Policy Positions
Positions as of July 1, 2026, extracted from source websites.
Climate(5)
Supports protecting and expanding enforcement of the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act against major polluters.
"I will fight against efforts to dismantle the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, and expand enforcement against massive polluters and repeat offenders."
Supports passing the Green New Deal and fighting efforts to dismantle the Clean Air Act to reduce carbon emissions.
"I will fight against efforts to dismantle the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, and expand enforcement against massive polluters and repeat offenders. We must pass the Green New Deal, to invest in renewable energy and public transit."
Supports investing in renewable energy through the Green New Deal and requiring corporations with high energy demands to fund clean energy production.
"We must pass the Green New Deal, to invest in renewable energy and public transit. ... Investors in data centers and other corporations with high energy demands should fund increased clean energy production instead of passing the cost on to consumers."
Supports bold action to address the climate crisis, though without specific policy details.
"Take bold action to address the climate crisis."
Supports taking bold action to address the climate crisis.
"Take bold action to address the climate crisis."
Criminal Justice(2)
Opposed license plate reader surveillance technology citing civil rights concerns and Sheriff's Office sharing data with federal immigration authorities.
"Led by Council members Corinna Contreras and Katie Melendez, the council pointed to reports of the Sheriff's Office illegally sharing data with federal immigration authorities and criticized the lack of data demonstrating the cameras' crime-solving efficacy."
Opposed police surveillance technology, voting against installing license plate readers and gunshot sensors over data privacy and civil rights concerns.
"Led by Council members Corinna Contreras and Katie Melendez, the council pointed to reports of the Sheriff's Office illegally sharing data with federal immigration authorities and criticized the lack of data demonstrating the cameras' crime-solving efficacy. The council demanded stronger safeguards and concrete performance metrics, with Contreras and Melendez also voicing strong opposition to a related gunshot sensor and public camera program, framing the decision as a protection of civil rights against unchecked surveillance."
Economy(10)
Supports raising the minimum wage and tying it to inflation to ensure workers can meet basic needs.
"I support creating jobs that pay a livable wage. It's time to raise the minimum wage and tie it to inflation so that everyone who works hard can meet their basic needs."
Supports passing the PRO Act, collective bargaining, stronger labor protections, enforced OSHA standards, and protection of worker pensions.
"I will help pass the PRO Act and support efforts for collective bargaining and stronger labor protections. At the same time, I will ensure that OSHA standards and regulations are enforced and strengthened. I oppose the privatization of federal agencies and dangerous free trade agreements that could harm workers. I will also fight to protect pensions for all workers."
Supports expanding SBA loans and bond guarantee programs to build economic opportunity for small businesses.
"I will focus on building economic opportunity for small business by making it easier to access the federal market, by expanding SBA loans, and bond guarantee program."
Supports investing in workforce, apprenticeship programs, and agricultural, manufacturing, and technology sectors to bring back American manufacturing.
"If we want to bring back American manufacturing, we need a solid plan. I support investing in our workforce and apprenticeship programs, as well as our agricultural, manufacturing, and technology sectors."
Supports ensuring corporations pay their fair share in taxes, citing disparity between small business and multinational corporation tax rates.
"Why is the tax rate for small businesses higher than that for multinational corporations like Amazon? Ensuring that corporations pay their fair share in taxes will be one of my top priorities."
Supports ensuring corporations pay higher taxes and breaking up corporate monopolies.
"Break up corporate monopolies and ensure that corporations pay their fair share of taxes."
Opposes free trade agreements that could harm workers.
"I oppose the privatization of federal agencies and dangerous free trade agreements that could harm workers."
Supports protections for workers and unions, framing it as a priority for working families.
"Fight for universal access to housing and protections for workers and unions."
Supports fighting for worker protections, unions, and tenant rights.
"Fight for universal access to housing and protections for workers and unions. Break up corporate monopolies and ensure that corporations pay their fair share of taxes."
Supports ensuring corporations pay their fair share of taxes and breaking up corporate monopolies.
"Fight for universal access to housing and protections for workers and unions. Break up corporate monopolies and ensure that corporations pay their fair share of taxes."
Education(3)
Supports directing public tax dollars exclusively to public schools and investing in the existing public education system.
"Public Dollars for Public Schools: Tax dollars should be reserved for public education."
Opposes taxpayer-funded charter schools and school choice policies, citing fraud, mismanagement, discrimination, and diversion of funds from public schools.
"Conservatives like to tout 'school choice' over public schools, but ignore the myriad problems associated with taxpayer-funded charter schools like their propensity for fraud and mismanagement, history of discrimination, and diversion of tax dollars from public schools."
