Joanna Weiss

[{"question": "Video for Ballotpedia", "answer_html": "<div style=\"float:left\">\n<table cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"wikitable\" width=\"205\">\n<tbody><tr>\n<td><div class=\"thumb embedvideo autoResize\" style=\"width: 258px;\"><!--\n--><div class=\"embedvideo autoResize\" style=\"\"><!--\n--><div class=\"embedvideowrap youtube\" style=\"width: 250px\"><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"141\" loading=\"lazy\" modestbranding=\"1\" src=\"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ScH7S7rbcao\" width=\"250\"></iframe></div><!--\n--></div><!--\n--></div><span style=\"font-size:80%\">Video submitted to Ballotpedia<br/>Released January 23, 2024</span>\n</td></tr></tbody></table></div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>", "answer_text": "Video submitted to Ballotpedia Released January 23, 2024"}, {"question": "Ballotpedia survey responses", "answer_html": "<p>See also: <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a></p>\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\"><p><a href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\"><img align=\"middle\" alt=\"Candidate Connection\" src=\"https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/8/88/Candidate_Connection_Logo.png\" width=\"90%\"/></a></p></div></div>\n<p>Joanna Weiss completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Weiss' responses.</p>\n<p><span class=\"expand-all\">Expand all</span> | <span class=\"collapse-all\">Collapse all</span></p>\n<div aria-multiselectable=\"true\" class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\" role=\"tablist\"><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-180297-2024-02-05\" id=\"heading-bio-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-180297-2024-02-05\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho are you? Tell us about yourself.\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-bio-180297-2024-02-05\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tJoanna Weiss, founder and past President of Women for American Values and Ethics (WAVE) Action Fund, is a Democrat, working mom, award-winning litigator, and community organizer born and raised in Orange County. Joanna’s passion has always been her community-based, pro bono legal work fighting for domestic violence survivors, seniors on fixed incomes, and special needs students. \r\n<p>Joanna is a former litigator and Adjunct Professor at Chapman University School of Law. Weiss served on the Board of Directors of the Public Law Center for over a decade and has won multiple awards for her legal and community leadership..\r\n</p><p>Weiss’ father was a Vietnam War veteran, and her mother was a public school teacher. Her family was on food stamps and Medicaid when she was born. After attending Orange County public schools and Saddleback Community College, Weiss transferred to UCLA where she earned a B.A. in Political Science. Weiss then attended USC School of Law.\r\n</p>\nWeiss was a business litigator for the international law firm Latham &amp; Watkins LLP. In 2016, Weiss founded WAVE, Women for American Values and Ethics. For the past six years, Weiss and her team have activated thousands of Orange County residents around the most significant issues of our generation: defending democracy and voting rights; fighting to protect women’s health and reproductive rights; and addressing the devastating effects of climate change.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-180297-2024-02-05\" id=\"heading-key-message-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-180297-2024-02-05\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tPlease list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-key-message-180297-2024-02-05\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>I am a lifelong Orange County native who has worked to solve problems our families face. As an attorney, law professor, and voting rights advocate I have worked to protect seniors, domestic violence survivors and children with special needs.</li><li>As a mother of three, I know the importance of restoring reproductive rights. We cannot allow our daughters to grow up in a world where they have fewer rights than we did. I will vote to codify Roe.</li><li>Orange County can be the green energy capital of the world. We face enormous challenges from climate change, but through innovation and collaboration we can harness our natural resources to develop sustainable energy and build good paying jobs in our community.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-180297-2024-02-05\" id=\"heading1-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-180297-2024-02-05\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading1-180297-2024-02-05\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tWeiss and her husband struggled with pregnancy and infertility before eventually having boy/girl twins and a second daughter two years later. From her own experiences, and as a mother to now 17- and 20-year-old daughters, Weiss deeply understands the contours of the abortion debate and the paramount importance of reproductive freedom.<br/><br/>\r\nWeiss knows that reproductive freedom is a women’s health, economic, and gender equity imperative. With MAGA extremists in Washington looking to ban abortion nationwide and reduce access to much-needed reproductive care – even here in California – Weiss will tirelessly fight to protect the right to control our own bodies and lives.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-180297-2024-02-05\" id=\"heading2-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse2-180297-2024-02-05\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading2-180297-2024-02-05\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse2-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI believe that our elected officials should serve their districts with honesty and integrity. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse3-180297-2024-02-05\" id=\"heading3-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse3-180297-2024-02-05\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse3-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat legacy would you like to leave?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading3-180297-2024-02-05\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse3-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI am running to leave a better world behind for my kids and all of our kids. To do that, I believe we must expand rights, particularly the right to make our own medical decisions. We must protect our environment. We must make our communities affordable and attainable. And, we must build an economy that works for everyone. