- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: Civil Rights Organizer
- Saved $1.7 billion CalGrants college financial aid program during 2011 budget cuts.
- Defeated Prop 23 in which Texas oil companies tried to roll back environmental protections.
- Led national effort to block the largest telecom merger in U.S. history.
- Wrote and passed state legislation on variety of issues, including more education funding, environmental protections, greater access to health care,
- Serves on BART Civil Rights & Environmental Justice Committee
- Sierra Club member and Alameda County Parks, Recreation & Historical Commission, former member
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Bringing down the cost of health care, especially for seniors, families and underserved communities.
- Increase K-12 funding, and bringing down the cost of higher education.
- Greater environmental protections, including ban on fracking
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The League of Women Voters of California Education Fund asked questions on the issues of all candidates for this office.
Read the answers from Sam Kang
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- Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones
- California Small Business Association
- California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus
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