Supports a federal minimum salary of $60,000 for public school teachers and stronger legal protections against violence and threats.
"We need a federal minimum yearly salary of $60,000 for every public school teacher. ... Violence and threats against school employees should carry a higher penalty than our current federal laws dictate."
Healthcare(9)
Explicitly supports Medicare for All as a healthcare policy goal.
"Deliver Medicare for All, protect reproductive freedom, and secure equal rights for women and LGBTQ+ individuals."
Supports Medicare for All as a means to provide universal healthcare coverage and reduce costs.
"Medicare for all, not only will save thousands of lives, but save trillions of dollars by reducing administrative and subsidy costs."
Supports expanding Medicare to include vision, hearing, and dental coverage and separating health insurance from employment.
"Voting in favor of the Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Expansion Act to expand Medicare to include vision, hearing, and dental. ... Separate health insurance from employment and expand Medicare."
Supports lowering prescription drug prices and domestic manufacturing of prescription drugs.
"Lower prescription drug prices. ... I will support state-led efforts to manufacture prescription drugs domestically."
Supports full access to reproductive healthcare services and bodily autonomy for all women.
"All women deserve equal access to workplace safety, equal pay, and paid parental leave, as well as full access to healthcare, and reproductive services and bodily autonomy."
Supports strengthening mental health and suicide prevention resources, including the 988 Veterans Crisis Line and expanded community-based care.
"Mental health and suicide prevention will be some of my key priorities, including strengthening support connected to the 988 Veterans Crisis Line and expanding access to community based care."
Supports protecting reproductive freedom.
"Deliver Medicare for All, protect reproductive freedom, and secure equal rights for women and LGBTQ+ individuals."
Pledges to deliver Medicare for All if elected to Congress.
"Deliver Medicare for All, protect reproductive freedom, and secure equal rights for women and LGBTQ+ individuals."
Supports Medicare for All universal healthcare coverage.
"She is running with a progressive platform including demands for medicare for all, abolishing ICE, halting funding for the genocide in Gaza, and strengthening worker and tenant rights."
Immigration(6)
Supports reforming and streamlining the path to citizenship, citing current wait times of five to 25 years as in need of modernization.
"I support reforming the path to citizenship. With waits anywhere between five and 25 years to become a naturalized U.S. citizen, modernization is necessary in order to streamline and simplify the process."
Supports reforming immigration by providing a clear path to citizenship.
"Reform immigration by providing a clear path to citizenship, investing in holistic community safety, and never voting for pointless wars."
Opposes current deportation practices, characterizing them as kidnapping people without due process.
"Our government is kidnapping people off the streets and imprisoning them in horrible conditions without due process. This is unconscionable."
Supports reforming immigration by providing a clear path to citizenship.
"Reform immigration by providing a clear path to citizenship, investing in holistic community safety, and never voting for pointless wars."
Championed a Community Safety and Due Process Resolution to protect immigrant rights at the local level.
"Vista City Councilwoman Corinna Contreras put forth a 'Community Safety and Due Process Resolution,' which narrowly passed after a lengthy and contentious council meeting. Contreras championed the measure, speaking at a pre-vote rally and directly acknowledging the crowd of supporters by stating the immigration situation had 'deeply, deeply impacted' their families."
Opposes ICE and local cooperation with immigration enforcement, and supports abolishing ICE.
"She is running with a progressive platform including demands for medicare for all, abolishing ICE, halting funding for the genocide in Gaza, and strengthening worker and tenant rights. She has been on the Vista City Council since 2018 and has a track record of staying true to progressive values. She's spoken out against surveillance technology and local cooperation with ICE, rejecting a proposal to install license plate readers in Vista and passing a resolution to protect residents against ICE."
Social Issues(5)
Supports the Equality Act to prohibit discrimination based on sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and supports transgender individuals serving openly in the military.
"I will work to prohibit all discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation in places of public accommodation by supporting the Equality Act. ... I will restore the right for transgender individuals to serve openly in the military."
Supports securing equal rights for LGBTQ+ individuals as a congressional priority.
"Deliver Medicare for All, protect reproductive freedom, and secure equal rights for women and LGBTQ+ individuals."
Supports full access to reproductive services and bodily autonomy for all women.
"All women deserve equal access to workplace safety, equal pay, and paid parental leave, as well as full access to healthcare, and reproductive services and bodily autonomy."
Supports structural changes to improve racial and social justice, particularly for immigrant communities and communities of color.
"When elected to Congress, I will continue to fight for structural changes to improve the lives of my constituents and people across the United States."
Supports securing equal rights for LGBTQ+ individuals.
"Deliver Medicare for All, protect reproductive freedom, and secure equal rights for women and LGBTQ+ individuals."