Issue Position: Helping Overcome COVID-19 Created Financial Hardships

Issue Position

* Fighting Price Gouging. Steven co-authored SB 1196 to fight price gouging for essential cleaning, medical supplies and food during the COVID-19 crisis. He also asked Congress to investigate national cases of price gouging and pushed Amazon, E-Bay CEO, Craigslist, and Walmart to improve efforts to fight price gouging.

* Delay Property Taxes. Steven advocated that the Governor permit counties to delay property tax collection. The Governor has since moved to allow counties to not penalize those who are late paying property taxes.

* Helping Families Cope. Assemblyman Choi co-authored legislation authorizing Paid Family Leave (PFL) benefits to help parents are not available to all parents who needed to stay home to care for a child whose school has closed due to COVID-19. SB 943 would expand Paid Family Leave to parents impacted by school closures and fill gaps in coverage left by the temporary federal programs.

* Keeping Workers Safe. Assemblyman Choi authored AB 2496 to provide tax credits for businesses who provided personal protective equipment (PPE) and take safety measures to protect employees from COVID-19.

* Ensuring Families Don't Go Hungry. By pushing to release emergency food bank funding, Dr. Choi worked to prevent Orange County families from going hungry during the COVID 19 shelter in place order.

* Helping the Unemployed. By helping the unemployed get the support they need, Dr. Choi and his staff helped prevent families from suffering even more from the COVID-19 shutdown.

* Fighting for Renters. Assemblyman Choi co-authored SB 248 to increase the renters tax credit and help renters survive the economic storm.

* Providing Essential Information. Assemblyman Choi maintained and updated an info-packed website and Facebook Page with links and resources to keep people informed on where to find resources to get meals delivered, expand the number of health care providers, improve hygiene, fight the spread of COVID 19, inform people about tax law changes, get essential medical supplies to our hospitals and provide information for constituents to track the county's status with the crisis and reopening measures.

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