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Daniel Mercuri (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of California. He lost in the primary on June 7, 2022.

Biography

Daniel Mercuri was born in Santa Ana, California. Mercuri served in the United States Navy from 1998 to 2003. He earned associate degrees in broadcast and communications from Los Angeles Valley College in 2006. Mercuri's career experience includes co-founding a production company and working as its CEO, as a partner and chief financial officer of a private investment group, an advertising professional, an author, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu professor, and a boxing coach.^[1]

Elections

2022

General election

General election for Governor of California

Incumbent Gavin Newsom defeated Brian Dahle in the general election for Governor of California on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Gavin Newsom (D)	59.2	6,470,104
	Brian Dahle (R)	40.8	4,462,914

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,933,018
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Governor of California

The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of California on June 7, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Gavin Newsom (D)	55.9	3,945,748
✔	Brian Dahle (R)	17.7	1,252,800
	Michael Shellenberger (Independent)	4.1	290,286
	Jenny Rae Le Roux (R)	3.5	246,665
	Anthony Trimino (R)	3.5	246,322
	Shawn Collins (R)	2.5	173,083
	Luis Rodriguez (G)	1.8	124,672
	Leo Zacky (R)	1.3	94,521
	Major Williams (R)	1.3	92,580
	Robert Newman (R)	1.2	82,849
	Joel Ventresca (D)	0.9	66,885
	David Lozano (R)	0.9	66,542
	Ronald Anderson (R)	0.8	53,554
	Reinette Senum (Independent)	0.8	53,015
	Armando Perez-Serrato (D)	0.6	45,474
	Ron Jones (R)	0.5	38,337
	Daniel Mercuri (R)	0.5	36,396
	Heather Collins (G)	0.4	29,690
	Anthony Fanara (D)	0.4	25,086
	Cristian Morales (R)	0.3	22,304
	Lonnie Sortor (R)	0.3	21,044
	Frederic Schultz (Independent)	0.2	17,502
	Woodrow Sanders III (Independent)	0.2	16,204
	James Hanink (Independent)	0.1	10,110
	Serge Fiankan (Independent)	0.1	6,201
	Bradley Zink (Independent)	0.1	5,997
	Jeff Scott (American Independent Party of California) (Write-in)	0.0	13
	Gurinder Bhangoo (R) (Write-in)	0.0	8

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,063,888
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Campaign finance

2021

Gavin Newsom yes/no recall question

Gavin Newsom recall, 2021

Gavin Newsom won the Governor of California recall election on September 14, 2021.

	Recall Vote	%	Votes
	Yes	38.1	4,894,473
✔	No	61.9	7,944,092
	Total Votes		12,838,565

It has been certified. Source

Gavin Newsom replacement question

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General election

Special general election for Governor of California

The following candidates ran in the special general election for Governor of California on September 14, 2021.

Candidate	%	Votes
Larry Elder (R)	48.4	3,563,867
Kevin Paffrath (D)	9.6	706,778
Kevin Faulconer (R)	8.0	590,346
Brandon Ross (D)	5.3	392,029
John Cox (R)	4.1	305,095
Kevin Kiley (R)	3.5	255,490
Jacqueline McGowan (D)	2.9	214,242
Joel Ventresca (D)	2.5	186,345
Daniel Watts (D)	2.3	167,355
Holly Baade (D)	1.3	92,218
Patrick Kilpatrick (D)	1.2	86,617
Armando Perez-Serrato (D)	1.2	85,061
Caitlyn Jenner (R)	1.0	75,215
John Drake (D)	0.9	68,545
Daniel Kapelovitz (G)	0.9	64,375
Jeff Hewitt (L)	0.7	50,378
Ted Gaines (R)	0.7	47,937
Angelyne (No party preference)	0.5	35,900
David Moore (No party preference)	0.4	31,224
Anthony Trimino (R)	0.4	28,101
Doug Ose (R) (Unofficially withdrew)	0.4	26,204
Michael Loebs (No party preference)	0.3	25,468
Heather Collins (G)	0.3	24,260
Major Singh (No party preference)	0.3	21,394
David Lozano (R)	0.3	19,945
Denver Stoner (R)	0.3	19,588
Samuel Gallucci (R)	0.2	18,134
Steven Chavez Lodge (R)	0.2	17,435
Jenny Rae Le Roux (R)	0.2	16,032
David Bramante (R)	0.2	11,501
Diego Martinez (R)	0.1	10,860
Robert Newman (R)	0.1	10,602
Sarah Stephens (R)	0.1	10,583
Dennis Richter (No party preference)	0.1	10,468
Major Williams (R) (Write-in)	0.1	8,965
Denis Lucey (No party preference)	0.1	8,182
James Hanink (No party preference)	0.1	7,193
Daniel Mercuri (R)	0.1	7,110
Chauncey Killens (R)	0.1	6,879
Leo Zacky (R)	0.1	6,099
Kevin Kaul (No party preference)	0.1	5,600
David Hillberg (R)	0.1	4,435
Adam Papagan (No party preference)	0.1	4,021
Rhonda Furin (R)	0.1	3,964
Nickolas Wildstar (R)	0.1	3,811
Jeremiah Marciniak (No party preference)	0.0	2,894
Joe Symmon (R)	0.0	2,397
Miki Habryn (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	137
Roxanne (D) (Write-in)	0.0	116
Stacy Smith (D) (Write-in)	0.0	81
Vivek Mohan (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	68
Thuy Hugens (American Independent Party of California) (Write-in)	0.0	19
Vince Lundgren (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	5

