I have been told to my face that my district is not winnable by a Democrat. I hear this from people who want me to win! So, I want to lay out, with sources, why the question is not whether CA-20 can be won on its own. The question is what happens to the whole southern Central Valley if it is not. Four cities, cut in...

Friday, August 21, 2026 was quite a day. In the morning, the President posted on Truth Social that he had concluded a deal. For 90 days, the United States would allow up to 300,000 metric tons of ground beef product to enter the country tariff free, and someone, somewhere, had committed to selling it at 25 percent...

On March 8, 2024, France added one sentence to Article 34 of its Constitution. Translated, it reads: the law determines the conditions under which the guaranteed freedom of a woman to have recourse to a voluntary termination of pregnancy is exercised. [1] Not right. Freedom. I have been thinking about the specific...

It is already in effect. It could put sick people in debt just to be able to access their own health care coverage. And you will start choosing from these plans two days after you vote. Here is what happened, and why it matters right now. I spent thirty years as a respiratory therapist and an advocate for disabled...

Congressman Vince Fong recently said this about the health plan tax in California’s new state budget: “Gavin Newsom is attempting to raise taxes on Californians with a massive health care tax to bail out his fiscal irresponsibility and cover Sacramento’s structural deficits. His unchecked Medi-Cal expansions have...

If you follow our congressman’s news, you’ve probably seen him touting a new bill — the CAL Repayment Act — as a stand for fiscal accountability and a way to protect California’s small businesses and farmers from Sacramento’s mistakes. And I’ll say plainly: the instinct behind that is fair. California does owe a...

Last week I did something nearly every candidate eventually does. I sat down with a phone and a list of registered voters and I called them, one by one, to ask for money. They call it “call time.” It is widely understood and accepted to be a “rite of passage” for almost everyone running for public office. I...

I am so honored that people are asking to donate to support this page. My understanding of the FEC rules is, if I received donations, I need to be able to confirm the donor was allowed to make the donation, my campaign is allowed to accept the donation, and I have all the information I am required to track about the...

Trump “Baby” Account Article A few of you, after reading what I wrote about the $1,000 “Trump Account,” asked me a fair question: is there an alternative? Thanks for reading Sandra's Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Let me tell you about a program California has already built,...

First — thank you. To every family who has written to me or stopped me to ask about this, thank you for asking before you signed up for anything. You saw the headline — the government will put $1,000 in an account for your baby — and instead of just taking it or dismissing it, you asked questions. If it sounds too...