Dick Lucas

Housing Enforce anti camping laws. In most cities it is illegal to camp on public property, let’s enforce the law. Housing Fast track higher density housing but also sprawl. Let people live where they want to live. Only 5% of our land is developed in CA, even just increasing that by 1% will lead to 10 million more units of housing. Let people live how they want to live. Environment / Energy Take a small portion of California’s fire budget (the largest in the world) and allocate it towards yet to be invented high tech solutions that make wildfires a thing of the past. Infrastructure / Transportation Cancel the high speed rail project which is years behind schedule and billions over budget with no end in sight. The Bakersfield to Merced portion is projected to cost 35 billion- exceeding the estimated cost for the entire system from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Wages / Job Benefits Negotiate fair pay for California government employees to save taxpayers billions. Our government workers are the highest paid in the country. They make twice the amount of private sector employees- including more vacation and better benefits. Wages / Job Benefits Negotiate fair pay with California Highway Patrol officers who have an average compensation of over 200,000, significantly higher than the average for the highest paid private sector job in the country. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Modernize our police forces with drones and cameras in high risk areas. Las Vegas PD has set the bar using these tactics and now has the highest murder solve rate in the country. Environment / Energy Modern nuclear energy reactors are melt down proof and the safest and cleanest form of energy generation. Fast track the deployment of both small modular reactors and larger scale reactors. Environment / Energy Overhaul the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and California Coastal Commission (CCC) to issue permits an order of magnitude more quickly. Texas recently surpassed California in solar power generation with planned projects that will leave us in the dust. It’s not because they care about climate change, it’s because they encourage building. Education Increase the amount of time it takes for teachers to receive tenure. It is currently only two years- after which firing even poorly performing teachers becomes extremely difficult. Environment / Energy Fast track prescribed burns of high risk forests to reduce wildfire risk. It takes an average of 4.7 years to get through environmental reviews. Surely we can move faster. This also applies to dense brush that poses high fire risk. Palisades brush clearing was postponed due to an environmental review- review that. Taxes / Budget Significantly lower the cost of gasoline by lowering gas taxes. Taxes / Budget California has the highest LLC fees in the country- bring this annual fee from 800 a year to 0. Business creation is the engine of the economy and disincentivizing it and punishing business owners with an extra fee every year is insulting. Legislation Repeal the Private Attorneys General Act which outsources to lawyers the enforcement of California labor law. As a result, California businesses are drowning in frivolous lawsuits. Economy Create a strategic Bitcoin reserve to protect California from the impending US debt crisis. Education Allow and encourage high achieving high schoolers to take college level courses and enter college early.