Issue Position: Safe Neighborhoods

Issue Position

One of government's main jobs is to protect citizens. An important part of protecting families is knowing your neighbors. I am creating a statewide registry of every individual who has a medical marijuana card, every primary caretaker of someone who has a medical marijuana card, all doctors licensed to write medical marijuana prescriptions and all medical marijuana grow sites. Law enforcement officials will have access to the registry to ensure that an individual is a legitimate user or grower of medical marijuana. I also will keep families more informed of who is living in their neighborhoods. It is my goal to give local law enforcement the authority to inform the community when violent criminals or sex offenders are released from jail into their neighborhoods, so parents may better protect their children. Drunk drivers are a threat to everyone, so I am making it easier for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, in conjunction with local police, to temporarily close down "problem bars", many of which are also places where crime is frequent. Many people continue to ask about expanding the political tax credit by allowing people to direct their donations to homeless shelters and safe homes for women and children. The political tax credit was as high as $18 million and I think money is better spent at the Dunn House or The Children's Advocacy Center to help victims of domestic or child abuse.

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