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Abortion
Antonio Villaraigosa: GOP rejects abortion in case of rape & incest.
Brian Dahle: You don't have the right to an abortion in the Constitution.
Gavin Newsom: Opposes defunding Planned Parenthood.
Gavin Newsom: Welcome women to CA from states without abortion.
John Chiang: Longtime ally for reproductive rights.
Neel Kashkari: Supports abortion rights.
Neel Kashkari: Government out of our lives on abortion.
Travis Allen: Skipped vote on resolution for abortion rights.
Eleni Kounalakis: Fought to expand access to reproductive choice in California.
Eleni Kounalakis: We will enshrine reproductive rights in state constitution.
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Budget & Economy
Brian Dahle: COVID: stop recklessly spending billions of dollars.
Brian Dahle: Clawbacks in state contracts for underperforming entities.
Delaine Eastin: Build an economy that works for everyone.
Gavin Newsom: Government has role in economic growth.
Gavin Newsom: Opportunity zones worthy of bipartisan support.
Heidi Ganahl: Government has grown too much; we can reduce it.
Jerry Brown: Proposes balanced budget and $12.5 billion in cuts.
Jerry Brown: $27B budget gap then; multibillion-dollar surplus now.
Jerry Brown: Ping-pong budgeting makes no sense.
Kamala Harris: Provide protections for homeowners in bank dealings.
Kamala Harris: Provide protections for homeowners in bank dealings.
Neel Kashkari: Ran program to bail out the nation's largest banks.
Xavier Becerra: Trump cuts at HHS has the makings of a manmade disaster.
Zoltan Istvan: California needs to construct supercities.
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Civil Rights
Antonio Villaraigosa: LA's diversity program is "absolutely insufficient".
Delaine Eastin: Protect equal rights for all.
Gavin Newsom: Early supporter for gay marriage.
Gavin Newsom: Supports affirmative action.
John Chiang: Supports affirmative action.
John Chiang: Outspoken in support of gay rights.
Kevin Faulconer: Supported same-sex marriage, LGBTQ rights legislation.
Neel Kashkari: Supports gay marriage.
Steve Farley: Race should be a consideration, not only one.
Eleni Kounalakis: I'm proud we have enacted many protections for LGBTQ+ people.
Eleni Kounalakis: Recommit to ending violence against transgender people.
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Corporations
Brian Dahle: Seen businesses regulated to death by state bureaucrats.
Delaine Eastin: Change corporate tax structure to fund education.
Gloria La Riva: Corporations, banks and the Pentagon dominate society.
Neel Kashkari: Corporate rate complexity encourages investment abroad.
Travis Allen: Private business should take over public rest stops.
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Crime
Antonio Villaraigosa: Reduced violent crime by 50%; increased size of LAPD.
Brian Dahle: Rights of criminals shouldn't come before rights of victims.
Caitlyn Jenner: Rehabilitate people in prison and bring them back safely.
Caitlyn Jenner: I would use as many forces as I could to stop rioting.
Caitlyn Jenner: I am in favor of the death penalty.
Delaine Eastin: Manage crime with improved education.
Doug Ose: Everywhere I see uncontrolled homelessness & nagging crime.
Gavin Newsom: Criminal justice reform is crucial; repeal death penalty.
Gavin Newsom: Death penalty is ineffective, irreversible and immoral.
Gavin Newsom: 2016: Respect state referendum on death penalty; 2019: Don't.
Gavin Newsom: Spared 737 people on California's death row.
John Chiang: Education & anti-poverty to fight crime.
Larry Elder: Police falsely accused of systemic racism, keep cash bail.
Neel Kashkari: Don't release dangerous people onto the streets.
Travis Allen: Protect victims, not criminals.
Eleni Kounalakis: Increasing penalties probably won't do what people want.
Xavier Becerra: Invest in local law enforcement to make sure you're safe.
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Drugs
Antonio Villaraigosa: Pro-legalization with safeguards.
Antonio Villaraigosa: Supports marijuana legalization.
Brian Dahle: Medicinal and recreational cannabis laws are in conflict.
Delaine Eastin: Supports legalization, but would tax more.
Ed Perlmutter: Sponsored bill for pot business bank access.
Gavin Newsom: Pushed Proposition 64, legalizing adult use of marijuana.
Gavin Newsom: I'm not pro-pot, but anti-prohibition; opposed 2010 Prop 19.
Gavin Newsom: Let California legalization continue.
Jerry Brown: Vetoed prosecutor discretion on drugs; keep it a felony.
Jerry Brown: How many people can get stoned and still have a great state?
John Chiang: Set up state bank for pot industry.
John Cox: Denied wanting to hospitalize marijuana addicts.
Neel Kashkari: When you legalize something, you send a signal you approve.
Rob Astorino: War on drugs has disproportionately hurt minorities.
Steve Farley: Making marijuana business legitimate.
Travis Allen: Opposed pot law barring state cooperation with Feds.
Eleni Kounalakis: California legalization can work with effective regulations.
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Education
Antonio Villaraigosa: Mayoral control of 22 poorly performing schools.
