Gathering Signatures for Gayle as an Individual Activist!

Gathering Signatures for Gayle as an Individual Activist! Thank you for wanting to gather signatures to get Gayle on the ballot! It’s time we show the power of our grassroots movement! Signature Gathering ToolkitYOU are the future of the political revolution. As I go up and down the state I see your enthusiasm and hope for change and it gives me hope! Today we…

Keep it in the ground! – Ban Fracking!

To frack, the oil companies use 80 billion gallons a year of our scarce California water and they pump their waste, containing many cancer-causing chemicals, into protected aquifers supplying drinking water. Ten counties and our ocean are already suffering the consequences. We must ban fracking across the state. Not only does fracking destroy and pollute our water sources, it is a massive…

Gathering Signatures for Gayle with your Group!

Gathering Signatures for Gayle! Thank you for wanting to gather signatures to get Gayle on the ballot! It’s time we show the power of our grassroots movement! Signature Gathering ToolkitYOU are the future of the political revolution. As I go up and down the state I see your enthusiasm and it gives me inspiration! Join us as we kick off the next phase of the…

California Needs A Public Bank. Our Money, Our Power!

I’ve got a history of tangling with Wall Street. Here in Richmond, we championed a plan to keep families in their homes by acquiring underwater mortgages through the use of the city’s power of eminent domain. The plan was to reduce the principals on these mortgages (in line with the home’s value) and then put the modified loans back in the hands of our homeowners, so they could avoid foreclosure.…

People are fighting back, and winning! Let’s rally for 2018.

This month’s elections were good news - we saw a power shift back towards the people as Republicans lost seats in Virginia and a diverse group of candidates won across the country under the Our Revolution and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) banners. We saw grassroots candidates defeating big-spending opponents, and big breakthroughs, like Danica Roem, an open transgender woman,…

My 2018 Endorsements!

I am excited to announce my support of many strong candidates who are dedicated in their fight for the 99%! First and foremost, I endorse Bernie Sanders for President of the United States 2020. I’ll do my share to help Bernie win. I am also endorsing several corporate-free progressive candidates running in California based on their pledge to not take corporate money for their 2018…

Housing is a Human Right – Rent Control Now!

Access to safe and affordable housing without the fear of forced eviction is a fundamental human right. Yet, for too long our government has failed in ensuring this right to all of our fellow citizens. This failure has become a crisis worse here in California, where a third of all renters statewide spend more than half their income on rent. The insufficient development of affordable housing…

Single-Payer for CA – Pass SB 562!

Walk into a doctor's office, clinic or hospital, anywhere in the U.S., get treated, walk out. Pay your taxes, all good. Imagine that. Instead we have a patchwork of care that makes health care uncertain while traveling or in an emergency ("Go to the nearest plan hospital"). And it's bloated by reams of insurance paperwork and uncertainty for providers as well. There are really only two…

Cutting our Shared Prosperity

Recently we have learned more of the details of the Trump/GOP tax plan. It’s easy to pick away at the details of the plan -- realtors, homebuilders, and even Marco Rubio have problems with it. This plan is completely aligned with Trump’s indignities toward working people, immigrants, women, basically anyone who doesn’t look like his cabinet of right-wing billionaires. It also thrusts into…