Angela Gonzales-Torres

“Direct federal funding and tax incentives for nonprofit housing developers”

“Conditioning federal housing funds on affordability guarantees”

“Prioritizing local governments that commit to long-term affordability goals”

“Repeal the Faircloth Amendment, the 1998 law that caps the growth of public housing, paired with direct construction funding, permanent affordability requirements, and an acquisition fund so existing affordable buildings can move into community land trusts, out of the speculative market”

“Revise the Area Median Income (AMI) Index so "affordable" housing is actually affordable to families working two or three jobs”

“Fund housing, healthcare, education, and climate resilience with the revenue”

“Federal investigation and prosecution of corporate landlords engaged in tenant harassment, fraud, or intentional neglect”

“Preferential access to surplus federal land for CLT use”

“She is running a grassroots, community-informed, student-led campaign to get corporate money’s influence out of our politics with the support of national and local progressive groups.”

“Get Money Out of Politics”

“Abolish Super PACs and end the era of billionaires buying elections.”

“Angela refuses corporate PAC and Super PAC money, and she's fighting to abolish Super PACs, overturn Citizens United, and ban utilities and major government contractors from bankrolling the campaigns of the officials who oversee their contracts.”

“In Congress, she'll fight to end the era of billionaires buying elections.”

“Support legislation to abolish Super PACs by capping their donations at $5,000, the same limit as regular PACs”

“Refuse corporate PAC and Super PAC money”

“Healthcare for All”

“Healthcare is a human right, not a privilege. Angela will co-sponsor Medicare for All, cancel medical debt, break up the healthcare monopolies driving up costs, and invest in local clinics and mental health care that serve everyone, regardless of status or income.”

“Healthcare is a human right — not a privilege reserved for the wealthy or well-connected.”

“Angela is fighting for a healthcare system that works for everyone — no premiums, no copays, no exclusions based on income, immigration status, or employment.”

“Co-Sponsoring Medicare for All”

“Angela will co-sponsor Medicare for All (H.R. 3069) — a comprehensive, single-payer system that guarantees care to every person in America.”

“Invest in mobile clinics, translation services, and telehealth infrastructure”

“Ensure clinics have staffing and resources for comprehensive, trauma-informed, culturally competent care”

“Increase Medicaid reimbursement rates and federal grant funding for mental health and substance use disorder services”

“Healthcare is a human right, not a privilege. Angela will co-sponsor Medicare for All, cancel medical debt, break up the healthcare monopolies driving up costs, and invest in local clinics and mental health care that serve everyone, regardless of status or income.”

“Mental health care, including trauma-informed therapy and substance use support”

“Cover vision, dental, mental health, and reproductive healthcare”

“Increase Medicaid reimbursement rates and federal grant funding for mental health and substance use disorder services”

“Expand access to gender-affirming care, addiction treatment, and long-term care”

“End the influence of private insurance companies”

“Healthcare is a human right, not a privilege. Angela will co-sponsor Medicare for All, cancel medical debt, break up the healthcare monopolies driving up costs, and invest in local clinics and mental health care that serve everyone, regardless of status or income.”

“Mental health care, including trauma-informed therapy and substance use support”

“Expand access to gender-affirming care, addiction treatment, and long-term care”

“Increase Medicaid reimbursement rates and federal grant funding for mental health and substance use disorder services”

“Expand peer support programs, housing-first recovery models, and culturally competent care”

“Angela is fighting to fully fund early childhood and special education, cancel student debt, make public college tuition-free, and open higher education as a path to rehabilitation, not just punishment.”

“Investing in Early Childhood and Special Education”

“Angela will fight for dramatic increases in federal funding for: Early childhood education programs that support brain development, social skills, and school readiness”

“Head Start and Early Head Start, with a focus on expanding access in low-income communities”

“Significant federal investment in affordable, accessible childcare, including subsidies, expanded pre-K, and fair wages for childcare providers”

“Angela is fighting to fully fund early childhood and special education, cancel student debt, make public college tuition-free, and open higher education as a path to rehabilitation, not just punishment.”

“Support legislation to transition to tuition-free public higher education, including community colleges and public universities”

“Push for expanded Pell Grant funding and cost-of-living assistance for students from working families”

“Expanding eligibility for driver's licenses, in-state tuition, and other state-level supports regardless of status”

“Invest in youth gang-prevention education curriculum”

“Angela is fighting to fully fund early childhood and special education, cancel student debt, make public college tuition-free, and open higher education as a path to rehabilitation, not just punishment.”

“Advocate for full student debt cancellation of up to $50,000 per borrower, particularly for low- and middle-income individuals”

“Angela believes education should be the great equalizer — not another system that reinforces inequality. Her plan puts resources directly into the communities that need them most and ensures every student has the opportunity to thrive from early learning through college and beyond.”

“Bold investment in climate response and resilience to protect communities and build a sustainable future.”

“Funding for community parks, urban forests, and green corridors to reduce extreme heat and improve air quality”

“Investment in rooftop gardens, green schoolyards, and permeable infrastructure to reduce flooding and boost cooling”

“Prioritizing investment in census tracts with high asthma rates, low tree canopy, and extreme heat exposure”

“Fund housing, healthcare, education, and climate resilience with the revenue”

“The climate crisis is a daily reality in CA-34. From polluted air and toxic runoff to the urban heat island effect, working-class and immigrant communities across our district are disproportionately impacted by environmental harm — the result of decades of environmental racism, underinvestment, and corporate influence on policy.”

“Funding for community parks, urban forests, and green corridors to reduce extreme heat and improve air quality”

“Protect public health. Restrict new diesel backup generators and require public health review before siting”

“Protections against arbitrary deportations and permanent family separation”

“Abolish ICE and end the mass deportation apparatus”

“She'll fight to abolish ICE, win a pathway to citizenship, protect schools and workplaces from enforcement actions, and build an immigration system based on dignity, not fear.”

