LWV LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara County, CA March 7, 2000 Election
Smart Voter Laurence Houlgate

Candidate for
Member of the State Assembly; District 33

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Biographical Highlights
  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Educator
  • Professor, California Polytechnic State University
  • Exec. Committee, California Faculty Association (Cal Poly labor union for faculty)
  • Co-founder, San Luis Obispo chapter of Amnesty International
  • Organizer and member of several SLO county Medical Ethics review boards.
  • Key person for U.S. Servas, SLO county.
  • Co-Chair, SLO County Democratic Central Committee
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Top Priorities if Elected
  • Improve teacher pay and status by making teaching a year-round profession.
  • Require firms to hire California workers at prevailing wages where public funds finance bridge, highway and other public works construction.
  • Stop the diversion of property tax revenues from local government to our state's general fund so that quality-of -life services can be properly funded
Position Papers
Issues and Ideas for California 2000
The basic role of government in the lives of California citizens is to promote and protect equality of opportunity.
 
Key Endorsements
  • California Faculty Association (24,000 members statewide).
Campaign Contact Information
E-mail: ldhoulgate@yahoo.com

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