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,361,568
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Karen Blake (R)
Mariana Dawson (No party preference)
Veronika Fimbres (G)
Elizabeth Floyd (No party preference)
Wayne Frazier (R)
Timothy Herode (R)
Luis Huang (D)
Jimih Jones (R)
Paul Mesrop Kurdian (No party preference)
Carla Canada (No party preference)
Mary Cook (No party preference)
Torr Leonard (D)
Jeremy Lupoli (D)
Louis J. Marinelli, III (R)
Christopher Mason (R)
John Pierce (R)
Patrick Rakus Jr. (R)
Frank Wade (D)
Marc Roth (No party preference)
Christopher Carlson (G)
Douglas Deitch (D)
Bryan Farley (D)
Justin Hubbard (R)
Jason Dixon (D)
Sean Harrison (R)
Ronald Palmieri (D)
Ben Zandpour (No party preference)
Robert Davidson Griffis (D)
A. Shantz (G)
Adam Hadjinian (No party preference)
Michael Lynn Gabriel (No party preference)
Hilaire Shioura (No party preference)
Lee Olson (No party preference)
Joseph Luciano (R)
Steven Fitzgerald (R)
Anthony Fanara (D)
Jemiss Nazar (No party preference)
Kevin Abushi (R)
Joseph Amey (American Independent Party of California)

2020

California's 25th Congressional District special election

General election

Special general election for U.S. House California District 25

Mike Garcia defeated Christy Smith in the special general election for U.S. House California District 25 on May 12, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mike Garcia (R)	54.9	95,667
	Christy Smith (D)	45.1	78,721

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 174,388
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Nonpartisan primary election

Special nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 25

The following candidates ran in the special primary for U.S. House California District 25 on March 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Christy Smith (D)	36.2	58,563
✔	Mike Garcia (R)	25.4	41,169
	Stephen Knight (R)	17.2	27,799
	Cenk Uygur (D)	6.6	10,609
	Anibal Valdez-Ortega (D)	4.6	7,368
	Courtney Lackey (R)	1.9	3,072
	Robert Cooper (D)	1.8	2,962
	David Lozano (R)	1.7	2,758
	Daniel Mercuri (R)	1.6	2,533
	Kenneth Jenks (R)	1.6	2,528
	Getro Elize (D)	0.9	1,414
	David Rudnick (D)	0.7	1,085

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 161,860
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California's 25th Congressional District regular election

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 25

Incumbent Mike Garcia defeated Christy Smith in the general election for U.S. House California District 25 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mike Garcia (R)	50.0	169,638
	Christy Smith (D)	50.0	169,305

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 338,943
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 25

