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<h2>Hi, I'm Sam.</h2>I was born and raised in the County of Los Angeles in a rent-controlled unit. I grew up in a single-family household where my family relied on WIC and SNAP benefits, medicaid, and other programs to surviveI wasn't always into politics until high school. My environmental and U.S. history teacher got me aware, engaged and interested towards the path of activism: to be a strong, passionate contender in the world of injustice. After I graduated, I attended Santa Monica College for Political Science where I was sat in front of a screen and told to analyze political movies. I was 18 at the time and knew I could do more in the community I love and grew up in.So, I joined Climate Action Santa Monica, a locally-based, grassroots org. that empowers youth to find and demand solutions to help mitigate and adapt to climate change. And, I started guerilla gardening in a vacant lot where I used to play in as a kid. Guerilla gardening is an act of protest by growing plants on unauthorized lands as a means to reclaim community spaces, beautify our neighborhoods, combat food insecurity, and to raise awareness of the need for restoring and reforming environmental policies and legislation.<h4>With a shovel and some seeds, I slowly started to build a garden for the community. And, that is where my activism began.</h4>Then, it flourished into championing for the City of Santa Monica to incorporate Assembly Bill 551 into their ordinances to enhance resilience through local food production and reduction of waste. Through this, we were able to get the City Lobbyist to support the bill and move it forward to a vote for implementation. Because of my advocacy, the community nominated me as the recipient of the Premio de Orgullo Award for Hispanic Heritage Month for expanding urban agriculture in our communities.I later became a Commissioner of the Santa Monica Public Safety and Reform Oversight Commission where our role was to review and propose new law enforcement reforms and policies. It was created in the wake of national and community-wide calls for racial justice, and during the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and too many others. Our first task was to examine, discuss, and assess the OIR Group Report/Findings and SMPD response concerning the May 31, 2020 events. The overall goal was to better assert civilian, democratic authority over the police department and to develop a professional and independent relationship with SMPD.In 2022, I burned out because after working for 6 years to increase green spaces, I felt like it was for nothing and change wasn't happening quick enough. And to top it off, I had to move from the city I loved and grew up in, to Baldwin Hills, a place I had no roots or connection because it was unaffordable elsewhere. Not that it's really affordable now. My husband and I struggle to make ends meet, but, we make it work and are happy.<h4>When I moved to Baldwin Hills, I saw the disparities and inequality everywhere I walked.</h4>The Representatives of this community have left it mismanaged and neglected and have kept voices of entire neighborhoods unheard. That is why I'm running, because we NEED a new and fierce voice who will fix our government and leadership to ensure the issues locally and nationally are addressed and resolved. Not a politician who will claim to be for the people but back stab them by taking money from from special interests. I could never and would never sell my soul for some cash all the while leaving the people in the dust and never building a bridge to build our communities, neighborhoods and nation.

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<h3>I'm a 27yr old mother and working-class candidate running for Congress because WE NEED representation. There has been a lack of new, bold, and transparent government and leadership in politics.</h3><img src="https://run.imgix.net/ec69a75a-edd3-44fc-b4d0-98626793b4c4/8087ae3c-b870-46d0-971f-1434922e65de/8087ae3c-b870-46d0-971f-1434922e65de.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=1091%2C254%2C2517%2C3202&amp;w=1500" alt="The Reynoso Family" caption="The Mota-Reynoso Family" align="left" alignwidth="37" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">The Mota-Reynoso Family<h4>Our so-called leaders make careers out of being politicians instead of being passionate and prideful public service members.</h4>For too long, they have remained silent, complacent, and compromised to the issues that affect their constituents. And, have sold their souls to money and special interests like private equity investors.<h3>That's why I'm running.</h3>To break barriers built by those meant to lead, not bar. I will be a builder of bridges by bettering accessibility, affordability, and equity in politics to increase participation, foster trust, and to reduce corruption and abuse of power. As your congresswomen, I pledge to advocate for community-funding and generate policies and legislation that undo the betrayal that have left our communities, neighborhoods, and nation abandoned and broken.

