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Key Issues
Building California’s High Speed Rail
On January 28th, 2010, the Obama Administration announced that California will receive $2.25 billion in federal stimulus funds to jump-start high-speed rail construction. With work on high-speed rail shovel-ready, this project stands to serve as an immediate catalyst to good job creation and sustained economic growth.
Green Jobs
As Californians seek products and services that will minimize their impact on the environment, green businesses are arising to meet consumers’ demand for everything from solar panels to environmentally certified building materials. Demand is also being created by state and local legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, like California’s Global Warming Solutions Act, AB 32.
Ensuring Paid Sick Days For All Workers
No worker should have to choose between going to work sick or staying home to take care of themselves or a loved one, but that is the choice facing millions of workers in California who do not have the ability to take a day off when they or someone in their family is ill.
Help For Jobless Workers Losing UI Benefits
The State of California and partner organizations provide a wide range of services to help people who have exhausted, or may soon exhaust, their unemployment insurance. Unemployed individuals may be eligible for assistance to meet basic needs as well as other services such as health care, counseling, employment and training assistance.
Middle Class Bill of Rights
Even though we are paying out fair share in taxes, working families are getting less in return and bearing the brunt of the state’s drastic budget cuts. The Middle Class Bill of Rights clearly defines our demands as the people of this state to protect and promote responsible stewardship of our public dollars so that we can return California to a first-class place to live, work and raise a family.