Antonio Villaraigosa: Police in the schools, every day, but not all day.
Antonio Villaraigosa: Stop making excuses for lack of success in schools.
Brian Dahle: I strongly support school choice, charter schools.
Delaine Eastin: In 1960s we invested in community colleges.
Delaine Eastin: Expand "First 5" to include mandatory kindergarten.
Delaine Eastin: Parental choice but no vouchers.
Gavin Newsom: College without crushing debt for every young person.
Jerry Brown: No government-imposed standards for public schools.
Jerry Brown: Vetoed considering demographics in college admissions.
Larry Elder: Won't support schools that indoctrinate children with hate.
Larry Elder: Will fight for school choice, charter schools.
Neel Kashkari: Side with poor kids, not union bosses.
Steve Farley: Need to rebuild educational system.
Travis Allen: Parental control, not bureaucrats.
Eleni Kounalakis: Helped make college more accessible to working families.
Tom Steyer: Free public school from age 3 through community college.
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Energy & Oil
Brian Dahle: Forest management not climate change is cause of wildfires.
Brian Dahle: Energy goal: 100% reliable, affordable electricity.
Caitlyn Jenner: Skeptical of state goal of zero emissions by 2045.
Delaine Eastin: Fight climate change, protect natural resources.
Gavin Newsom: California leads the way on green energy.
Larry Elder: Against radicals for whom climate change is a religion.
Neel Kashkari: Climate change compelling, but do fracking & Monterey shale.
Rob Astorino: Open the Monterey Shale to fracking for shale oil.
Steve Farley: Coal is the fuel of the past.
Eleni Kounalakis: People look to California on climate change, solutions.
Eleni Kounalakis: Does not support off-shore drilling because of risk of spill.
Eleni Kounalakis: California is leading the clean energy transition.
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Environment
Antonio Villaraigosa: Added 669 acres of open space & 1,549 miles of bikeways.
Antonio Villaraigosa: Modernize CEQA to allow new construction projects.
Delaine Eastin: Don't give up on a clean environment; not on my watch.
Gavin Newsom: Pro-active on energy and resource management.
Gavin Newsom: The water we drink & the air we breathe hang in the balance.
Jerry Brown: Banned shark fin harvesting to protect sharks and ocean.
Jerry Brown: $25B for water-shortage farmland.
John Cox: Environmental regs crush business.
Rob Astorino: I love our natural beauty, but we need to find balance.
Eleni Kounalakis: EPA must provide leadership to stop flood of polluted water.
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Foreign Policy
Eleni Kounalakis: Educate students to national security importance of Israel.
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Free Trade
Kevin Faulconer: Supported USMCA trade pact, chaired pro-trade group.
Kevin Faulconer: NAFTA has been phenomenally successful.
Eleni Kounalakis: Newsom: Kounalakis critical to state's interests abroad.
Eleni Kounalakis: Make sure California is a good place for foreign investors.
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Government Reform
Antonio Villaraigosa: Increase voter turnout among Latinos & all demographics.
Brian Dahle: Crazy to ban candidate withholding tax returns from ballot.
Caitlyn Jenner: We need to have integrity in our election system.
Doug Ose: Amend California environmental law, don't tear it up.
Gavin Newsom: Campaigned to boost student registration.
John Cox: Smaller districts better against special interests.
Travis Allen: Sponsored voter ID law.
Eleni Kounalakis: For publicly funded campaigns and campaign finance reform.
Xavier Becerra: Cut red tape for new businesses creating jobs.
Xavier Becerra: Joined UCLA Voting Rights Project to defend right to vote.
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Gun Control
Antonio Villaraigosa: Supports Life Act: restrict ammunition, licenses, & weapons.
Antonio Villaraigosa: Ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
Antonio Villaraigosa: Member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
Antonio Villaraigosa: Ban sales of assault weapons and Saturday night specials.
Gavin Newsom: Supports background checks.
Gavin Newsom: Allow suits against gun makers for negligence.
Jerry Brown: Ban hunting with lead bullets; but detachable magazines OK.
Jerry Brown: Include semiautomatic pistols in unsafe handgun law.
Neel Kashkari: Require background checks before all firearms sales.
Travis Allen: Gun laws hurt the innocent.
Eleni Kounalakis: Questionnaire response: NO THANKS NRA. JUST GIVE ME AN F.
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Health Care
Antonio Villaraigosa: Healthcare.gov problems caused loss of confidence in Feds.
Delaine Eastin: Provide universal healthcare for all.
Brian Dahle: Strengthen our rehabilitation and mental health services.
Gavin Newsom: Supports HealthySF: available to all uninsured residents.
Gavin Newsom: We will lead a massive expansion of health care.
Gavin Newsom: Expanded health care to millions of uninsured Californians.
Jerry Brown: Insurance companies must cover maternity leave & services.
John Chiang: Fix Obamacare instead of repeal.
Neel Kashkari: Fix ObamaCare's fundamental flaws, or replace it completely.
Eleni Kounalakis: For single-payer and will fight for universal healthcare.
Xavier Becerra: I won the fight to protect the Affordable Care Act.
Xavier Becerra: As Secretary of HHS negotiated prescription drug prices.