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Our most basic institutes like the Electoral college and Congress were created in the 18th century, when only adult males were able to vote, work, and participate in basic civil liberties. It was anything but democratic and still is. It remains aristocratic and hierarchical, tied together by personal influence on people of wealth and power. But, through reinvention and reform, democracy can be repaired.<h4>Democracy must be strengthened.</h4>How? By achieving a system in which all Americans can advocate for themselves, their communities, and neighborhoods through the political process. In order to reinforce and reform the democratic system, I will:<ul><li>Support the Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act</li><li>End Citizens United</li><li>Co-sponsor Ranked Choice Voting Act</li><li>Campaign finance reform</li><li>Champion the For the People Act</li><li>Term limits </li><li>Lower voting age</li></ul>

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The U.S. provides 12 weeks of unpaid job-protected leave to qualifying workers. However, less than 2/3 of the workforce are eligible due to strict eligibility requirements. The U.S. is part of a handful of countries without a national Paid Family Leave (PFL) policy.<h4>This issue hasn't been at the forefront of federal policy agenda, but it should be.</h4>As a mother to a young daughter, I know the burden and guilt of having to return to work months afters birth, especially going through postpartum depression, separation anxiety, and mom guilt. It is about time to:<ul><li>Legislate a National Paid Family Leave (PFL) Policy</li><li>Ensure equitable access to mothers and fathers</li><li>Protected pay leave</li><li>Provisions of paid leave up to a year</li><li>Champion for a $5k expansion to Child Tax Credits</li><li>Co-sponsor the Child Care Availability and Affordability Act</li><li>Eradicate barriers</li><li>Expand Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG)</li><li>Increase funding for the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF)</li><li>Reform the Head Start Program</li></ul>

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Due to politics and the influence of the insurance industry, pharmaceutical companies and powerful interests, the U.S. remains THE ONLY major industrialized country without a National Health Insurance (NHI) system. Our current system is heavily flawed, subsidized, and constantly threatened by folks who don't believe healthcare is a right. If that isn't enough, the U.S. spends more money on health care than any other nation.<h4>It's beyond time to address the issue and improve this system that has received major setbacks.</h4>As your congresswomen, I will rekindle reform to re-energize efforts in the health care system that have yet to be achieved. Our current Representatives lack a comprehensive and strong governmental presence that define health care, sets standards, and ensure equity. To renew the efforts of universal healthcare, we'll champion for the principles of:<ul><li>Affordable and Equitable Coverage</li><li>All-Inclusive: Dental, vision, preventative and mental care</li><li>Comprehensive benefits </li><li>Drug Price Negotiation</li><li>Subsidize medical and nursing school tuition to assist underserved areas</li></ul>

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The 37th district has always been plagued by environmental injustice. It's not surprising. This marginalized district remains disproportionately exposed to hazards and lack of adequate environmental protection and benefits. Unfortunately, it has led to limited access to green space and inequitable approach to environmental decision-making processes. We cannot continue to allow our local and federal Representatives undermine our communities and neighborhoods and perpetuate discrimination through injustice: water crisis', respiratory illness, reproductive problems, etc.<h4>I'm no stranger to advocating for environmental policies.</h4>In Santa Monica, I advocated for the amendment of AB 551 to expand green space, increase community hubs, and to build a sustainable future for generation to come. As a matter of fact, through my activism, I helped increase the green spaces within the underrepresented neighborhood of Pico in Santa Monica before commercial and residential development engulfed public and private lands. To this day, I advocate for the environmental stewardship of public lands because it's OUR LAND. IT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE!<img src="https://run.imgix.net/ec69a75a-edd3-44fc-b4d0-98626793b4c4/7ad17170-b54d-4693-b214-1a81b6131e6e/7ad17170-b54d-4693-b214-1a81b6131e6e.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C1500%2C1027&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="Sam and Santa Monica workers and community members at the start of construction to the 19th Street community garden in the Pico Neighborhood of Santa Monica" align="center" alignwidth="50" variant="framed">Sam and Santa Monica workers and community members at the start of construction to the 19th Street community garden in the Pico Neighborhood of Santa MonicaAs your representative, I will continue to be a beacon for environmental justice through fair and meaningful involvement and to ensure the marginalized communities we grew up in receive adequate resources and representation. If elected, I will:<ul><li>Promote the Green New Deal</li><li>Support Restoring WIFIA Eligibility Act</li><li>Address environmental racism</li><li>Increase green space</li></ul>

