by Anita Averill | Mar 16, 2025 | Safety and Welfare, Welfare
I agree that we need to support women who choose to continue their pregnancies. We also must support a woman’s right to exercise autonomy over her own body when she chooses to continue or discontinue her pregnancy. This party tries to sound progressive and caring in...
by Tom Campbell | Feb 5, 2025 | Public Safety, Safety and Welfare, Welfare
The California Department of Public Health reported almost 2000 opioid overdose deaths in California in 2016. These deaths, and increased addictions, need to be countered in the immediate and the long term. The national opioid crisis has been termed an epidemic by the...
by Tom Campbell | Feb 5, 2025 | Immigration, Safety and Welfare, Welfare
In 1994, California passed Proposition 187, cutting off all social services to those who entered our country illegally. A federal court struck down Prop. 187, and Governor Davis refused to appeal. The approach of cutting off social services to immigrants was wrong....
by Tom Campbell | Feb 5, 2025 | Safety and Welfare, Welfare
Many Californians concerned with the homeless refer to the root causes of homelessness. I am all for doing so; but also we need to deal with the immediate problem with immediate approaches. It is neither compassionate nor fair to the rest of us that our city streets...
by Tom Campbell | Feb 5, 2025 | Business and Competition, Economic Opportunity, Safety and Welfare, Welfare
Affordable housing is very scarce in most of California. This is an issue of huge economic importance to our state. If young families cannot afford to live in California, our state’s outward migration will be exacerbated, and our competitiveness diminished. From a...
