I love California, but our state is facing a series of alarming and interconnected crises—

and too often, Sacramento has failed to confront their root causes. Affordability is out of control for families across our state, while California also struggles with fiscal instability marked by tens of billions of dollars in budget deficits, growing public safety concerns, and increasingly devastating environmental disasters such as catastrophic wildfires. These challenges are not inevitable; they are the result of years of misplaced priorities and a lack of accountability at the state level.

Despite voters demanding action, the state has failed to adequately fund and implement Proposition 36, leaving communities less safe and crime victims without the protections they were promised. At the same time, Californians are being asked to accept cuts and higher costs while waste, fraud, and mismanagement of taxpayer dollars continue unchecked. Tens of billions of dollars have been poured into the high-speed rail project with little to show for it. An estimated $26 billion has been spent on homelessness programs, yet homelessness has only worsened—largely due to a lack of transparency, accountability, and measurable outcomes.

As wildfires grow more destructive each year, families lose homes and livelihoods, insurance costs skyrocket, and state resources are stretched thin by poor planning and ineffective spending. Meanwhile, everyday residents—working families, seniors, small businesses, renters, homeowners, and crime victims—are too often left out of the conversation, even as they shoulder the rising costs of living.

California needs a course correction. As I am running, I would humbly offer leadership that puts residents first, restores affordability, demands accountability for every taxpayer dollar, prioritizes public safety, and focuses on results—not political talking points. Sacramento must once again work for the people it serves.