Richard Kinney's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Richard Kinney has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
California State Legislative Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| No | b) Do you support legalizing abortion when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| Though I do not support legalizing abortion for incest or rape I agree to allow the woman the right to choose to have an abortion in the first trimester only or to keep it full term and give it for adoption. I also approve abortion in the event the woman's life, not health, is in danger. If her health were life threatening then that's to be considered 'life in danger.' | |||
| No | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| No | b) DO you support raising taxes on any income or on any entity, to promote economic growth? | ||
| We must learn to live within our means. We need to ease regulations strangling businesses and corporations so they can grow and increase new employee hiring, and improve employee benefits. Reduce tax payers taxes so they have more money to spend in our State economy. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| No | b) Should an individual under 18 accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the use of private prisons? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | c) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of California? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| No | e) Do you support the creation of a first-time homebuyer fund, in exchange for partial ownership of the property? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in California? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in California? | ||
| Yes | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from California's high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | b) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support increasing public funds for wildfire prevention in California? | ||
| a) I also believe California should be energy independent by not only developing more green renewable energy but also accessing its own oil reserves in the State for the State and market its oil elsewhere. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the regulation of campaign contributions from corporations, unions, and individuals? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| No | d) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| I am opposed to using non local controlled computers for election processing. | |||
| No | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| There should be no limitation on numbers of guns or ammunition a citizen can purchase and own. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | b) Do you support a government-run (single-payer) healthcare program such as Medicare-for All? | ||
| No | c) Should an individual have the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| No | d) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| No | e) Do you support expanding paid family AND/OR medical leave opportunities? | ||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in California's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in California's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | c) Do you support greater efforts by California's state government in closing gender, racial and other wage gaps? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| The past 20 years the Northern portion of District 14 (West Contra Costa Cities) has been grossly neglected by State Assembly and State Senate representation. The elected officials have focused mostly on Oakland, Berkeley and some on El Cerrito and Richmond. This is largely because of their Progressive Liberal politics. This has resulted in focusing policies and supporting of bills of special interest and their political campaign donors. | |||
| In District 14 we must return to the needs of the District. Our elected officials have neglected the expansion of BART from El Cerrito to Crockett, we need to expand BART and reduce Highway 80 congestion. We also must plan & secure more emergency room facilities in the West County portion of the District. The only one we have is the smaller unit at Kaiser Richmond. We have three major earthquake fault lines going through this region and various refineries. Potential catastrophic conditions exist and we must be prepared. |
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