Jobs, Housing and Education

By Todd Leroy Hoover

Todd's position on Jobs, Housing and Education

Housing: We believe it is critical that everyone be able to obtain affordable housing. The economic losses suffered by most homeowners are absolutely staggering. We believe the banks should give homeowners who have lost equity in their homes some type of principal reduction to reflect the reduced value of their homes. We, as taxpayers, have helped to bail out the banks and now it is time for the banks to help bail us out.

Education: We are strong believers in education. We want to make sure the State of California does everything possible to save our State's education system. If we don't invest in our children's future now, we will have to pay later. There is no way California, and for that matter, the US as a whole, can maintain our status as an industrial and technological leader if we don't have a well-educated workforce. For us to maintain our competitive edge world-wide, we need to continue to provide a quality education to our young, and keep American workers' skills up-to-date. We will do everything we can to endorse and pursue any legislation that will help keep our education system strong and reverse the recent downsizing and layoffs of our teachers. We believe education should continue to be free and we pledge to continue to oppose the recent university fee increases that are putting a quality education out of reach of many lower and middle income students.