Taxpayers and businesses provide funds to the Government with the expectation that those funds will be used to pay for services for the public. Unfortunately that is frequently not the case in California. Too often our money is lost to bureaucracy and wasted on projects that do not benefit us and drive up public debt, like Governor Jerry Brown's High Speed Rail. In the Assembly I have fought to end programs that are not working, streamline government and reduce overall cost to taxpayers. I believe that Government should work for Californians, not against us.