Gregory Warren Burgess

[{"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>Gregory Burgess completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Burgess' 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-405658-2026-02-10\" id=\"heading-bio-405658-2026-02-10\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-405658-2026-02-10\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-405658-2026-02-10\" 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-405658-2026-02-10\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-405658-2026-02-10\" 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’m Gregory Burgess, a third-generation Californian running No Party Preference for CA-2. I hold a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Minnesota focused on environmental health, food security, and climate change. My 30-year career spans six roles: Special Education Teacher, CDC Quarantine Public Health Officer, Clinical Engineer at Stryker Corporation training artificial intelligence to detect blood loss in surgery, US Postal Carrier, School Bus driver, and Homeless counselor. I recently discovered that The Nature Conservancy paid $30 million to displace eleven multigenerational ranching families from a Pastoral Zone Congress created in 1962, without a single public hearing. Rather than campaign promises, I drafted three comprehensive federal bills and a 30+-Act legislative platform called An Honest Economy for All, every Act with constitutional authority statements, deficit neutrality, sunset clauses, and GAO/CBO accountability. I visited Modoc and Siskiyou counties in December 2025, weeks before the incumbent’s first trip. I cap donations at $100, accept no PAC money, and invite voters to read every bill at vote-roar.com.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-405658-2026-02-10\" id=\"heading-key-message-405658-2026-02-10\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-405658-2026-02-10\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-405658-2026-02-10\" 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-405658-2026-02-10\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-405658-2026-02-10\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>Show Your Work — Legislation, Not Promises. I drafted three federal bills before asking for a single vote. The CA-2 CAFE Community Health Act addresses housing, workforce development, tax reform, the American Solidarity Fund, and AI-workforce augmentation. The Seashore to Stockyard Food Security Act covers fisheries collapse, timber revitalization, regenerative agriculture, wolf-livestock coexistence, and post-cannabis economic transition. The North Coast Healthcare Act tackles rural provider shortages, senior independence, chronic disease prevention, and fraud recovery. Every bill includes constitutional authority, deficit neutrality, sunset clauses, and GAO/CBO oversight. My platform contains 30+ drafted Acts. Read them at vote-roar.com</li><li>The Point Reyes Precedent — Defending Families on Federal Land. The Nature Conservancy paid $30 million to displace 11 ranching families and 90-plus farmworkers from land Congress designated a Pastoral Zone in 1962. Ranchers were silenced by NDAs. Then TNC proposed bringing cattle back under its control. I filed five formal challenges: DOI Inspector General complaint, House Natural Resources whistleblower tip, Coastal Commission challenge, appropriations rider request, and Supplemental EIS demand. I wrote 53 letters to members of Congress, drafted the Federal Lands Stewardship Act, and am collecting Field Hearing Petition signatures at www.vote-roar.com. If this decision stands, it becomes a nationwide template that could allow oil drilling</li><li>$100 Cap. No PACs. Our incumbent raised over $445,000 — with PAC and Washington insider money. I cap every donation at $100 and accept zero PAC money. When 350 neighbors invest $100 each, their representative works for them. I visited Modoc and Siskiyou counties in December 2025, weeks before our incumbent’s first trip to his redrawn district. I then drafted legislation addressing $52 million in grasshopper losses, healthcare deserts without cardiologists or surgeons, timber economy collapse, wildfire insurance crises, and Pacific fishery closures. I also submitted 12 California state bills to the “There Ought to be a Law” contest. You don’t need special-interest money to do the work — you need to show up, listen, and write the bills</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-405658-2026-02-10\" id=\"heading1-405658-2026-02-10\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-405658-2026-02-10\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-405658-2026-02-10\" 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=\"heading1-405658-2026-02-10\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-405658-2026-02-10\" 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\tFood security, rural healthcare, federal lands stewardship, and ethical technology. As a CDC officer I saw federal failures create health crises. As a clinical engineer I trained AI to detect surgical blood loss. I understand AI’s promise and risks firsthand. As a behavioral health counselor I witnessed the mental health crisis devastating communities. Growing up near Point Reyes ranches, I experienced agriculture’s deep bond to the land. My platform