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Small and underserved businesses face unique challenges like financial, regulatory, and cultural barriers that need to be addressed. Changes in the economy and technology over the past decade has changed the way capital providers serve the small business community. This largely impacts members of underserved communities, tribal members, women, and people of color.<h4>The mission: promote economic success</h4>As your next representative, I will pass legislation that will help the small business community and economy flourish. Some objectives are:<ul><li>Pass the Credit Card Competition Act- Break the Visa-Mastercard duopoly- Lower fees</li><li>Expand Small Business Tax Deduction to 23%</li><li>Co-sponsor the PROVE IT Act</li><li>Exempt American-owned small businesses from BOI filing</li><li>Lower tax rate for small C-corporations</li></ul>

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<a href="https://3%20to%20contain%20communism./" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The United States is the only nation with over 750 military bases in 80 different countries</a>, which has led to cruel and lethal foreign policy. In fact, since 1945 the U.S. has attempted to overthrow more than 50 foreign governments resulting in the uprooting of communities and the massacre of many. Additionally, the military bases around the world have wreaked havoc on the health and well-being of neighborhoods and communities, including children due to dumping and the burial of untreated toxic waste.<h4>Yet, the government refuses to take accountability.</h4>As a result, foreign policy has reprimanded our own civil liberties by eroding freedom and privacy. Because of this, I will advocate and bring forth legislation that prohibits warrantless surveillance of citizens and holds federal officials accountable for violating the law. Some of the first policies I will co-sponsor are:<ul><li>The American Privacy Restoration Act</li><li>The Fourth Amendment Restoration Act</li><li>Repeal the Foreign Surveillance Act (FISA)</li><li>The Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act</li><li>Rescind the Authorization for Use of Force (AUMF)</li><li>Revoke the Logan Act</li><li>Repeal Trump Tariffs</li><li>Protect Our Civil Liberties Act</li><li>End Israeli Aid</li></ul>

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The legal framework for immigration hasn't changed since 1990. Prejudice has has instilled fear, created fragmented families, and harmed local communities.<h4>But, fear no more.</h4>In order to provide protections for vulnerable individuals and their families, and to allow undocumented persons to integrate as full participants in American Life and Society, I will champion for:<ul><li>Dismantle ICE and end for-profit detention</li><li>Adopt policies that address causes of migration</li><li>Amendment of immigration detention system</li><li>Evaluate and Revise enforcement strategies</li><li>Ensure humane treatment</li><li>Prioritize community-based alternatives (ATDS)</li><li>Promote access to asylum and due process</li></ul>

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With rising tuition costs, student loans has become one of the largest consumer borrowing in this country. Student debt grows as more attend college because tuition costs continue to rise faster than income. And, weak job markets leave worry of lingering debt on graduates.<h4>In other countries, higher education is free or heavily subsidized.</h4>Yet, funding for public universities and college were pulled in the U.S. during the 2008 financial crisis. Because of this, many of us must choose between higher education and crippling debt. As your next servant, I promise to:<ul><li>Champion- tuition-free public colleges and universities</li><li>Tuition cap for private universities</li><li>Limit student loan borrowing</li><li>Partial loan forgiveness</li></ul>

