League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Los Angeles County, CA June 5, 2012 Election
	Omar Cuevas Answers Questions Candidate for Member of the State Assembly; District 39

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. How will you prioritize the budget choices the Legislature must make to align the state’s income and spending?

In the case of budget choices, I would look no further cuts in education, healthcare, and public safety. I would push for wage caps on high paying bureaucratic management positions. I would also look at setting a method of tracking out-of-control spending that will eliminate source of waste and misuse of public funds.

2. What types of changes or reforms, if any, do you think are important to make our state government function more effectively?

The government needs to desperately stimulate economy and put a stop on over regulation on business. We lose more business in our state than what is being created. We need to push for legislative solutions that will create a better business climate to will stimulate job creation. Our education system in California needs to look at new forms of technologies and computer programming as a way to produce new jobs that cannot be exported to a foreign country.

3. Fees for public higher education have gone up dramatically and funding has been cut. Is this a priority concern, and if so, what measures would you propose to address it?

Higher learning should be a priority in California and should be made affordable for everyone. College/University graduates are the new workforce generation and long-term health of our economy. I am in disagreement with appointed Regions/Administrators for our State and California universities who give themselves annual raises at the expense of the students. We need to take their high pay salaries and return them back to the students.

4. What other major issues do you think the Legislature must address? What are your own priorities?

I believe the worse law to have been passed by legislature was the Public Safety Realignment Act that added to more crime in our community. This law eliminated prison sentences for many serious and career criminals by placing them at local jail for 10-to-30 days only. This was no common sense law to deal with prison overcrowding by our current legislature. Lastly, we need that Federal government to pay the State an equal tax return like all other states. We cannot afford to be a donor state. That why we are in a serious economic crisis.

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