Asamblea Estatal de CaliforniaCandidato para Distrito 16

Catharine Baker
Mis 3 prioridades principales
- Mejorar la educación: reformar el sistema rígido de profesores permanentes, apoyar a los niños y a los grandes maestros y poner primero a los estudiantes de California en las admisiones a la UC.
- Reconstruir una infraestructura más inteligente: detener el tren rápido y los túneles gemelos e invertir en caminos y transporte público y en una infraestructura del agua más inteligente.
- Exigir una disciplina fiscal: liquidar la deuda y arreglar nuestros asuntos financieros, en continuar realizando compras compulsivas.
Experiencia
Experiencia
Educación
Biografía
In her first term in the Assembly, Catharine has lived up to her pledge to be a different kind of legislator – one who works across party lines to get things done. She wrote legislation to better prevent child abuse in schools, to make the Bay Bridge oversight authority more transparent and accountable, and to offer veterans support in finding new careers when they return to civilian life. All these bills passed with unanimous, bipartisan support and were signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. She has authored legislation to improve California’s transportation system and water infrastructure; modernize California’s schools so all children, regardless of the zip code they live in, can receive a great education; to make higher education accessible and affordable for California residents, and to make the state more accountable and financially disciplined with taxpayer funds. It’s no surprise the Contra Costa Times said, “Baker shows the Legislature there’s room for bipartisanship.”
An active parent leader in local schools, Catharine served on numerous local school improvement committees and on a preschool board. She is a Trustee with the Diablo Regional Arts Association, supporting arts education opportunities for families and school children. She is active in local Scouting with Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, serving as an archery instructor and camp volunteer. As small business counsel at Hoge Fenton Jones & Appel law firm in Pleasanton, Catharine’s practice is helping local small businesses and non-profit organizations get started and succeed.
Catharine is a native Californian. She earned her BA degree from the University of Chicago, overcoming cancer her senior year to graduate Phi Beta Kappa. She earned her JD degree from UC Berkeley School of Law. Catharine is married to her college sweetheart, Dan, and they have two school-aged children, twins.
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Preguntas de The League of Women Voters of California Education Fund and California Counts, a public media collaboration. (6)
For more detailed information on the policy issues in my platform I invite you to visit my website at www.bakerforassembly.com/issues. Please share with me any feedback or questions you have on specific policy issues or the information provided.
What are your top three fiscal priorities, recognizing the need to balance the state’s income with its spending?
If elected, what solutions do you propose to deal with the high cost of living in the Bay Area?
There are a variety of proposals to raise California's minimum wage. Many of these proposals face opposition from business groups who are concerned that they would kill jobs. Do you support increasing the minimum wage in California? In your answer please explain your position on the relationship between wages and jobs with specific reference to the situation in your district.
Many Californians are concerned about the influence of money in politics. What can the state legislature do to ensure that decision-making by elected officials is not swayed by moneyed interests at the expense of constituents?
What steps are needed to improve region-wide transportation planning and the growing traffic congestion?
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