HOUSING AFFORDABILITY

The problem: Too many working families are stretched thin with high rents and unaffordable mortgages.

What we need: A bigger housing supply that brings down the cost of rent and incentivizes developers to build homes for the people that live and work here, not for homes to sit empty or become future vacation homes.

How we can achieve that: At the county level designate what neighborhoods can have vacation homes and which cannot to meet the housing needs of the region, and tax empty homes that are intended to house people year-round to incentivize investors to sell or rent these homes and developers to build new homes at the price and square footage target that will guarantee these homes sell fast to the people that live and work here. 

HEALTHCARE ACCESSIBILITY

The problem: Too many people are uninsured and one emergency room visit away from potentially going bankrupt. 

What we need: Basic health insurance for all that covers 100% preventive healthcare at no cost and everything else a high deductible protection layer that prevents people from going bankrupt. 

How we can achieve that: Have the federal government operate as a baseline insurance carrier that private insurance carriers can build on top of to shorten the high deductible gap the basic government insurance layer won't provide. This would reduce the country's cost of healthcare as everyone would have health insurance and employer contributions to healthcare would also decrease as private insurance layers that build on top of the country's base layer would be significantly lower. 

ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE

The problem: Too much high-risk density of energy capture or storage in delicate environment ecosystems such as what happened with the 2025 Moss Landing Vistra Power Plant Fire.

What we need: A decentralized electric grid and risk-based energy infrastructure regulations that require probabilistic hazard analyzes and adequate containment failure designs that suppress fires and capture potential thermal runaway.

How we can achieve that: Strong federal regulations that protect vulnerable communities and delicate environment ecosystems. Moving away from large high-risk energy infrastructure projects to low-risk small-scale energy infrastructure projects that reduce the risk of catastrophic failures and strenghthen energy resilience. It also means moving away from off-shore drilling and finding land-based alternatives in low-risk environments that continue to support our energy independence without compromising the health of our ocean ecosystem and its direct impact to our health and wellbeing.