League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Los Angeles County, CA December 9, 2014 Election
	Candidates Answer Questions on the Issues State Senator; District 35

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles County and asked of all candidates for this office.     See below for questions on Fiscal Choices, Water, Education, Your Priorities Click on a name for candidate information.   See also more information about this contest. 1. How would you prioritize the fiscal choices the Legislature must make to align the state’s income and spending? Answer from Hector Serrano: We have to stay within the state budget. spend funding more wisely on resources that residents are going to benefit from. 2. Given our current drought condition, concern for water rights and usage is an important issue. What solutions would you support to address our water problems? Answer from Hector Serrano: Promote desalinize technologies/plants up and down the coast to stop the drought. 3. California high school students rank lower than many states in student performance. What do you see as the ongoing role of the Legislature in addressing this problem? Answer from Hector Serrano: The main problem of our education system teachers have many students in one class. Therefore, teachers cannot provide enough attention to each student. Legislatures should help teachers get higher salaries to perform higher and educate students more effectively. Students are not challenged enough, which allows them to lose interest in the class and not aspire to a higher education. 4. What other major issues do you think the Legislature must address? What are your own priorities? Answer from Hector Serrano: Some of the major issues is the infra structure of our state. The streets, highways, freeways need to be rebuild to ensure safety to all Californians. This will also help create jobs. The pollution needs to be reduced and eradicated to improve peoples' health. We need to improve the voter turnout because our democracy is in danger. Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.  Candidates' statements are presented as submitted. References to opponents are not permitted. The order of the candidates is random and changes daily. Candidates who did not respond are not listed on this page.