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About this office
State assembly members introduce and vote on new laws, hold hearings, and draft the state budget. They are elected to two-year terms.
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My Top 3 Priorities
Public safety is a balance and it has shifted too far to where we do not protect our most vulnerable. FBI data suggests it is counterproductive to racial equity for elected officials to give the appearance of disparaging law enforcement agencies.
Los Angeles housing policy should follow research and data, but policy makers should be skeptical when presented with cheaply-obtained research results, paid for by agenda-driven uber-charities, with recommendations that contradict our intuition.
To nurture students of all ethnicities and races, our future, we should generously fund schools. But our hard-earned tax dollars only benefit the students when combined with budgetary accountability we must demand of our education professionals.
Experience
Experience
Profession:Software Engineer
Software Engineer, Google (2010–2022)
Member of the Board, Republican Party 54th Assembly District Central Committee — Elected position (2020–2022)
Programmer / Analyst, UCLA (2002–2010)
Education
Duke University — Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (2001)
Questions from League of Women Voters of California (4)
What programs, proposals, projects, or legislation would you support to meet the water needs of all Californians?
Answer from Keith Girolamo Cascio:
I support rainwater harvesting, catchment hydrology and an expansion of nuclear power in California, which will power desalination.
Affordable housing
Describe what proposal(s) you would support to alleviate the shortage of affordable housing for middle and low income people in California?
No answer provided.
What programs or strategies would you suggest to meet the educational needs of young, low-income Californians?
Answer from Keith Girolamo Cascio:
I suggest we listen to heroic California teachers such as Rosalva Ochoa De Santos who have been working their entire careers to improve LAUSD.
Carbon neutrality
To reach a goal of carbon neutrality by 2045, as set forth in a 2018 executive order what, if any, proposals, plans or legislation would you support? Please be specific.
No answer provided.
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