing ICE and replacing it with a humane system rooted in due process, dignity, and human rightsânot fear and cruelty"
Opposes the militarized enforcement model of ICE, characterizing raids without warrants as terrorizing communities.
"Under Trump, ICE became a rogue force, raiding homes without warrants and terrorizing communities."
Social Issues(3)
Supports protecting and advancing LGBTQ rights domestically and globally, opposing discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations.
"I oppose discrimination against LGBTQ individuals in all forms, including in employment, housing, and public accommodations. We must protect LGBTQ people from discrimination and harassment."
Supports free, safe, universal access to abortion and contraception, keeping personal medical decisions free from government interference.
"Supporting a woman's right to make her own reproductive decisions means ensuring free, safe, universal access to abortion and contraception. I believe in protecting the constitutional rights of all citizens and that personal medical decisions must remain private, free from government interference."
Supports racial justice and stands in solidarity with marginalized communities, opposing all forms of bigotry.
"I condemn all forms of bigotryâAntisemitism, Islamophobia, and all hate that targets people for who they are or what they believe. We stand in solidarity with all marginalized communities and fight for a world rooted in justice, dignity, and collective liberation."
