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Phil Angelides
1,202,851 votes
48%
- Occupation: Treasurer of California, 1999 - Present
- Fought for balanced budgets and fully funded schools and cracked down on corporate fraud to protect the pensions and life savings of families
- Invested state funds to create jobs and clean up the environment
- Created his own business, met a payroll, and built environmentally sustainable communities. Congress for the New Urbanism's Lifetime Achievement Award
- Former Chair, California Democratic Party
- Graduate, Harvard University and Coro Foundation Fellow
- Committed husband and father to three daughters
Priorities:
- I will balance the budget and fully fund California's schools, rolling back tax cuts to corporations and couples earning over $500,000
- I will fight air pollution and global warming by making California the world leader for renewable energy and clean vehicles.
- I will lead California toward quality, affordable healthcare for all.
Steve Westly
1,081,940 votes
43.2%
- Occupation: Controller of the State of California
- Elected Member, Democratic National Committee
- Senior Vice President, eBay
- Office of Economic Development, City of SanJose
- Teacher, Stanford Business School
- Department of Energy, Carter Administration
- Vice Chair, California Democratic Party
Priorities:
- Public education is my number-one priority. I'm running for Governor to reinvent public education.
- I also care passionately about the environment, and have a plan to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and fully complying with the Kyoto Treaty.
- On health care, we need to expand coverage through a system of increased state coverage and employer mandates.
Barbara Becnel
66,550 votes
2.7%
- Occupation: Executive Director
- Bachelor of Arts Degree, summa cum laude, in Economics at Adelphi University
- Doctoral Program in Ecomonics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Post-graduate work at the University of Chicago as a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow
- Women's History Celebration Award 2006 for Social Consciousness from Contra Costa College and the American Association of University Women
- California State Honoree 2005 Ella Hutch Award for Outstanding Leadership and Community Service issued by Black Women Organized for Political Action
- Woman of the Year 2001 issued by the California State Legislature
Priorities:
- Improving California's public education system so that all children have an opportunity to achieve at high levels
- Designing a quality and affordable healthcare system for all Californians
- Removing race and class bias from California's criminal justice system
Joe "old joe" Brouillette
42,075 votes
1.7%
- Occupation: High School Teacher
- 2 Masters degrees, one in education, from California State University - Chico
- Masters in economics, Univ of Illinois
- Taught in the public school system for 48 years.
- Taught U.S. history, government, Calif. history and gov't, sociology, health,science, comparative religions y mucho mas.
Priorities:
- Overpopulation is a major problem in Calif. and I have a plan to educate California, the usa and the world about the dangers of overpopulation.
- Students need more classes in local, state, federal government and elections.
- Each state should have the right to determine its optimum population
Michael S. Strimling
35,121 votes
1.4%
- Occupation: Attorney, former Peace Corps Legal Advisor to two Provinces
- UC BERKELEY Law Degree Boalt Hall, Uof Chicago (Dean's Honor List), U.C. SANTA CRUZ (B.A. honors) only candidate from UC; LA public schools
- PROGRESSIVE.Judge Pro Tem Arbitrator Mediator, complex litigation for individuals, public agencies, companies, homeowner associations & union members.
- STAFF ATTORNEY FOR APPELLATE & TRIAL COURTS for 5 Years, handling broad variety of civil and criminal matters.
- U.S.PEACE CORPS Legal Advisor;State Bar Committee on Administration of Justice; San Francisco and Alameda Bar commendations for pro bono work for poor
- LAW PRACTICE in Superor Courts in 11 California Counties, Federal Courts, US Court of Claims in Washington DC, Courts of Appeal
- A TRAINED LAWYER who knows class actions, environmental, condemnation, construction, injury, financial, family, probate, civil rights laws
Priorities:
- THAT CORPORATIONS PAY TAX at true value of property, not low rates of 30 years ago under Prop 13, to reduce other taxes & pay for health and schools
- SCHOOLS NOT JAILS: educate, train for jobs, rehabilitate, pardon the repentant, a moratorium on expensive new prisons and biased capital punishment
- UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, WORKERS RIGHTS. AGAINST THE WAR AND WIRETAPPING. Support transit, environment, privacy, choice, childcare, eldercare.
Frank A. Macaluso, Jr.
30,867 votes
1.2%
- Occupation: Physician/Medical Doctor
- Party: Democratic
- Current Position: Chairman Dept. of Radiology - Kaweah Delta Hospital - Visalia, CA
- M.D. degree Univ. of New Mexico School of Medicine - Albuquerque - 1985
- B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering - Univ. of New Mexico - 1981
- Have held various positions and jobs in the oil and gas industry.
- Physicians Recognition Award for CME, Member - California Medical Association, American College of Radiology, RSNA, CRS
Priorities:
- BUDGET: A balanced budget with zero deficit spending is the most responsible policy.
- HEALTHCARE: All Californians should have affordable and accessible healthcare.
- IMMIGRATION REFORM: It's time to move forward on this issue now.
Vibert F.
- Occupation: Engineer
- MSME; BA MATHEMATICS; ADVANCED DEGREES IN ENGINEERING
- 4-term elected member of Professional Engineers in California Government
- 12 years as a board member of Lexington Square Homeowners Assoc.
- California Public Utilities Commission
- PATENT (2)
- The Argus News--February 20, 2004--Bold Choice for County School Board; Vibert Greene.
Priorities:
- Audit Budget Allocations for Education.
- Increase salaries and benefits for State workers; Schools; Security; Healthcare and Low Income Workers
- Link Businesses Tax cuts to Number of New Hires and Levy Taxes on Outsourced Offshore Products and Services.
Jerald Robert Gerst
21,039 votes
.8%
- Occupation: Medical Doctor, Physician
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- Phil Angelides & Steve Westly
- California Report, KQED-FM, two interviews by Scott Shafer (also extended interviews). See Tues and Weds.
- Two Democratic Candidates Have Very Different Spending Plans
- California Report, KQED-FM. See Weds, 5/31 (6 min after 1 min news).
- Becnel, Macaluso, Gerst, Strimling,& Greene
- Forum with Susan Rasky, KQED-FM, 6/1/06 (55 min)
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