What we need in California is a movement fighting for common-ground ideals, a movement with the ability to heal the damage caused by decades of leadership by a failed regime because its values are the opposite of the regime's. We need a movement that stands for...
liberty over control, nature over destruction, and community over Government.
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Free Markets
Free Markets
If elected, I will fight to prevent the Government from giving particular businesses an edge in the marketplace. I will fight against Corporate Welfare and Subsidy. I will fight to cut unnecessary spending, reduce taxes, and support legislation to bring down gas prices.
Many of the economic issues California faces are due to State intervention and involvement in the economy, and when the Government is the source of a problem, it's rarely the best solution.
When a lot of lawmakers talk about how they'll get the Government out of the Marketplace, what they mean to say is that they'll hand over Government services to State-formed monopolies, or only support loosening regulations when it benefits their particular corporate buddies.
Libertarians like myself, on the other hand, believe that no competitor in the marketplace should be given special privileges, and that all businesses should be able to operate with little-to-no taxes, fees, and restrictions, so long as they do not defraud or harm their employees or customers. Small businesses and competitors to major corporations should not be stifled due to regulations, subsidies, and Intellectual Property laws that bring those at the top to monopoly status.
Environmental Preservation
Environmental Preservation
I believe that preserving and protecting expansive open spaces and untouched wilderness is a non-negotiable for a healthy environment and a happy society. As a staunch Preservationist, I will fight tooth and nail to defend California's natural wonders and diverse environments from encroachment and damage.
I would also like to see polluters held accountable for damage to private property, protected lands, and the health of the general public. This includes manufacturers of industrial pesticides which wreak havoc on wildlife, nearby ecosystems, and surrounding crops which the product is not designed to protect. These may also cause various health issues in humans as well, yet throughout the United States, corporations have been able to get away with selling these products.
If elected, I would like to prevent incentivizing and encouraging 'Monocrop Culture', which destroys biodiversity on top of artificially contorting the agricultural economy. I will fight to promote Regenerative Agriculture, and foster more self-reliant communities, with more localized and circular economies.
Lifestyle Liberty
Lifestyle Liberty
I hope to bridge political divides in the State of California with the help of the principles of Liberty: Liberty to live your life as you see fit, so long as you respect the rights of others to do the same.
If elected, I will support legislation that gets the Government out of your personal life, and will work to stop the beliefs and sentiments of others from being impressed upon you. I will seek to maintain ideological and religious neutrality in all public institutions.
I will also fight to protect the rights of the LGBTQ community, I will protect the Religious Liberty of all, I will defend the rights of all activist groups to free speech and peaceful assembly, I will work to remove restrictions and regulations impeding individuals seeking traditional lifestyles of self-reliance, and I will work to reform laws against victimless crimes.
Strong Communities
Strong Communities
I will push to incentivize non-profits, worker's unions, charities, and Samaritan groups and Mutual Aid Societies, to care for their communities and labor force, to help reduce dependence on the State and Federal Government services and decrease spending in the long run.
I will seek to move funding from wasteful and inefficient State programs to fostering sustainable local solutions, and I am an advocate for the development of a a statewide, opt-in, Mutual Fund for Healthcare.
Firearm Ownership
Firearm Ownership
I believe that all adult Californians with a clean bill of mental health and no history of consistent criminality should be able to safely possess and carry firearms for self-defense or any other purpose. I will approach all legislation involving restrictions on access to firearms with extreme caution, knowing that while guns shouldn't be in the hands of individuals who pose a threat to themselves or others, it's still dangerous for the Government to be brushing up against the universal right for peaceful people to keep and bear arms.
Political Unity
Political Unity
While fighting for the Lifestyle Liberty of all adult Californians is one way to qualm political and cultural division- ensuring that all are free to live their lives however they see fit without forcing their worldviews on others or having the worldviews of others forced on them- there is still much more than can be done in bridging the political divide in our state.
If elected, I would use my position to encourage individuals to vote based on policy, not party; researching and listening to candidates of all perspectives. We need to get past party labels and be able to approach each other as independent thinkers with nuanced beliefs, defined not by reactions to the views of others or the narratives of particular partisan groups, with an ability to change our minds and also agree to disagree with our friends and neighbors.