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse4-180297-2024-02-05\" id=\"heading4-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse4-180297-2024-02-05\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse4-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tDo you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading4-180297-2024-02-05\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse4-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tNo. Our founders envisioned our government to be for the people and by the people. Not career politicians. Not lobbyists. Not the special interests or corporate PACs. We need people who have served their community in many ways to bring a diverse set of views and perspectives to our shared challenges.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse5-180297-2024-02-05\" id=\"heading5-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse5-180297-2024-02-05\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse5-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat are your thoughts on term limits?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading5-180297-2024-02-05\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse5-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI believe that enacting term limits would be helpful to ensuring that our representatives are focused on passing legislation that will help the most people, rather than being constantly consumed with the question of electability. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse6-180297-2024-02-05\" id=\"heading6-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse6-180297-2024-02-05\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse6-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tDo you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading6-180297-2024-02-05\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse6-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tWe must work together to find solutions to our immense challenges without compromising on our core beliefs.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse7-180297-2024-02-05\" id=\"heading7-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse7-180297-2024-02-05\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse7-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tHow should the U.S. House use its investigative powers?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading7-180297-2024-02-05\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse7-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tThe U.S. House should focus its investigations on rooting out corruption rather than political stunts that are distracting and costly for the American people. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse8-180297-2024-02-05\" id=\"heading8-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse8-180297-2024-02-05\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse8-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading8-180297-2024-02-05\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse8-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tRepresentatives Zoe Lofgren, Sara Jacobs, John Garamendi, Lois Frankel, Harley Rouda, Jerry Patterson, Eric Swalwell, Julia Brownley, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Linda Sanchez, Annie Kuster; State Controller Malia Cohen; Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis; EMILYs List; California Young Democrats; Women in Leadership; Women’s Political Committee; Heart of LA Dems Club; WAVE (Women for American Values and Ethics); National Women’s Political Committee; Elect Democratic Women; Orange County Young Dems; Moms Fed Up; Katrina Foley, Orange County Supervisor; Ashleigh Aitken, Mayor of Anaheim; Cottie Petrie Norris, California Assemblymember, 73rd district, and many others. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse9-180297-2024-02-05\" id=\"heading9-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse9-180297-2024-02-05\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse9-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat committees interest you?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading9-180297-2024-02-05\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse9-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tWhen elected to Congress, I hope to serve on the Energy and Commerce Committee. I believe that the 47th is the most beautiful congressional district in the country. I was born and raised in Orange County, and I grew up surfing its beaches and hiking its trails. As President of WAVE, I supported efforts to bring sustainable energy choices to constituents of local cities. However, corporate polluters and climate policy inaction are hurting our environment and our community, through oil spills, the threat of wildfires, coastal erosion, and rising tides. <br/><br/>\n<p>Climate change requires urgent action, which I view as both a challenge and an opportunity. I support widespread investment in clean technology, providing incentives to consumers to choose renewable energy sources, and fostering public-private partnerships to collaborate on solving the biggest threats posed by climate change. I will prioritize investments in training our community to ensure we become the green tech capital of the U.S.<br/><br/>\n</p>\nIn Congress, I will work to end offshore oil drilling and ensure that corporate polluters are held responsible for their reckless oil spills. I will also bring back federal funding to invest in fire mitigation and to address coastal erosion and sea level rise. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse10-180297-2024-02-05\" id=\"heading10-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse10-180297-2024-02-05\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse10-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat are your views on financial transparency and government accountability?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading10-180297-2024-02-05\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse10-180297-2024-02-05\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tWe need a government that works for us, not the corporations and not the special interests. That is why I have pledged to never take a dime of corporate PAC money, and I never will. It is a sad reality in our country that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. In Congress, I will prioritize measures that will grow our economy, support small businesses, invest in job training programs, and bring good jobs close to home. \t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div></div>\n<div class=\"small\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><p><i><b>Note:</b> Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.