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I support:

• Increasing the minimum wage to a livable wage based on inflation levels and worker productivity
• Implementing a full employment strategy by expanding manufacturing, social programs, public infrastructure, and public ownership of key resources.
• Extending all employment standards to “gig work” 
• Establishing state-wide universally accessible and quality public childcare as well as 24-hour childcare for parents who work shift schedules
• The right of the working class to unionize is a human right

I believe:  

• Housing is a human right
• In creating a housing program which treats housing as a public utility, delivering it according to need
• Enacting rent control covering all rental units, capping rent at 20% of household income

I believe:  

• Everyone has the right to an equitable and comprehensive education
• In implementing free access to trade schools
• Good teachers are an invaluable resource and their compensation should reflect the vital service they provide

I support:  

• Abolishing sales tax
• Eliminating taxes on personal incomes under $40,000
• Ending market-based property tax assessments and remove education from the property tax

 I support:

• Recognizing Indigenous self-government and self-determination
• Ending corporate, private, or public development on lands with Indigenous claims
• The immediate cleanup of poisoned Indigenous land and water and compensations to those affected

I believe:

• The criminal justice system is rooted in a history of racism and that racial equity must be at the center of reforms
• No one should profit from the imprisonment of people
• The criminal system is not the place to handle drug addiction and mental health issues
• A person’s wealth or race should not determine how the law is applied
• Education, youth programs, health care, increased social services, rehabilitation, and living wage jobs will reduce crime

I support: 

• Access for incarcerated individuals to communicate with their families at no cost to them or their families. This includes by phone, video, email, etc. 
• Ending the war on drugs by prioritizing treatment over incarceration
• Ending the opioid crisis by decriminalizing drug use, expanding safe consumption and supply programs and humane treatment, rehabilitation and public education programs
• Fines based on a percentage of violators income 

I believe:  

• Human rights apply to all people, regardless of immigration status, and include access to safe food, air, water, and shelter
• Each person has the right to sovereignty over their own body
• People’s lives are more important than our economy 
• Free and open voting is a civil right
• The right to practice one’s religion does not include a right to impose one’s religious doctrines on others

I support: 

• Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of the Press, Freedom to Assemble, and the right to Petition the Government for Change
• The right to marry, as a legal union of consenting adults, without regard to sexual orientation or gender identity must be preserved
• The enforcement and penalization for hate crimes and bans on hate groups
• Working to end all forms of violence against women and the LGBTQ community and providing funding for social and economic programs