addresses these with regenerative organic agriculture with circular biomass-biogas-composting; rural healthcare via provider recruitment and forgivable SBA loans; federal lands requiring public hearings for major decisions; and AI regulation from hands-on experience. Read bills at vote-roar.com\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-405658-2026-02-10\" id=\"heading2-405658-2026-02-10\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse2-405658-2026-02-10\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-405658-2026-02-10\" 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=\"heading2-405658-2026-02-10\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse2-405658-2026-02-10\" 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\tNone yet\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>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nGregory Burgess completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Burgess' responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. I’m Gregory Burgess, a third-generation Californian running No Party Preference for CA-2. I hold a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Minnesota focused on environmental health, food security, and climate change. My 30-year career spans six roles: Special Education Teacher, CDC Quarantine Public Health Officer, Clinical Engineer at Stryker Corporation training artificial intelligence to detect blood loss in surgery, US Postal Carrier, School Bus driver, and Homeless counselor. I recently discovered that The Nature Conservancy paid $30 million to displace eleven multigenerational ranching families from a Pastoral Zone Congress created in 1962, without a single public hearing. Rather than campaign promises, I drafted three comprehensive federal bills and a 30+-Act legislative platform called An Honest Economy for All, every Act with constitutional authority statements, deficit neutrality, sunset clauses, and GAO/CBO accountability. I visited Modoc and Siskiyou counties in December 2025, weeks before the incumbent’s first trip. I cap donations at $100, accept no PAC money, and invite voters to read every bill at vote-roar.com. 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? Show Your Work — Legislation, Not Promises. I drafted three federal bills before asking for a single vote. The CA-2 CAFE Community Health Act addresses housing, workforce development, tax reform, the American Solidarity Fund, and AI-workforce augmentation. The Seashore to Stockyard Food Security Act covers fisheries collapse, timber revitalization, regenerative agriculture, wolf-livestock coexistence, and post-cannabis economic transition. The North Coast Healthcare Act tackles rural provider shortages, senior independence, chronic disease prevention, and fraud recovery. Every bill includes constitutional authority, deficit neutrality, sunset clauses, and GAO/CBO oversight. My platform contains 30+ drafted Acts. Read them at vote-roar.com The Point Reyes Precedent — Defending Families on Federal Land. The Nature Conservancy paid $30 million to displace 11 ranching families and 90-plus farmworkers from land Congress designated a Pastoral Zone in 1962. Ranchers were silenced by NDAs. Then TNC proposed bringing cattle back under its control. I filed five formal challenges: DOI Inspector General complaint, House Natural Resources whistleblower tip, Coastal Commission challenge, appropriations rider request, and Supplemental EIS demand. I wrote 53 letters to members of Congress, drafted the Federal Lands Stewardship Act, and am collecting Field Hearing Petition signatures at www.vote-roar.com. If this decision stands, it becomes a nationwide template that could allow oil drilling $100 Cap. No PACs. Our incumbent raised over $445,000 — with PAC and Washington insider money. I cap every donation at $100 and accept zero PAC money. When 350 neighbors invest $100 each, their representative works for them. I visited Modoc and Siskiyou counties in December 2025, weeks before our incumbent’s first trip to his redrawn district. I then drafted legislation addressing $52 million in grasshopper losses, healthcare deserts without cardiologists or surgeons, timber economy collapse, wildfire insurance crises, and Pacific fishery closures. I also submitted 12 California state bills to the “There Ought to be a Law” contest. You don’t need special-interest money to do the work — you need to show up, listen, and write the bills What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Food security, rural healthcare, federal lands stewardship, and ethical technology. As a CDC officer I saw federal failures create health crises. As a clinical engineer I trained AI to detect surgical blood loss. I understand AI’s promise and risks firsthand. As a behavioral health counselor I witnessed the mental health crisis devastating communities. Growing up near Point Reyes ranches, I experienced agriculture’s deep bond to the land. My platform addresses these with regenerative organic agriculture with circular biomass-biogas-composting; rural healthcare via provider recruitment and forgivable SBA loans; federal lands requiring public hearings for major decisions; and AI regulation from hands-on experience. Read bills at vote-roar.com What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign? None yet\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."}]