School Choice
School Choice
If elected, I will support legislation to make private education and charter schooling more accessible. I will seek to encourage enrollment in Trade Schools and Apprenticeships. Personally, I am a huge supporter of alternative schooling practices and constructionist education philosophies, and I would love to see children learning in the fashion that suits them best when a Public School education doesn't seem to fit.
Immigration
Immigration
I believe any peaceful individual seeking the personal and economic liberties America has to provide, should be able to enter this country and work or become a naturalized citizen with ease. As a Libertarian, I believe that freedom of movement is a universal right that transcends borders and Governments. If elected, I will work to streamline immigration processes and protect peaceful undocumented immigrants currently residing in the State of California, while making sure that proper vetting and border security measures are in place and actively enforced.
Government Transparency
Government Transparency
Californians have a right to know what their government is doing, and which special interest groups are influencing their officials. Increasingly, Politicians nationwide ignore open meeting laws, make deals favorable to corporations behind closed doors, and sell off your information to private interests. Many states have laws restricting your ability to record public officials in the course of their duties, such as law enforcement. If elected, I will fight to increase Government transparency and make sure you have total knowledge of what California officials are up to.
Justice Reform
Justice Reform
As a Libertarian, I believe our justice system should target crimes of aggression, theft, and fraud first and foremost. I believe in softening sentences for Victimless Crimes, or crimes where no party was defrauded, manipulated, or had violence initiated against them.
Drugs: After decades of an unproductive and ineffective war on drugs, it's clear that brute force on behalf of the Government does little to solve nuanced issues like substance abuse. I believe in decriminalizing, but not encouraging drug use. I believe California should focus on offering recovery options to addicts rather than leaving users worse off by throwing them behind bars when guilty only of possession. Countries like Portugal have seen drastically lowered addiction and overdose rates along with heightened recovery rates under similar practice.
Police Brutality: I believe in making sure members of Law Enforcement are accountable for their actions just like any other citizen, so that those abused or harmed can have their day in the courtroom. I do, of course, recognize that under the stressful conditions of the job, honest mistakes can be made. I desire, though, that all accidental damages and injuries caused by law enforcement are thoroughly repaid and mended.
Medical Freedom
Medical Freedom
As a Libertarian, I believe that in the state of California, legislators on both sides of the aisle have failed to uphold bodily autonomy and medical freedom. There are a couple areas I'd like to mention as examples of where I would personally work to keep them in check.
Criminalization of Alternative Medicine: California law continues to prohibit medical testing/use of substances like Psilocybin, a drug which has been shown to be extremely effective against depressive disorders, while not forming any chemical addictions or dependence. The substance has also been known to help compulsive drug users shatter their addictive tendencies.
Vaccine Mandates: The Government should not require or pressure individuals to receive elective medical treatments like vaccinations. If elected I would fight to make sure no such requirements (such as mandates for the Covid-19 vaccine) are made by the State of California.
Tech & the Internet
Tech & the Internet
I care deeply about protecting the privacy and free speech of Californians on the internet.
I'm an advocate for, and regular user of, Libre and Open-Source technologies, and if elected, I will defend and support alternatives to giants in social media, software, and hardware, in order to foster a vibrant, diverse, and competitive tech industry where products are financially accessible to all, and where software is open to the public to monitor. I will not attempt to force conformity to Libre licenses, I merely seek to free the tech marketplace.
Parental Rights
Parental Rights
From the Libertarian Perspective, the role of parental/guardian authority in a child's life is to protect the child from harm inflicted by others or by improper decision-making.
Children are fundamentally free individuals, and have a right not to be physically or psychologically abused, forcefully isolated, etc. But at the same time, parents have a right to make certain decisions for their children while they aren't mature enough to properly assess the components of serious life issues. Parents also have a duty to prevent children from making permanent, life-altering decisions, when it's not an issue of life-or-death or fundamental wellbeing.
A major topic of discussion in California at the moment is the issue of LGBTQ-Identifying children and their rights, and how these pertain to education. While I believe all children should be protected from, and have a safe space from legitimately abusive or neglectful parents who would harm them based on their self-identification, parents and guardians have a right to know if their children come out as LGBTQ, and medical transitions for children should never be accepted or normalized in the State of California.
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