Sydney Kamlager-Dove

Progressive

Democrat

House Representative

California - District 37

Current Position: US House Representative CA-37

Running For: House Representative - District 37

Policy Positions

For tenant protections; fought to pass the COVID-19 eviction moratorium which provided billions in rent relief

For single-payer universal health care; coauthored AB 1400 - Guaranteed Health Care for All to provide quality, affordable, single-payer health care to every Californian
For affordable prescription drugs; authored the Affordable Prescription Drug Act to bypass Big Pharma and procure low-cost medicine from Canadian suppliers

For student athlete compensation rights; worked to stop the NCAA from preventing student athletes from receiving payment in connection with the use of their name, image, or likeness

For wildlife protection; sponsored California's first hunting ban in decades with AB 1254, which ends trophy hunting of bobcats
For environmental protection and climate action; supports a Green New Deal, coauthored Plastic Pollution Reduction Act to reduce single-use plastic packaging by 75%, fought for legislation to remove carbon from the atmosphere

For abortion rights; committed to securing access to abortion care and birth control, worked to remove cost as a barrier to abortion, sits on Planned Parenthood Los Angeles board
For anti-discrimination protections; co-authored SB 188, the CROWN Act, which prohibits employers from discriminating against natural or protective hairstyles

For police accountability and reform; passed legislation to hold police accountable and eliminate barriers in prosecuting crimes by law enforcement, strengthened standards for police use of force, authored CRISES Act for community-led teams to respond to non-violent 911 calls instead of police
For criminal justice reform focused on diversion, redemption, and rehabilitation; passed transformative probation reform law (AB 1950) capping probation terms to reasonable limits, reduced prison sentences for survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking
Against the death penalty; authored the California Abolition Act to end slavery and involuntary servitude
Against gun manufacturer financing; urged California banks to stop lending to gun manufacturers