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 25 on March 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Christy Smith (D)	31.7	49,679
✔	Mike Garcia (R)	23.9	37,381
	Stephen Knight (R)	18.9	29,645
	Cenk Uygur (D)	5.9	9,246
	Getro Elize (D)	4.0	6,317
	David Lozano (R)	4.0	6,272
	Anibal Valdez-Ortega (D)	3.1	4,920
	Robert Cooper (D)	2.9	4,474
	George Papadopoulos (R)	1.8	2,749
	Otis Lee Cooper (Independent)	1.4	2,183
	Christopher Smith (D) (Unofficially withdrew)	1.3	2,089
	Daniel Mercuri (R)	0.6	913
	Kenneth Jenks (R)	0.4	682

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 156,550
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Campaign themes

2022

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Campaign website

Mercuri's campaign website stated the following:

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STATE TAXES / FEDERAL TAXES / AB 1253

Starve The Government and Feed The People

State taxes, federal income tax, and the national debt are synonymous. Our national debt, at the time of this writing, stands nearly at a disastrous 27 trillion dollar crisis. It would take close to $70 to $80,000.00 per every man, woman, and child in the United States which is roughly 330 to 375 million Americans, depending on the accuracy of the census, to payout and zero our ridiculous and unsustainable debt. So let’s be honest, this monstrosity is looming over every American who is overworked, underpaid, and a slave to the all mighty IRS, Federal Reserve Act of 1913, and the controversial 16th Amendment.

When we talk about ‘Income Inequality’ and argue about the 10% richest families over the 70% of our countries wealth, we act as though this is a separate issue. It’s not! The rich already pay 50% of their earnings, which is way more than the average and low income earners at 13%. Robbing Peter to pay Paul is not how to rebuild the middle class and incentivize communities to get ahead if they know they too will have half their earnings stolen as their income increases. This is an extremely tyrannical approach to solving this problem. Our income inequality is also at the mercy and manipulative hands of the Federal Reserve and private bank shareholders where there is no oversight and they are at the helm of our national debt. Sadly, we have a Congress that lacks the spine to take on these private bank shareholders and eliminate their control over our people. The American people paid off their national debt at one time in 1834 and taxes only revolved around tariffs and excise tax apportioned to the state’s population. When the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 came into play, it infringed on our sovereignty and our freedoms ultimately leading us into our national debt.

California has the highest minimum statewide sales tax rate in the United States, at 7.5%, combined with local sales tax can climb as high as 10.5% and went up by 4.7% percent between 2019 and 2020. California has some of the highest state income tax rates at 13.3% depending on your bracket of earnings. This is another example of the rich paying out more already than lower incomes. AB 1253 (introduced by Assemblyman Miguel Santigo) passed the new law that raised taxes from 13.3% to 14.3% for income over 1 million and to 16.8% to those earning over 5 million. Many of these top earners and many business owners are closing up shop and leaving California. This has added to higher levels of unemployment in a time that California needs to full open up and loosen the taxes and burdens on businesses across the board. Government intervention is never the answer. An unmolested free market has always been the best solution to economic recessions and depressions. This is a prime example of California state fiscal mismanagement and their solution is “higher taxes?”

On another front, the argument regarding which U.S. President increased the national debt that pressures every state citizen for more money after their term of office, is something we all fail to realize isn’t where the fault rests, but upon the 117th Congress which is the oldest in history. Many representatives have been sitting in office for over 30 to 40 years. These current elected officials have served through 3 to 5 Presidents. So now ask yourself, who really are the culprits behind the screw up of our economy? The Legislative branch is the strongest branch holding the most power among the three branches of government. You may still argue that the fault rest upon the President, so then let’s look at some of our past U.S. Presidents and the debt they left in their wake that state tax paying citizens get to pay off.

Franklin D. Roosevelt: He increased the national debt by 236 billion dollars. This was an increase of over 1000% from the previous President, President Hoover.

Woodrow Wilson: He increased the national debt by 21 billion dollars, increasing it by over 700% from the previous President, President Taft.

Ronald Reagan: He increased the national debt by 1.86 trillion dollars. This was an increase of over 150% from the previous President, President Carter.

George W. Bush: He increased the national debt by 5.7 trillion dollars. This was an increase of over 100% from the previous President, President Clinton.

Barack H. Obama: He increased the national debt by 9 trillion dollars. This was an increase of over 74% from the previous President, President Bush.

