Gray Davis on Abortion

• No restrictions on women's right to choose, not on my watch. (Sep 2003)
• Strengthen the reproductive rights of California women. (Sep 2003)
• Abortion training for medical residents and pharmacists. (Sep 2003)

Gray Davis on Budget & Economy

• Signed toughest personal bank info privacy law in America. (Sep 2003)
• Retail energy market was never deregulated. (Mar 2001)
• Buy wholesale electricity; build plants; conserve now. (Feb 2001)
• Electricity deregulation a colossal and dangerous failure. (Jan 2001)
• Bankruptcy reform: limit Chapter 7; protect states' role. (Feb 2001)
• Uphold commitments to states before other spending. (Sep 2001)

Gray Davis on Civil Rights

• Register domestic partnerships and provide partner benefits. (Sep 2003)
• Allow adoptions by gay parents. (Sep 2003)
• Look for racial profiling data in traffic stops. (Sep 2003)
• Expanded definition of hate crimes to include gays. (Sep 2003)
• Enforced job & housing rights for disabled & minorities. (Sep 2003)
• Supported legal benefits for gay & lesbian partnerships. (Sep 2003)
• Support flag burning amendment; oppose gay marriage. (Feb 2000)
• Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment. (Feb 2001)

Gray Davis on Corporations

Gray Davis on Crime

• Life imprisonment or death penalty for hate crimes. (Sep 2003)
• Supports capital punishment. (Feb 2000)
• Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs. (Sep 2001)
• Zero tolerance for violence against government employees. (Aug 2001)

Gray Davis on Drugs

• $70M to combat methamphetamine. (Sep 2003)
• More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War. (Aug 2000)
• States should make drug policy, not feds. (Aug 2001)

Gray Davis on Education

• CA schools are bad, but headed in the right direction. (Nov 2002)
• Balanced education reform with teachers’ unions. (Feb 2000)
• Supports EdFlex; more money for higher grades. (Feb 2000)
• Improve and invest in public schools. (Aug 2001)

Gray Davis on Energy & Oil

• Says his mishandling of energy crisis prompted recall. (Sep 2003)
• Wants to get past recall to get to re-regulating energy. (Sep 2003)
• Addressing energy demand as well as supply. (Mar 2001)
• Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically. (Aug 2000)
• Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries. (Aug 2000)
• Federal tax incentives for energy, with state decisions. (Aug 2001)

Gray Davis on Environment

• Phase out environmental gasoline additives. (Feb 2000)
• More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups. (Aug 2001)
• Support State Revolving Loan Fund for flexible Clean Water. (Aug 2001)
• Focus on prevention and states for Endangered Species. (Aug 2001)
• Collaborative, incentive driven, locally-based solutions. (Aug 2001)
• Apply "Good Samaritan" rules to abandoned mine cleanup. (Aug 2001)
• State primacy over water quantity & quality issues. (Aug 2001)

Gray Davis on Families & Children

• Encourage fathers' participation in child-raising. (Sep 2001)
• Federal funds & state involvement in fatherhood initiatives. (Aug 2001)

Gray Davis on Foreign Policy

Gray Davis on Free Trade

• CA is world's 5th largest economy; expand global marketplace. (Sep 2003)
• Made trade deals with Europe, Armenia, China, & others. (Sep 2003)

Gray Davis on Government Reform

• Campaign contributions let regular people run for office. (Nov 2002)
• Your vote is your voice-legislate open process. (Nov 2002)
• Reforms must respect state's rights to select electors. (Aug 2001)

Gray Davis on Gun Control

• Ban assault weapons & Saturday Night Specials. (Sep 2003)
• One-gun-per-month limit; plus required safety test. (Sep 2003)

Gray Davis on Health Care

• Expand HMO reform with tougher laws. (Sep 2003)
• Keep medical decisions in hands of patients & their doctors. (Sep 2003)
• Patient rights including suing HMOs. (Sep 2003)
• No federal pre-emption of employee health plan regulation. (Oct 2001)
• More federal funding for rural health services. (Aug 2001)
• Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure. (Apr 1999)

Gray Davis on Homeland Security

Gray Davis on Immigration

• Diversity is our strength; welcome all good citizens. (Nov 2002)
• Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal. (Feb 2001)
• Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation. (Feb 2001)

Gray Davis on Jobs

• Create block grants for Agricultural Stewardship. (Aug 2001)

Gray Davis on Local Issues

Gray Davis on Principles & Values

• If allowed to serve out term I will do things differently. (Sep 2003)
• Message of recall: People are angry, but GOP is cheating. (Sep 2003)
• Calls himself a centrist; calls himself a progressive too. (Sep 2003)
• Recall election is a humbling experience. (Sep 2003)
• Proud of record on education, healthcare, guns, environment. (Nov 2002)
• Religious affiliation: Catholic. (Nov 2000)
• Member of Democratic Governors Association. (Aug 2001)
• Member of Democratic Leadership Council. (Nov 2000)
• New Democrat: "Third Way" instead of left-right debate. (Nov 2000)
• Member, National Governors Association/Economic Development. (Jan 2001)
• Member of the Western Governors' Association. (Aug 2001)

Gray Davis on Social Security

• Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare. (Aug 2001)

Gray Davis on Tax Reform

• No national sales tax or VAT. (Feb 2000)
• Let states independently determine estate taxes. (May 2001)

Gray Davis on War & Peace

• Deal with terrorism as a joint federal-state responsibility. (Feb 2001)
• Include states in anti-terrorism planning. (Sep 2001)
• Study terrorist threats against nuclear waste repositories. (Aug 2001)

Gray Davis on Welfare & Poverty

• Supports faith-based community organizations. (Sep 2003)
• Promote the next generation of welfare reform. (Aug 2001)
• Maintain federal Social Services Block Grant funding. (Sep 2001)
• Maintain flexibility & funding levels for TANF block grants. (Sep 2001)