Restoring, Reinventing & Reimagining the Golden California Dream Groundbreaking Equal-Opportunity-for-All-to-Succeed Platform

Joel Ventresca for California Governor 2022
Restore democracy; Reinvent government; Reimagine capitalism.

Create just, livable & flourishing California for all.

Enact free, universal, high-quality healthcare, education prekindergarten-through-college, childcare & job training fully-funded by wealthy individuals & corporations, government revenues, and high-income workers.

Raise minimum wage to $18.50-an-hour with no exceptions & annual upward cost-of-living adjustments.

End homelessness, poverty, gender-based violence, mass incarceration, death penalty, war-on-drugs & institutional racism.

Pass best tenant protection, civil rights, gun safety & police reform laws in the nation.

Build large-scale multi-unit permanent affordable housing.

Eliminate taxes & fees on small businesses for 5 years.

Increase taxes on wealthy individuals & corporations.

Reverse economic inequality & expand economic democracy.

Disempower top 1% economic elite.

Empower nonviolent mass movements.

Reinvent California into the first zero-carbon-emissions state in the nation.

Restructure energy utilities into one full-service consumer-owned statewide public power system that operates efficiently, reliably, sustainably & safely with 15% lower rates.

Convert to non-nuclear 100% clean renewable energy.

Establish free public transit.

Cease fracking & oil drilling.

Reduce inequities, disparities & the gap between rich & poor.

Challenge corporate & tech agendas.

Rejuvenate inclusive & diverse participatory democracy.

Remove corrupt influence of private money from politics by mandating 100% publicly-funded candidate campaigns & elections.

Prohibit elected representatives from meeting with lobbyists.

Halt government waste, fraud, abuse, inefficiency, mismanagement & corruption.

Make safety, security, opportunity & well-being accessible to all.

Confront bias, discrimination & bigotry.

Reopen Robert Kennedy murder investigation.

Launch advertising-free, public interest-oriented, high-value alternative media (television, radio & print) completely-funded by taxing corporate media & big tech 2.5% of gross sales in California annually.