Ending Impunity. Rebuilding a Government That Works for People.
Northern California has been written off for too long. Not by accident, but by design.
For decades, our representatives have focused on the needs of powerful corporations, billionaire donors, and political insiders. These special interests shaped the rules to protect themselves. They rigged tax policy, weakened enforcement, normalized insider trading, and turned public office into a stepping stone for private gain.
Corruption isn’t a side issue and it isn’t just unethical. It’s expensive, and we are the ones paying for it. When your representative is dependent on Big Pharma for campaign donations, your drug prices stay high. When your representative is more worried about how their stock portfolio is doing than bringing down building costs, housing remains out of reach. When PG&E is spending over $7 million annually on lobbying expenses, your utility bills increase.
If we want lower drug prices, affordable housing, good jobs, wildfire resilience, secure Social Security, affordable healthcare, and safer communities, we have to fix the system that rigs the rules.
This is how we do it.
Leading by Example
I represent a new generation of leaders who remain committed to challenging and changing the system, not enriching myself through the status quo. I will hold myself to the highest standard.
- I refuse corporate PAC money.
- I support banning stock trading by Members of Congress.
- I support strong transparency and ethics enforcement for my office.
- I will voluntarily disclose meetings with corporate lobbyists.
- I will make sure my office reflects public service, not insider culture.
If we want people to trust government again, we have to earn it.
1. End Big Money’s Grip on Our Elections
When corporations and billionaires dominate elections, policy stops serving people and starts serving profit.
I refuse corporate PAC money. Period. But personal pledges are not enough. We need structural reform.
I will fight for:
- A constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.
- Passing The DISCLOSE Act to expose dark money and shell companies.
- Passing The Ban Corporate PACs Act to prohibit for-profit corporations from funding political campaigns and influencing elections.
- Public financing of elections so candidates can run without selling out.
- Strong small-dollar matching programs and donor tax credits.
Democracy only works when voters, not money, decide elections.
2. Ban Self-Enrichment in Public Office
Public servants should not be allowed to profit from insider knowledge. You should not be able to regulate industries you invest in, and you should not be able to vote on legislation that affects your stock portfolio.
I will fight to:
- Ban stock trading by Members of Congress, the Executive Branch, and Federal Judges, and their immediate families.
- Pass the Restore Trust in Government Act to prevent self-enrichment.
- Close loopholes that enable insider trading and conflicts of interest.
- Require blind trusts and strict divestment rules, such as those proposed in the Restore Trust in Government Act.
- Enforce serious penalties for violations.
Public office is not a wealth-building strategy. It is a responsibility.
3. End the Revolving Door Between Government and Corporate Lobbyists
Too often, politicians write laws for corporations, then leave office and get hired by those same corporations. That’s not public service. That’s legalized influence-peddling.
I will push to:
- Ban Members of Congress from becoming lobbyists.
- Extend cooling-off periods for senior staff.
- Prohibit regulators from overseeing industries they recently worked for.
- Strengthen antitrust enforcement to break up concentrated corporate power.
- Fully fund inspectors general and whistleblower protections.
When corporations write the rules, consumers, workers, and small businesses lose.
4. Strengthen Campaign Finance Enforcement and End Abuse of Public Funds
Laws without enforcement are suggestions. Right now, powerful politicians treat campaign finance fines as a cost of doing business. Investigations drag on for years, accountability disappears, and working families suffer for it. That ends here.
I will fight to:
- Give campaign finance enforcement agencies independence and real authority.
- Ensure misuse of public funds carries serious penalties.
- Close loopholes between official duties and campaign activity.
- Require timely, transparent investigations and public reporting.
Using public office for personal or political gain is corruption. It should be treated that way.
5. Break Corporate Capture of Government
Corruption doesn’t always look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like regulators writing rules for the very industries they’re supposed to oversee.
Sometimes it looks like pharmaceutical companies blocking drug price negotiation.
Sometimes it looks like tax policy written by corporate lobbyists.
Sometimes it looks like Wall Street investors buying up starter homes while we regular people can barely afford to keep a roof over their head.
That is corporate capture.
I will fight to:
- Restore the public-interest mission of regulatory agencies.
- Enforce antitrust laws to break up concentrated corporate power.
- Strengthen whistleblower protections.
- Increase funding for inspectors general and ethics offices.
- Ensure policy decisions are based on public good, not donor pressure.
When corporations write the rules, working families pay the price.
6. Clean Up the Courts and Restore Judicial Integrity
Public trust erodes when judges accept luxury gifts from individuals with cases before them. No branch of government should operate without ethical guardrails.
I support:
- The Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal and Transparency Act..
- Clear, enforceable ethics rules for federal judges.
- Banning Justices from accepting gifts from those with business before the Court.
- Stronger oversight and disclosure requirements.
- Term Limits for Supreme Court justices.
Justice must be impartial, not influenced by private wealth.
7. End Impunity and Rein in Abuse of Executive Power
No president should be able to use the pardon power to reward loyalty, silence witnesses, or shield allies from accountability, and no administration should be able to operate above the law.
I will support:
- A constitutional amendment to curb abuse of the presidential pardon power.
- Strong guardrails against self-dealing and conflicts of interest.
- Clear statutory limits preventing presidents from profiting off their office.
- Strengthened Congressional oversight authority.
- Sign on to the No Bribes for Politicians Act and Resolution Against Crypto Corruption.
Democracy cannot survive if powerful people can simply pardon their way out of consequences.
8. Protect Democracy and the Right to Vote
Corruption is also about power. When politicians suppress votes, gerrymander districts for themselves, intimidate election workers, or undermine results, they rig the system.
I will fight to:
- Restore and expand the Voting Rights Act.
- Ban partisan gerrymandering nationwide.
- Protect election workers from harassment and intimidation.
- Expand ballot access while maintaining secure, verifiable elections.
- Reject election denialism and voter suppression in all its forms.
Voters should choose their elected leaders, not the other way around. Democracy only works when everyone’s voice counts.
Why This Matters to Northern California
Corruption is not abstract.
It shows up here as:
- Higher prescription drug costs.
- Fewer rural healthcare providers.
- Underfunded wildfire prevention.
- Infrastructure that crumbles while corporate subsidies flow.
- Housing and grocery costs skyrocketing while wages stay stagnant.
- Tax breaks for the wealthy while working families struggle.
This agenda is about power: who has it, who benefits from it, and who is held accountable.