Yet behind all of these President’s, the Congress we have today are the real reasons why we have an unbalanced budget that the next 5 generations have to somehow pay off, default on the debt, go into hyper-inflation, or be slaves to. This has gotten out of hand. States are pressured by this debt along with their own mismanagement of fiscal policy. While current officials both at the state and federal level point the finger at each other, continuously raise the debt ceiling, or increase state taxes to no end, the people are asking, ‘how are we going to safeguard ourselves against the the debt which is the proverbial pink elephant in the room?’

AS GOVERNOR I WOULD PROPOSE A BILL(S) THAT WILL AFFECT STATE AND FEDERAL TAXES

In order to starve the government and feed the people, we need to minimize the sales tax by cutting it by half. This would cut sales tax from 7.5% to 3.25% combined with local taxes that would normally be 10.5%, we could then bring sales tax down to 5.25%.
Roll back and repeal on AB 1253 and cut the wealthy tax by half. This would bring down the 13.3% and 16.8% to 6.65% and 8.4.%. Government does not have the right to punish the wealthy because the state government mismanages its own fiscal policy.
Challenge the Federal Reserve Act of 1913. As a state, California can bring this issue to the forefront and go toe to toe with the Federal Government and the Central Banks who have been at the epicenter of our economic manipulation and they need to be removed and allow the free market to take over.
Align with Federal Representatives to push and expedite bills H.R. 24 and 25 which abolishes the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) and repeals the Income Tax Act while allowing for the national sales tax to be administered by the states. This may also bring upon the State of California to perform a nullification of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 since it is NOT in agreement with the supreme laws of the land.
Implement a cap on state government spending that would only allow the incurring of a debt that could be paid off in one generation. If the next generation has to pay for it, then the state doesn’t have the funds to spend it.
Educate Californians on what the people can do to hedge a potential economic collapse by encouraging the investment of precious metals (i.e. gold, silver, and palladium) along with new commodities such as digital crypto-currencies (i.e. Bitcoin, Etherium and Monero). Like gold, Bitcoin is not only scarce in digital nature, but it also has intrinsic cyber value and can be used as a currency in the buying and selling of goods and services that eliminate the need for a central bank and puts banking back into the people’s hands.
Reclassify the state under proper common law jurisdiction and advance an R.O.E. (Revocation Of Election) Apparatus as a state against the Federal Reserve’s uncouth and unhinged taxation over California sovereigns.

CALIFORNIA GUN LAWS / 2ND AMENDMENT

Criminals Don’t Care About State or Federal Gun Laws

California already has some of the most aggressive laws regulating the use, selling, and purchasing of guns that undermine the 2nd Amendment. California has implemented a staggering 15 new gun laws in 2020, 9 in 2021 such as AB 12, AB 1968, and SB 61 to name a few. Most of these are 'Red Flag’ laws that address people who are assumed to be at extreme risk of committing violence towards other people and/or themselves. A major problem with these ‘red flag’ laws is that they induce a ‘pre-crime’ reaction which is unconstitutional. We don’t arrest people or take away their rights for a crime that hasn’t taken place.

Sadly, these gun laws predominately negatively effect the law biding citizen, not the criminal. Our current gun laws do not address the already thousands of guns floating around on the streets, online dark-web purchases, or the lack of compliancy from gun retailers. Most criminals will buy a gun from the black market, steal the gun, drive it in from another state from where gun laws are less stringent or build a ghost gun, which is ordering parts on-line and piecing it together. These actions alone undermine the state’s efforts to positively enforce effective gun laws in place now.

We need to also be very careful about the words we use in trying to bring measures towards ‘assault weapons’ or ‘assault rifles.’ Please name any assault weapon or assault rifle that wasn’t designed to assault? Ambiguity is the enemy in that phrase. We need to do a better job at preserving our ‘right to bear arms’ and stop the dilution of our 2nd Amendment.

So what protective measures do we take to stop the ‘criminal’ and positively empower the law-abiding citizen?

AS GOVERNOR I WOULD PROPOSE A BILL(S) THAT WILL AFFECT THE CRIMINAL

1. Any gun used in a crime, should be charged and held under similar restriction as cyber crimes, 18 U.S.C s 1030(e)(1). They must subject themselves upon release to probational computer monitoring, be registered like sex offenders are, and be held to the same type of scrutiny.

