Issue Position: Focus on Community Improvement

Issue Position

Laurie does not believe that the state should be involved in projects that would needlessly tear communities apart or impact homes and businesses in the community. All our infrastructure projects should focus on allocating our resources to traffic relief, and she would oppose spending those resources on projects that do anything else.

At the same time, we need to make sure that there are enough routes for people to evacuate in an emergency. Laurie kick-started this effort on the Orange County Transportation Authority by supporting a project to widen the Ortega, a one-lane road on an important route. As our population continues to increase east of Highway 5, we need to make sure we have the infrastructure necessary to meet demands in an emergency.

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