</i></p></div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0\"><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(\"div-gpt-ad-1548351761485-0\"); });</script></div>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nJoanna Weiss completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Weiss' responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. Joanna Weiss, founder and past President of Women for American Values and Ethics (WAVE) Action Fund, is a Democrat, working mom, award-winning litigator, and community organizer born and raised in Orange County. Joanna’s passion has always been her community-based, pro bono legal work fighting for domestic violence survivors, seniors on fixed incomes, and special needs students. Joanna is a former litigator and Adjunct Professor at Chapman University School of Law. Weiss served on the Board of Directors of the Public Law Center for over a decade and has won multiple awards for her legal and community leadership.. Weiss’ father was a Vietnam War veteran, and her mother was a public school teacher. Her family was on food stamps and Medicaid when she was born. After attending Orange County public schools and Saddleback Community College, Weiss transferred to UCLA where she earned a B.A. in Political Science. Weiss then attended USC School of Law. Weiss was a business litigator for the international law firm Latham & Watkins LLP. In 2016, Weiss founded WAVE, Women for American Values and Ethics. For the past six years, Weiss and her team have activated thousands of Orange County residents around the most significant issues of our generation: defending democracy and voting rights; fighting to protect women’s health and reproductive rights; and addressing the devastating effects of climate change. Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? I am a lifelong Orange County native who has worked to solve problems our families face. As an attorney, law professor, and voting rights advocate I have worked to protect seniors, domestic violence survivors and children with special needs. As a mother of three, I know the importance of restoring reproductive rights. We cannot allow our daughters to grow up in a world where they have fewer rights than we did. I will vote to codify Roe. Orange County can be the green energy capital of the world. We face enormous challenges from climate change, but through innovation and collaboration we can harness our natural resources to develop sustainable energy and build good paying jobs in our community. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Weiss and her husband struggled with pregnancy and infertility before eventually having boy/girl twins and a second daughter two years later. From her own experiences, and as a mother to now 17- and 20-year-old daughters, Weiss deeply understands the contours of the abortion debate and the paramount importance of reproductive freedom. Weiss knows that reproductive freedom is a women’s health, economic, and gender equity imperative. With MAGA extremists in Washington looking to ban abortion nationwide and reduce access to much-needed reproductive care – even here in California – Weiss will tirelessly fight to protect the right to control our own bodies and lives. What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official? I believe that our elected officials should serve their districts with honesty and integrity. What legacy would you like to leave? I am running to leave a better world behind for my kids and all of our kids. To do that, I believe we must expand rights, particularly the right to make our own medical decisions. We must protect our environment. We must make our communities affordable and attainable. And, we must build an economy that works for everyone. Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics? No. Our founders envisioned our government to be for the people and by the people. Not career politicians. Not lobbyists. Not the special interests or corporate PACs. We need people who have served their community in many ways to bring a diverse set of views and perspectives to our shared challenges. What are your thoughts on term limits? I believe that enacting term limits would be helpful to ensuring that our representatives are focused on passing legislation that will help the most people, rather than being constantly consumed with the question of electability. Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking? We must work together to find solutions to our immense challenges without compromising on our core beliefs. How should the U.S. House use its investigative powers? The U.S. House should focus its investigations on rooting out corruption rather than political stunts that are distracting and costly for the American people. What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign? Representatives Zoe Lofgren, Sara Jacobs, John Garamendi, Lois Frankel, Harley Rouda, Jerry Patterson, Eric Swalwell, Julia Brownley, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Linda Sanchez, Annie Kuster; State Controller Malia Cohen; Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis; EMILYs List; California Young Democrats; Women in Leadership; Women’s Political Committee; Heart of LA Dems Club; WAVE (Women for American Values and Ethics); National Women’s Political Committee; Elect Democratic Women; Orange County Young Dems; Moms Fed Up; Katrina Foley, Orange County Supervisor; Ashleigh Aitken, Mayor of Anaheim; Cottie Petrie Norris, California Assemblymember, 73rd district, and many others. What committees interest you? When elected to Congress, I hope to serve on the Energy and Commerce Committee. I believe that the 47th is the most beautiful congressional district in the country. I was born and raised in Orange County, and I grew up surfing its beaches and hiking its trails. As President of WAVE, I supported efforts to bring sustainable energy choices to constituents of local cities. However, corporate polluters and climate policy inaction are hurting our environment and our community, through oil spills, the threat of wildfires, coastal erosion, and rising tides. Climate change requires urgent action, which I view as both a challenge and an opportunity. I support widespread investment in clean technology, providing incentives to consumers to choose renewable energy sources, and fostering public-private partnerships to collaborate on solving the biggest threats posed by climate change. I will prioritize investments in training our community to ensure we become the green tech capital of the U.S. In Congress, I will work to end offshore oil drilling and ensure that corporate polluters are held responsible for their reckless oil spills. I will also bring back federal funding to invest in fire mitigation and to address coastal erosion and sea level rise. What are your views on financial transparency and government accountability? We need a government that works for us, not the corporations and not the special interests. That is why I have pledged to never take a dime of corporate PAC money, and I never will. It is a sad reality in our country that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. In Congress, I will prioritize measures that will grow our economy, support small businesses, invest in job training programs, and bring good jobs close to home.\nNote: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it."}]