Pamela Dawn Swartz's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Pamela Dawn Swartz has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
California State Legislative Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support legalizing abortion when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| No | b) In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| Yes | c) Should businesses with over 500 employees be taxed for every employee they have? | ||
| I support an income tax increase on the top tax bracket only; households with income over $500,000. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support a limit on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| No | d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| No | b) Should an individual under 18 accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| No | d) Do you support the use of private prisons in California? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | b) Do you support lowering state income taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | c) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | d) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of California? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support requiring employers to provide paid family leave? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| Yes | h) Do you support the creation of multi-housing in areas previously zoned for single family housing? | ||
| I would only support lowering state income taxes on the bottom two tax brackets; families whose combined income is under $39,000/year. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in California? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in California? | ||
| Yes | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from California high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| I believe that California's education standards should exceed federal standards. I also know that the definition if "unlawfully present" changes in regard to immigrants, and that is why young people who graduate from California high schools should be eligible for in-state tuition. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support state regulations on fuel economy standards? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support allowing homeowners to buy into a shared community solar energy system? | ||
| I also support use of small biomass facilities in conjunction with forest management in Northern California, for locally-sourced energy production. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| No | c) Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom after passing gun safety training? | ||
| Yes | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through California's health care programs? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| Health insurance should be like car insurance: if everyone has it, the risk pool is bigger and the price goes down for everyone. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in California's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in California's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by California state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Our district does not have equitable access to internet connectivity. We need to bring adequate internet speed to every single North State home for a reasonable cost. I support public-private partnerships that incentivize private internet providers to contribute to public internet infrastructure. Internet access needs to be seen as a public utility and a right of every residential household, as is electricity. | |||
| There is no excuse for delaying wildfire prevention measures in Northern California. We need to adopt fuel abatement programs by introducing low-intensity prescribed burns, adequate forest thinning, and mechanical and non-fire methods for understory clearing. Because so much of our forest land is federal, we need to work with our representatives in DC to increase the USFS budget for these efforts. We also need to incentivize construction of biomass gasification facilities to convert removed biomass into sustainable energy production, hydrogen fuel and biochar, a product that can be used by agricultural producers to mitigate soil drought and sequester carbon. |
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