Xavier Becerra
Liberal
Democrat
N/A
California
Current Position: Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Running For: Governor
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For comprehensive zoning reform to allow more affordable housing and apartments
- For enforcing state housing laws with financial penalties for non-compliant cities
- For protecting renters through tenant protection laws and rent control enforcement
- For restrictions on institutional investors purchasing single-family homes
- For expanding California's down payment assistance program for first-time homebuyers
- For treating clean energy and grid resilience as public investments with benefits reaching renters and low-income households
- For declaring a housing emergency and eliminating process barriers to housing production
- For Housing First approaches paired with behavioral health and addiction treatment
- For tying all homelessness funding to measurable outcomes rather than inputs, with consequences for failing programs
- For enforcing California's Tenant Protection Act including rent increase caps and just cause eviction standards
Business & Labor
- For charging fees to large employers whose low-wage workers qualify for taxpayer-funded Medi-Cal
- Against price gouging and unjustified rate hikes by corporations
- For stronger oversight and accountability of utilities with increased transparency
- For holding utilities and public agencies accountable for reducing disaster risk
- For AI regulation with strong guardrails around child safety, critical infrastructure threats, and human oversight requirements
- For workforce investment and transition support to ensure AI gains are shared with workers rather than concentrated at the top
- For transparency in automated decision-making affecting employment, health, housing, and freedoms
- For enforcing and strengthening California's AI safety laws
- For requiring data centers to use clean energy and cover their own energy costs while protecting ratepayers
Health Care
- For protecting the Affordable Care Act and defending it against federal rollbacks
- For using state purchasing power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices
- For protecting access to reproductive care including contraception, abortion, and maternal health support
- For expanding universal telehealth access across California
- Against federal cuts to Medi-Cal and healthcare programs
- For expanding vaccination access and strengthening public health infrastructure
- For implementing all reforms authorized by Proposition 1 to build mental health treatment beds and address homelessness
Environment
- For clean energy transition while prioritizing affordability and bill reduction for families
- For shifting from disaster response to prevention-focused approach with major investments in wildfire prevention, flood control, and seismic retrofits