Kevin de Leon

As the youngest child of a single immigrant mother with a third-grade education, I never thought in my wildest dreams that I'd ever be an elected official.

I am not just a defender of the California Dream. I am a product of it.

I don't believe other states should be in the business of luring production out of California. We've made it clear that no one is going to out-compete California.

I don't like to move abstract theoretical policies that, on a white paper, sound good. If I wanted to do that, I'd be a professor.

Domestic workers allow many people with disabilities to maintain independent, productive lives and live in their own homes - not in institutions.

When I was elected for the first time in '06 I'd never been elected to any body. City councils, school board, community college boards, trustee, water district trustee, class president, ASB president, senior class president - nothing. I was never elected to anything in my life.

I believe that every family - it doesn't make a difference who you are or where you come from - deserves to have quality healthcare. It is a universal right. It's not the exclusive privilege of the elite and the wealthy.

When people see the healthful impact this is having and all the hard hats constructing, their minds may change about high-speed rail.

California continues to pass the most ambitious laws in the world to expand clean energy and combat climate change.

If I've learned one thing as a state leader, it's that California will never fulfill its truest potential if we wait for Washington to change on its own.

We can't cross our fingers and hope that President Donald Trump can 'learn and change.'

California's university system is one of the premier higher education systems in the world, and we should require that non-resident students pay a premium to attend it. The revenue generated from these fees can be used to increase affordability and access for more Californians.