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Greg Pettis
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Kids/Public Education

Health Care

Economy

Environment

Issues

Kids/Public Education

  • Protect schools from billions in budget cuts
  • Reduce tax breaks and loopholes and direct money to schools
  • Reduce class sizes to give kids the attention they need
  • Expand the Cal-State college system to prepare workers for the jobs of the future

Read Greg's Proposals to Protect Kids and Schools From Budget Cuts

Health Care

Make health care more affordable and accessible by:

  • Insuring every child
  • Expanding access to Medi-Cal and Healthy Families to cover those being priced out of the market
  • Protecting doctor choice
  • Encouraging preventative care
  • Working towards a universal health care system

Economy

Create good paying jobs and opportunities by:

  • Expanding enterprise zones
  • Micro-targeting loans to distressed communities
  • Supporting tourism and agriculture industries
  • Increasing investment in local higher education
  • Attracting green energy firms

Environment

Keep our air and water clean and protect our planet by:

  • Meeting the goal of 25% renewable energy by 2020
  • Expanding green building standards to reduce water use
  • Increasing recycling rates
  • Creating transportation options and pedestrian friendly neighborhoods to reduce sprawl
  • Protecting the Salton Sea from excess runoff

 

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Greg Pettis
Greg Pettis
Greg Pettis