Becerra says he would declare a cost-of-living state of emergency focused on housing in order to use emergency powers to unblock roughly 40,000 shovel-ready housing units.


Becerra says California’s tax structure is unfair because he believes working people pay a higher tax rate than some billionaires.


Becerra proposes partnering with industry to leverage AI in addressing major state challenges such as homelessness, housing affordability, climate adaptation, and gaps in health care access.


Becerra proposes expanding AI literacy through public schools, libraries, and community colleges so Californians can use AI safely and effectively and so communities left behind by past technological change are included.


Use AI for public benefits while protecting workers and preventing gains from concentrating only among large firms.


Build more affordable housing and coordinate state housing finance, permitting, and enforcement more aggressively.


Make health care more affordable, protect Medi-Cal, and build toward universal/single-payer coverage.


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Invest in wildfire prevention, flood control, seismic retrofits, early warning, evacuation planning, and fair recovery that keeps renters and homeowners in their communities.


Becerra economy and affordability priority page

Stand up to price gouging and unjustified rate hikes, expand help with child care and essential costs, and use state power to lower prices where markets have failed.


Becerra energy and utilities priority page

Becerra’s campaign claims he expanded health coverage to more than 24 million Americans while serving as U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services.


Becerra’s campaign claims he sued the Trump administration more than 120 times as California attorney general and won major cases protecting the ACA and Dreamers.


Treat clean energy and grid resilience as public investments, lower energy bills, and make renters, low-income households, and workers share in the benefits.


Challenge federal overreach in court and defend health care, Dreamers, immigrant communities, workers, reproductive rights, and California environmental authority.

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Becerra calls for building more affordable housing to make the California dream of owning a home more achievable again.


Becerra argues California has failed to build enough homes, leading to high rents, overcrowding, and displacement that make homeownership increasingly unattainable for many families.


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Becerra claims Trump removed $1 trillion from the health care system and is trying to deprive California of an additional billion dollars for Medi-Cal.


Becerra says he fought the Trump administration more than 120 times in court as attorney general and won key cases involving the ACA, DACA, and ICE enforcement actions.


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Becerra argues California should not reduce housing costs by depressing construction workers’ pay to the point that the workers building homes cannot afford to buy one.


Becerra says eliminating Trump-era tariffs would help lower the cost of building materials and reduce housing construction costs.


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Becerra says he would work with the film industry and the Legislature, including through tax credits and workforce development, to keep entertainment jobs in Southern California.


Becerra argues that tackling homelessness requires treating it as a mental health crisis.


Becerra says that as U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services he expanded health care access and negotiated lower Medicare drug prices, claiming price reductions of up to 80%.


Becerra blames Donald Trump for increasing the cost of living in California, citing higher gas prices and higher grocery prices tied to tariffs.


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Becerra argues that cutting the gas tax without identifying replacement funding would undermine California’s ability to maintain safe roads and bridges.


Becerra says he would reduce prescription drug prices and immediately move forward on 40,000 shovel-ready housing units upon taking office.


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Becerra says the state should focus on stabilizing gasoline supply and distribution to reduce price spikes and improve predictability for consumers and industry.


Becerra argues California should ensure it has sufficient refinery and distribution capacity and avoid importing oil into the state.


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Becerra claims that reckless foreign wars driven by Donald Trump raise gasoline prices and that ending such wars could reduce gas prices significantly.


Becerra says California needs to maintain and fund functioning roads, bridges, and highways so commuters can reliably get to work and home.


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Becerra says he sued over the Trump administration’s attempt to end DACA and ultimately prevailed at the Supreme Court.


Becerra says he defended the Affordable Care Act against the Trump administration at the Supreme Court and won, preserving protections for people with pre-existing conditions.


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Becerra says that as California attorney general he defended the Affordable Care Act and DACA to the Supreme Court and defeated the Trump administration.


Becerra says he would have California proactively oversee federal immigration enforcement by “policing the immigration police” if elected governor.