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Our communities and neighborhoods have remained underrepresented, underserved, and neglected by leaders who haven't advised for the enhancements of our neighborhoods: lack of quality infrastructure, transportation, and community focused programs that serve their constituents.<h4>Our communities, neighborhoods, and we as a people deserve better.</h4>As your congresswoman, I will be a voice for the needs and issues within communities to improve the well-being and quality of life for all. More importantly, I'll advocate for direct federal funding for community-based projects, initiatives, and programs to enhance community development and resilience. Some funds would be utilized for:<ul><li>Expand Community Project Funding and Congressionally Directed Spending</li><li>Increase funding for disaster recovery and special initiatives</li><li>Improve investments in local economies</li><li>Modernize Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Indian CDBG (ICDBG) programs</li><li>Revamp the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)</li><li>Support the Sarah Debbink Langenkemp Active Transportation Safety Act</li><li>Strengthen PROTECT Program</li></ul>

The communities that encompass the 37th district have been underrepresented and underfunded for years. This predominantly black and immigrant community has been

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Many of us are denied a basic standard of living. We live paycheck to paycheck, can barely afford housing, food, and other necessities to thrive. It's not just us as individuals, but us as communities and neighborhoods that aren't able to meet their basic and essential needs sustainably.<h4>We have a right to a life that uplifts and empowers all.</h4>There are programs and fund to ensure and promise the American people a guaranteed stable income. As well as a future where our communities and neighborhoods can prosper. That is why I will work to:<ul><li>Support Raise the Wage Act</li><li>Champion the Social Security Expansion Bill</li><li>Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit</li><li>Raise corporate tax rates</li><li>Co-sponsor New Producer Economic Security Act</li></ul>

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To this day, federal education laws and programs continue to allow and enable discrimination against students. Education is a power reserved under the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, yet federal policy and funding remain outdated compared to the advancements of States. Laws set in place need improvement to address systemic barriers to ensure all students regardless of background or socioeconomic situations have access to high-quality learning.<h4>From early childhood to adulthood, education is a right.</h4>It is important to transform learning and empower our teachers by:<ul><li>Strengthening public schools</li><li>Refining curriculum and standards- Develop curriculum standards through integration of stakeholders (i.e educaters, policymakers, subject matter experts, and community members)- Create relevant and challenging standards to reflect current and future needs- Invest in teacher training , instructional materials, and classroom resources</li><li>Developing teachers- Build programs to enhance teachers' content knowledge, pedagogical skills, and classroom management techniques- Build environment of ongoing improvement and effective evaluation- Provide mentoring, coaching, and access to resources- Address shortages through comprehensive strategy</li><li>School choice- Ensure equitable access to high quality learning- Form effective oversight and accountability mechanisms</li><li>Integrate Technology- Provide equitable resources and prepare students for digital-age- Initiatives to enhance learning experience and bridge the digital divide- Facilitate innovative instructional practices to support critical thinking, collaboration, and digital literacy- Address screen time concerns- Ensure date privacy and security- Supply adequate technical support</li></ul>

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Across the US, housing shortage has caused home prices and rents to soar; this impacts students, low-income renters, and young families. Due to zoning, corporate and luxury development, private equity, etc., truly inclusive affordable housing isn't being built.<h4>We can ELIMINATE government regulations, zoning restrictions, and red tape</h4>Housing is a right, yet it's treated like a commodity. Congress and policymakers have the power, control, and influence to ensure barriers are broken to unlock housing production and adequate funding. As your next representative, I will support initiatives like:<ul><li>Co-sponsor Homes for All Act</li><li>Increase funding for HUD Public Housing Program</li><li>Implement the Neighborhood Homes Tax Credit</li><li>Federal funding for zoning reform</li><li>Enforce Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH)</li><li>Expand housing voucher programs</li><li>Strengthen the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)</li></ul>