Joe Simitian's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Joe Simitian has failed to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2024 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart and voters like you.
Issue Positions
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- "Joe has a track record of fighting for reproductive rights. After the local Planned Parenthood (Mar Monte) lost its space in northern Santa Clara County, he helped develop a shared-use partnership with Planned Parenthood that actually expanded their services. In fact, Planned Parenthood dedicated the lobby in his honor. After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Joe took swift legal action to protect reproductive rights in our region, state and nation â authoring the Board of Supervisors resolution that declared the County a Defender of Reproductive Freedom." (www.joesimitian.com)
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- "During COVID, I created a loan program to help small businesses and capped food delivery fees to protect consumers. In Congress, I will pass legislation that contributes to a healthy economy, fosters economic growth and supports our local industries â technology, agriculture, fishing and tourism." (www.joesimitian.com)
- "Joe led the coalition that saved the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, which preserved 117 units of affordable housing, prevented the eviction of more than 400 low-income residents and ensured that the affordable housing site would be protected in a lasting way." (www.joesimitian.com)
- "With Joeâs support, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors proposed and voters approved Measure A, a $950 million bond measure for affordable housing that funded 5,000 units in nine cities and provided housing for more than 14,000 people." (www.joesimitian.com)
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- "The right to vote and the fairness of our electoral system are under attack. I saw the importance of protecting voter access when I supervised elections in Bosnia and El Salvador. In Congress, I will fight attempts to restrict access to voting and safeguard every personâs right to vote." (www.joesimitian.com)
- "While in the State Senate, Joe passed the countryâs most aggressive renewable energy law, requiring electricity providers to generate 33 percent of electricity from clean, renewable sources by 2020. Now, California has accelerated the momentum, doing even more. Other states have followed suit!" (www.joesimitian.com)
- "Joe led the charge to permanently shutter the polluting Lehigh Cement Plant in the West Valley foothills, shut down the quarry, and hold the parties responsible for fixing the environmental damage." (www.joesimitian.com)
- "When Joe learned that cruise ships and other commercial vessels were dumping waste into the ocean near our coast and polluting the air with reckless incineration, he put an end to it with a series of laws designed to permanently protect our coast and our marine sanctuaries. As a result of Joeâs work, California has the nationâs largest, longest, No Discharge Zone (NDZ)." (www.joesimitian.com)
- "I am committed to ending gun violence. Congress has failed to act for too long, and people are dying because of it. In Congress, I will support common-sense gun safety reforms like background checks and will work to reauthorize the automatic weapons ban." (www.joesimitian.com)
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- "And, the state law Joe wrote in the legislature is now being used in Santa Clara County to provide free prescriptions at the Countyâs Better Health Pharmacy â with unused prescription medications being redirected (for free) to those who need them." (www.joesimitian.com)
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- "Increasingly, governments are buying technology and surveillance tools to assist law enforcement. Joe successfully advocated for a framework that analyzes the privacy implications of the technology for citizens and requires the submission of a use policy for that technology before seeking funding approval for purchase from elected officials. The Guardian newspaper calls Joe "Silicon Valleyâs surveillance technology watchdog." (www.joesimitian.com)
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