California Lieutenant Governor

As Lieutenant Governor, one of my most important constitutional responsibilities will be serving as President of the California State Senate. I will use that position not simply as a ceremonial title but as a platform for leadership, accountability, and bipartisan problem-solving. I bring unique experience to this responsibility because I have actually served in the California State Senate. I know the institution, its rules, its traditions, and, most importantly, how relationships are built across party lines. I served as Senate Majority Leader, where I was responsible for helping manage the legislative agenda and working with senators with very different political philosophies and constituencies. That experience taught me that effective leadership requires knowing when to fight for principle, when to negotiate, and how to bring people together to achieve results. As President of the Senate, I will play a major role in moving gubernatorial nominations for confirmation.

Education will be my highest priority because California’s future depends on whether we prepare every student to succeed—from the first day of school through college and into the workforce. I will build a strong TK–16 pipeline to stop treating these systems as separate bureaucracies and start measuring whether students are actually moving successfully from one level to the next. That means stronger literacy and math achievement, better college preparation, smoother community-college transfers, career pathways tied to California jobs, and greater accountability for student outcomes. I will advocate for restoring the SAT/objective standardized measure as part of a comprehensive admissions process. , uphold Proposition 209 and Title IX. Californians have repeatedly affirmed the principle that government should not discriminate. I will make campus safety and combating antisemitism a priority. Jewish students should never have to choose between their education and their personal safety

I strongly support! Voter ID contributes to election integrity. The strongest argument for voter ID is straightforward: when someone appears at a polling place, identification provides an additional means of confirming that the person is the registered voter they claim to be and provides election workers with a standardized verification procedure. There are several potential benefits of Voter ID to ensure election integrity, including boosting public confidence that our elections are safe and the results are valid. I am proud that I participated in the signature-gathering phase of this initiative, and I am endorsed by Reform California for Lt. Governor. I participated in numerous rallies and community meetings to gather support for Voter ID before the primary election and will continue to do so for the general election as well.

As Lieutenant Governor and President of the California State Senate, I will make fiscal accountability a priority. California taxpayers deserve a budget that funds essential services while aggressively confronting fraud, waste, and abuse. I will use my role as Senate President to elevate scrutiny of major spending proposals and participate in debate over the budget. I will encourage the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee and its subcommittees to demand measurable results from agencies receiving taxpayer dollars. Before government asks for more money, it should explain what happened to the money already spent. When the Governor calls a special session, I will take an active role in Senate proceedings. I will highlight findings from the Legislative Analyst’s Office and ensure follow through. Unlike my opponent, who is the current state treasurer, I WILL stand up when I see our treasury being raided! I WILL demand the audits. My opponent stayed silent, complicit in CA's debt.

I support Trump's focus on a secure, closed border against illegal entry while maintaining lawful pathways for immigrants who obey the rules. CA was built in part by immigrants, but compassion and the rule of law must work together. A nation that lacks control over its borders cannot adequately protect its citizens or the immigrants who come here legally. Top priority must be public safety, and we should focus removal efforts on the “worst of the worst”—noncitizens who are legally removable and have been convicted of serious or violent crimes, including murder, rape, child sexual abuse, human trafficking, gang violence, and major drug trafficking. California should cooperate with lawful federal efforts to identify and remove these dangerous offenders rather than obstructing enforcement. This is not about targeting families, lawful immigrants, or people because of where they were born. It is about drawing a clear line between legal and illegal immigration and respect for the law.

I adamantly oppose policies that would permit infanticide. As pregnancy advances, the state has a legitimate responsibility to protect unborn life. Californians can disagree about abortion while finding common ground that reasonable limits on late-term elective abortion up to the point of birth are essential and appropriate. My position will be used to oppose any such policies in CA and foster a culture of pregnancy prevention from the start, while providing counseling and adoption and support services to parents in need. I will not support funding for Planned Parenthood – who has endorsed my opponent & she features this in her ballot statement to voters. I am a mother and will promote the wonder and value of children, especially for professional women trying to balance work-life responsibilities and challenges.

I strongly support the Supreme Court’s defense of parental rights when schools address deeply personal questions involving a child’s gender identity (Mirabelli v. Bonta). Parents are not strangers in their children’s lives. We have the primary responsibility to raise, protect, guide, and care for them. Schools should educate children, respect every student, and maintain safe learning environments—but they should not create a wall of secrecy between children and their families on consequential issues involving identity and well-being. This principle is consistent with the Court’s 2025 decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, which protected parents seeking religious opt-outs from certain elementary schools. instruction concerning sexuality and gender. Respecting parents does not require disrespecting any child. We can protect students from bullying and discrimination while recognizing that families have fundamental responsibilities. California schools should work with parents, not around them.