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Homeland Security
Gavin Newsom: Don't gut programs to pay for military buildup.
Jerry Brown: Governor's Military Council: avoid DOD budget cuts.
Eric Swalwell: The military can be a check on Trump administration.
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Immigration
Antonio Villaraigosa: Immigration reform is an economic and moral imperative.
Antonio Villaraigosa: Latino heritage is part of our American heritage.
Brian Dahle: Opposes sanctuary state status.
Brian Dahle: Streamline path to citizenship, cooperate with ICE on crime.
Caitlyn Jenner: I am pro-border protection & pro-ICE.
Caitlyn Jenner: Path to citizenship for undocumented; deport "bad ones".
Delaine Eastin: Supports Dreamers against deportation.
Gavin Newsom: Sanctuary cities build trust.
Gavin Newsom: Border wall is just rhetoric; celebrate diversity.
Gavin Newsom: National Guard for crime on border, not immigration.
Hilda Solis: Supports "Fast for Families" in favor of immigration reform.
Jerry Brown: Supports state aid to illegals' children and DREAM Act.
Jerry Brown: National Guard for crime on border, not immigration.
John Chiang: Muslim immigration ban forsakes American values.
John Chiang: Chinese Exclusion Act wrong then; Muslim exclusion wrong now.
John Cox: Border wall needs to be built, to keep out MS-13.
John Cox: Sanctuary State law puts our families at risk.
Neel Kashkari: Sensible immigration reform needed, but not open borders.
Neel Kashkari: Expand visa programs for highly skilled workers.
Travis Allen: Sanctuary cities protect criminals.
Eleni Kounalakis: Chance for all regardless of race, class, immigration status.
Eric Swalwell: When we're in majority, ICE masks are coming off.
Xavier Becerra: Would avoid cutting insurance for undocumented immigrants.
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Jobs
Antonio Villaraigosa: Union organizer but disagrees with teachers unions.
Brian Dahle: Voted against allowing child-care workers to unionize.
Jerry Brown: Extend unemployment benefits federally.
Eleni Kounalakis: Removing affirmative action ban allows for more inclusivity.
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Principles & Values
Brian Dahle: I pledge to tell you the truth, restore power, work hard.
Caitlyn Jenner: Conservative on economy; progressive on social issues.
Caitlyn Jenner: I don't like labels, I'm kind of middle of the road.
David Hadley: Social moderate and fiscal conservative.
Gavin Newsom: Strict separation of church and state.
Jerry Brown: Proclaim May 2 as California "Day of Prayer".
Larry Elder: Our government is what's ruining the Golden State.
Larry Elder: My parents taught this great truth: Hard work wins.
Zoltan Istvan: I'm pro-choice, pro-small business, and secular.
Brian Dahle: On 2020 election: Yes, Biden is our president.
Eleni Kounalakis: Family understood the value and opportunity country offers.
Eleni Kounalakis: Trump motivated me to run for office, defend democracy.
Eric Swalwell: GOP weaponizes faith, need to do Christian podcasts.
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Social Security
Antonio Villaraigosa: Entitlement reform must be part of reining in debt.
Antonio Villaraigosa: Safeguard the hard-earned pensions of employees.
Jerry Brown: Cap benefits & increase retirement age.
Neel Kashkari: We must cut entitlements, to avoid national insolvency.
Neel Kashkari: Index for inflation; increase retirement age; means-testing.
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Tax Reform
Brian Dahle: Repeal the gas tax and roll back excessive regulations.
Gavin Newsom: Supports tax hikes for public good.
John Cox: California is over-taxed and over-regulated.
John Cox: Roll back tide of tax increases & job killing regulations.
Travis Allen: California must cut taxes.
Tom Steyer: Take on corporations that are not paying their fair share.
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Technology
Caitlyn Jenner: Spend money on desalinization plants, not high-speed rail.
Jerry Brown: Supports high speed rail in CA to create jobs, ease traffic.
Jerry Brown: Pay for high-speed rail project with cap-and-trade revenue.
Jerry Brown: 32-year quest to build nation's first high-speed rail line.
John Chiang: More private money for high-speed rail project.
John Cox: High-speed rail project is corrupt; ax it.
Kevin de Leon: Preserve net neutrality in California, if Feds won't.
Neel Kashkari: Day one, high-speed rail train is dead.
Travis Allen: Fix roads with existing funds, not new taxes.
Travis Allen: High-speed rail project is corrupt; ax it.
Tom Steyer: New technologies are disruptive, less expensive, and clean.
Zoltan Istvan: Provide a humanoid robot to every California household.
Zoltan Istvan: Even with regulation, autonomous AI is dangerous.
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War & Peace
Antonio Villaraigosa: End wars & spend in US in stead of Baghdad and Kandahar.
Jerry Brown: World assured of America's resolve in combating terrorism.
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Welfare & Poverty
Jerry Brown: 1977: Visited tenement & prison to see 1st-hand.
Kamala Harris: Tenants not named in foreclosure can stop eviction process.
Neel Kashkari: With $40 & no job, economy hasn't improved since 2011.
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