Juan Camacho, SD-26 candidate, 2026 primary election questionnaire

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : At the same time, I'll champion access to capital and procurement opportunities for small businesses and entrepreneurs, and further expand California's Film & TV Tax Credit to keep production here in LA. Immigrant Justice & Civil Rights:
63% : Californians in these jobs deserve good union opportunities and retraining programs so they can thrive in the emerging clean energy economy.
58% : When we invest in education, infrastructure, and workforce development, we expand opportunity and grow the tax base over time.
58% : California must continue to uphold strong sanctuary protections and ensure clear guidance that keeps local law enforcement out of federal immigration operations and limits cooperation with ICE.
58% : We can incentivize development by providing funding and tax credits for affordable housing, supporting infill and transit-oriented projects, and ensuring certainty in the approval process so projects can move forward more quickly.
57% : I'll expand investment in union apprenticeship programs and workforce development pipelines that create pathways to good-paying jobs, particularly in the clean energy and construction sectors.
57% : We must accelerate investment in clean energy alternatives - including solar, wind, offshore wind, battery storage, and transmission infrastructure - while creating good-paying union jobs that reduce our dependence on volatile oil markets.
57% : I strongly support California playing an active role in ensuring hospitals and doctors can provide gender-affirming care to LGBTQ+ residents, along with abortion care, contraception, and other life-saving essential care.
56% : I will also work to ensure our money is being spent efficiently and effectively -- so that our tax dollars are actually improving people's lives.
56% : I support transitioning away from fossil fuels, but this must be done responsibly, with a just transition for workers in the industry and with consideration for working families who can't afford to upgrade every appliance and purchase an electric vehicle on their own.
50% : I support legislation, like the bill introduced by my friend Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez and Speaker Robert Rivas, to ban ICE agents from future hiring as public employees in California.
49% : We've seen ICE terrorize immigrant communities in workplaces, schools, and hospitals - places that should remain safe, stable environments where families feel protected, not targeted.
46% : I support raising revenue by asking those at the top to pay their fair share, including higher state income taxes on the ultra-wealthy, closing corporate loopholes, and fixing a tax system that lets corporations skate by while communities are asked to accept cuts.
43% : I'll fight discrimination in all forms and continue my work from Equality California to ensure that LGBTQ+ Californians are protected and represented in every policy conversation.
41% : To address the projected budget deficit, I would prioritize targeted revenue solutions, including closing outdated tax loopholes that allow the biggest corporations and wealthiest Californians to pay less than small businesses and working families.
41% : Yet public concerns remain that there aren't enough regulations governing when or how AI should be used, and that the technology would replace jobs and leave too many Californians unemployed.
28% : We also must pursue every possible legal avenue to stop these raids, get ICE out of Los Angeles and California, and ensure the people responsible for these unconstitutional, unethical, and un-American attacks are held accountable.

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