“A Pathway to Citizenship for All”

“A pathway for DACA recipients, TPS holders, and essential workers”

“Legislative solutions ending reliance on outdated, punitive immigration quotas”

“CA-34 is home to one of the largest immigrant populations in the country — and our district's strength is rooted in the diversity, resilience, and contributions of immigrant families.”

“Job training and workforce development in clean energy, construction, public transit, and environmental restoration”

“Community integration programs: ESL classes, workforce development, civic engagement”

“Workforce development and job placement services”

“Community benefits with teeth. Enforceable agreements for local hiring, wage floors, funded training, and annual public reporting on energy, water, and emissions”

“Ensure fair pay, protections against algorithmic exploitation, and clear worker classification laws”

“Angela is fighting for a Guaranteed Basic Income pilot, the right to unionize for gig workers, and real paid leave and childcare support, so economic dignity isn't a privilege.”

“Guarantee the right to organize and collectively bargain for gig workers”

“Angela is fighting for a Guaranteed Basic Income pilot, the right to unionize for gig workers, and real paid leave and childcare support, so economic dignity isn't a privilege.”

“Expanded Family Leave, Sick Leave, and Childcare Support”

“A national paid family and medical leave program”

“Universal paid sick leave”

“Enforce labor law so employers can't use the threat of calling ICE to silence workers”

“Angela refuses to let AIPAC buy her silence on the genocide in Gaza, will fight for an arms embargo and ceasefire, and supports repealing the 2001 AUMF so no president can send troops to war, in Iran or anywhere else, without a vote from Congress.”

“Angela refuses to let AIPAC buy her silence on the genocide in Gaza, will fight for an arms embargo and ceasefire, and supports repealing the 2001 AUMF so no president can send troops to war, in Iran or anywhere else, without a vote from Congress.”

“She will support the Ceasefire Now Resolution (H.Res. 786) and the Block the Bombs Act in Congress, and will never vote to send weapons to the Israeli military.”

“No country committing human rights violations should be receiving U.S. aid — from Saudi Arabia to Israel, there should be no exceptions.”

“Angela is running to end the blank checks for war, bombs, and weapons, and to demand that money be reinvested in our communities where it belongs. War is not a foreign policy. As one of the most powerful nations in the world, we should lead with diplomacy at the center of our foreign policy.”

“Angela refuses to let AIPAC buy her silence on the genocide in Gaza, will fight for an arms embargo and ceasefire, and supports repealing the 2001 AUMF so no president can send troops to war, in Iran or anywhere else, without a vote from Congress.”

“She will fight for an immediate arms embargo, ceasefire, and a massive influx of humanitarian aid to end this genocide and deliver on the promise of Palestinian freedom and self-determination.”

“Angela refuses to let AIPAC buy her silence on the genocide in Gaza, will fight for an arms embargo and ceasefire, and supports repealing the 2001 AUMF so no president can send troops to war, in Iran or anywhere else, without a vote from Congress.”

“Big AI is driving up our electric bills while buying influence in Washington. Angela supports a moratorium on new data center construction until there are real federal protections for workers, ratepayers, and communities, not more blank checks for Silicon Valley.”

“Nationally, data centers have added an estimated $23 billion to electric bills this year. Angela supports a national moratorium on new data center construction until Congress passes real protections for workers, ratepayers, and communities.”

“Pause the buildout. Support a moratorium on new data center construction until there are enforceable federal standards in place”

“Transparency. Require every facility to publicly and continuously disclose its water and energy consumption”

“Make data centers pay their own way. Require full-cost payment for the grid capacity they demand, non-refundable grid connection payments, and performance bonds, so ratepayers aren't left covering stranded infrastructure — following laws already passed in Oklahoma, Ohio, and Indiana”

“No rewarding polluters. No tax abatements for data centers sited in communities already carrying the worst pollution burdens”

“Local control. Local governments must retain the authority to say no to a proposed data center”

“Community benefits with teeth. Enforceable agreements for local hiring, wage floors, funded training, and annual public reporting on energy, water, and emissions”

“Protect public health. Restrict new diesel backup generators and require public health review before siting”

“Big AI is driving up our electric bills while buying influence in Washington. Angela supports a moratorium on new data center construction until there are real federal protections for workers, ratepayers, and communities, not more blank checks for Silicon Valley.”

“Nationally, data centers have added an estimated $23 billion to electric bills this year. Angela supports a national moratorium on new data center construction until Congress passes real protections for workers, ratepayers, and communities.”

“Make data centers pay their own way. Require full-cost payment for the grid capacity they demand, non-refundable grid connection payments, and performance bonds, so ratepayers aren't left covering stranded infrastructure — following laws already passed in Oklahoma, Ohio, and Indiana”

“Extend clean energy savings, like community solar, to renters following Illinois' CEJA model”

“Unionized, family-sustaining green jobs prioritizing communities hit hardest by industrial pollution, displacement, and job loss”

“Job training and workforce development in clean energy, construction, public transit, and environmental restoration”

“A windfall profits tax on oil and gas companies”

“Defend voting rights and election integrity, and oppose efforts to weaponize federal law enforcement against journalists, protesters, or elected officials for political speech.”

“Tax the Rich, Not the Rest of Us”

“A windfall profits tax on oil and gas companies”

“Protect a free and independent press. Fight back against the Paramount/Warner Bros. Discovery merger, which California's Attorney General and 12 other state AGs are suing to block on antitrust grounds — an LA County report estimates the merger could cost nearly 2,500 local jobs. Angela is concerned about what media consolidation means for independent journalism, given the changes already made at CBS News since the Ellison family and Bari Weiss took over”