Oversaw HHS/CMS implementation step for Medicare drug price negotiation: CMS announced the first selected drugs for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program while Becerra led HHS.


Led multistate litigation challenging rollback of ACA nondiscrimination protections: Becerra, with Massachusetts and New York attorneys general, led a coalition lawsuit against a Trump administration Section 1557 rule.


Voted NAY on FY2017 congressional budget resolution (115-sconres-3)

Voted NAY on FY2017 congressional budget resolution: Sets the congressional budget framework and spending/revenue targets; it is a budget blueprint rather than a direct program appropriation.


Voted NAY on FY2017 congressional budget resolution (115-hres-48)


Voted YEA on FY2017 congressional budget resolution (115-sconres-3)

Voted YEA on FY2017 congressional budget resolution: Sets the congressional budget framework and spending/revenue targets; it is a budget blueprint rather than a direct program appropriation.


Voted NAY on On Agreeing to the Amendment (115-hr-238)

Voted NAY on On Agreeing to the Amendment: Would reauthorize through FY2021, and otherwise revises provisions related to, operations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).


Voted NAY on SEC Regulatory Accountability Act (115-hr-78)

Voted NAY on SEC Regulatory Accountability Act: Would amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to: before issuing a regulation under the securities laws, identify the nature and source of the problem that the proposed regulation is designed to address.


Voted NAY on Commodity End-User Relief Act (115-hr-238)

Voted NAY on Commodity End-User Relief Act: Would reauthorize through FY2021, and otherwise revises provisions related to, operations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).


Voted YEA on Commodity End-User Relief Act (115-hr-238)

Voted YEA on Commodity End-User Relief Act: Would reauthorize through FY2021, and otherwise revises provisions related to, operations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).


Voted YEA on SEC Regulatory Accountability Act (115-hr-78)

Voted YEA on SEC Regulatory Accountability Act: Would amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to: before issuing a regulation under the securities laws, identify the nature and source of the problem that the proposed regulation is designed to address.


Voted YEA on On Agreeing to the Amendment (115-hr-78)

Voted YEA on On Agreeing to the Amendment: Would amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to: before issuing a regulation under the securities laws, identify the nature and source of the problem that the proposed regulation is designed to address.


Voted NAY on Adopting rules for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress (115-hres-5)

Voted NAY on Adopting rules for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress: Adopts the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 114th Congress as the Rules for the 115th Congress, with amendments.


Voted YEA on Adopting rules for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress (115-hres-5)

Voted YEA on Adopting rules for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress: Adopts the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 114th Congress as the Rules for the 115th Congress, with amendments.


Voted NAY on Supporting America’s Charities Act (113-hr-5806)

Voted NAY on Supporting America’s Charities Act: Would amend the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent: (1) the tax deduction for charitable contributions by individuals and corporations of real property interests for conservation purposes.


Voted NAY on An Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of experts to address the (113-hr-83)

Voted NAY on require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of experts to address the: The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 provides appropriations for most of the federal government through the end of FY2015 and continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security through February 27, 2015.


Voted YEA on John Muir National Historic Site Expansion Act (113-hr-5699)

Voted YEA on John Muir National Historic Site Expansion Act: Would authorize the Department of the Interior to acquire by donation approximately 44 acres of land to include in the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, California.


Voted YEA on Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 (113-hr-4681)

Voted YEA on Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015: Would authorize FY2015 appropriations for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities.


Voted YEA on Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act of 2014 (113-hr-1204)

Voted YEA on Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act of 2014: Would direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to establish in the TSA an aviation security advisory committee.


Voted YEA on Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2014 (113-s-1000)

Voted YEA on Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2014: Would require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit to Congress a financial report on restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed by September 30 of each year.


Voted YEA on Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act (113-hr-2719)

Voted YEA on Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act: Would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to: develop and update biennially a strategic five-year technology investment plan, which may include a classified addendum to report sensitive transportation security risks, technology vulnerabilities, or other sensitive security.


Voted YEA on Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014 (113-s-2244)

Voted YEA on Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014: Would amend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA) to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program through December 31, 2020.


Voted NAY on California Emergency Drought Relief Act 2014 (113-hr-5781)

Voted NAY on California Emergency Drought Relief Act 2014: Would grant the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior (Secretaries) emergency authority.


Voted YEA on California Emergency Drought Relief Act 2014 (113-hr-5781)

Voted YEA on California Emergency Drought Relief Act 2014: Would grant the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior (Secretaries) emergency authority.


Voted NAY on Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014 (113-hr-5759)

Voted NAY on Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014: Would prohibit the executive branch of the government from: exempting or deferring from removal, by executive order, regulation, or any other means, categories of aliens considered under the immigration laws to be unlawfully present in the United States.


Voted NAY on Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act of 2014 (113-hr-3979)

Voted NAY on Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act of 2014: Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2015 appropriations for Procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force.


Voted YEA on Strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Federation, under President Vladimir Putin (113-hres-758)

Voted YEA on Strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Federation, under President Vladimir Putin: Would support the efforts by President Poroshenko and the people of Ukraine to establish a lasting peace for Ukraine that includes: full withdrawal of Russian forces from its territory, full control of its international borders, disarming of separatist and paramilitary forces in eastern Ukraine, adoption of policies to reduce the Russian Federation's.


Voted YEA on Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014 (113-hr-5759)

Voted YEA on Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014: Would prohibit the executive branch of the government from: exempting or deferring from removal, by executive order, regulation, or any other means, categories of aliens considered under the immigration laws to be unlawfully present in the United States.


Voted NAY on Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (113-hr-647)

Voted NAY on Achieving a Better Life Experience Act: States as the purposes of this title to: (1) encourage and assist individuals and families in saving private funds for the purpose of supporting individuals with disabilities to maintain health, independence.


Voted NAY on Tax Increase Prevention Act (113-hr-5771)

Voted NAY on Tax Increase Prevention Act: Division A: Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 - Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 - Title I: Certain Expiring Provisions - Subtitle A: Individual Tax Extenders - (Sec. 101) Extends through 2014: the tax deduction of expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.


Voted YEA on Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 (113-hr-5769)

Voted YEA on Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014: Would authorize FY2015 appropriations for the Coast Guard for: operation and maintenance.


Voted YEA on Tax Increase Prevention Act (113-hr-5771)

Voted YEA on Tax Increase Prevention Act: Division A: Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 - Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 - Title I: Certain Expiring Provisions - Subtitle A: Individual Tax Extenders - (Sec. 101) Extends through 2014: the tax deduction of expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers.


Voted YEA on Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014 (113-s-2040)

Voted YEA on Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014: Extinguishes all claims and all right, title, and interest in specified Indian and non-Indian land as part of the settlement of disputes within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation of the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Tribes in Idaho resulting from the realignment of the Blackfoot River by the Corps of Engineers in 1964.


Voted YEA on May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act (113-hr-5050)

Voted YEA on May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act: Would repeal the 1918 Act (authorizing the establishment of a town site on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho).


Voted YEA on World War I American Veterans Centennial Commemorative Coin Act (113-hr-2366)

Voted YEA on World War I American Veterans Centennial Commemorative Coin Act: Would direct the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) mint and issue $1 silver coins in commemoration of the centennial of America's involvement in World War I.


Voted YEA on To revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in (113-hr-3572)

Voted YEA on revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in: Would revise the boundaries of the following units within the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: Lea Island Complex L07, Wrightsville Beach Unit L08.


Voted YEA on Regulation D Study Act (113-hr-3240)

Voted YEA on Regulation D Study Act: Would direct the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the impact upon depository institutions, consumers.


Voted YEA on No Social Security for Nazis Act (113-hr-5739)

Voted YEA on No Social Security for Nazis Act: Would amend title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to consider the following individuals to be removed under the Immigration and Nationality Act and so to have their OASDI benefits terminated: an individual with respect to whom an order admitting the individual to citizenship has been revoked and set.