2. Increase fines, longer community service laboring, and longer sentences for both adults and juveniles.

AS GOVERNOR I WOULD PROPOSE A BILL(S) THAT WILL PROTECT LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS

3. Become a more ‘Stand Your Ground State.’ Loosen and expand the ‘Castle Law’ to tie into the ‘Good Samaritan Law’ for law-abiding citizens when a self-defense gun action has taken place in their home or on their property, but also to a neighboring home that may be in distress, which should then be handled on a case by case basis.

4. Nullify all unconstitutional pre-crime red flag laws.

SB 145 / SEX OFFENDERS REGISTRATION ACT & CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING

Who Will Our Children Run To When Our Laws Don’t Protect Them

I’ve read the State Senate floor notes on SB 145 and it is extremely misleading. This bill was spearheaded by State Senator Scott Wiener who I am regularly disgusted by. He consistently shows bizarre patterns of behavior by always trying to lower the age of a minor towards engagement(s) with adult activities. The reason why I say the bill is misleading is simple. You have to look at the language political officials use to confuse the masses.

Senator Scott Wiener, in his own words recently tweeted:

Senator Wiener used the phrase and words, “young people (ppl) who have ‘consensual’ sex w/ a person age 15-17 must register, whereas similarly situated straight young people (ppl) don’t have to.” The word “young people (ppl”) is subjective! He also combines that phrase with “consensual” sex w/ a person age 15-17. Notice he doesn’t say the word ‘minor’ or ‘child’ or ‘children’ because there is no such thing as a consenting minor with an adult because they are minors. Last time I checked, teenagers 15-17 are still minors and are still children who are not yet legal adults. The phrasing is designed to make you think the bill is about two consenting minors, hidden in the guise of discrimination with the LGBTQ+ community “young people.” See what he did there?

The debate is between adult homosexual anal / oral minor intercourse vs. heterosexual vaginal intercourse that are not judged the same. This bill does not equalize criminal behavior on both for wrongful engagement with a minor. Instead, the bill lightens the judicial punishment and now permits a 10 year age gap not to go beyond 14 years of age, between adult and minor sexual criminality so long as the minor is “consensual” or “voluntary” which is left to a judge’s discretion. This is sick! What’s next? A 15 years gap? How about 20 years? This is another boiling frog syndrome to warm the people up to the idea that this has nothing to do with pedophile tendencies or turning our children into adults before they are adults. This needs to stop!

The line in the sand has already been drawn for what is considered an adult beginning at 18 years of age in the State of California. The law does not recognize a minor’s intent as legal consent because the responsibility falls on the legal adult. Too many exceptions throughout America have been made, such as the ‘Romeo and Juliet Law’ which allows for some leeway (i.e. high school sweethearts). These watered down laws protecting our children have now led California down a very slippery slope. This dilution of the registry act opens up the door of opportunity to be exploited. How? The dismissive behavior of the increase and intensity of child sex trafficking.

Our children have almost nowhere to run to when the governments of the world, much like Scott Wiener, have allowed their perversions to steal the innocents of those who should be protected at the highest cost.

AS GOVERNOR I WOULD VETO / REMOVE THIS BILL AND PROPOSE A NEW BILL(S) TO AFFECT SEXUAL CRIMINALITY AGAINST MINORS AND OF CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING

1. In the State of California, the age 18 needs to be reaffirmed with harsher punishment that once you are 18, a ‘Hands Off No Exceptions Act’ should be established when an adult and minor sexual engagement has transpired irrelevant of sexual orientation to mitigate argumentative discrimination attempts to undermine it.

2. Incorporate into California’s educational curriculum, mandated classes on laws against sex crimes to better educate our children to empower their understanding and safeguard their future against potential predators.

3. I will create a task force that will lead public investigations, to the fullest extent, that will look into ALL of our state’s representatives in EVERY branch that have turned a blind eye, passed laws, or protected the criminal instead of the child when it comes to the sex trafficking of children and excusal of pedophiles hiding within our government. Arrests, trials, and the harshest of punishments will be made under my administration beginning on day one!

4. Every shipping container will be inspected before the containers can be off loaded with the help of public volunteers comprised of human and child sex trafficking preventative committees and organizations. These groups will be granted full access to mitigate shore dock personnel having ties to underground cartels engaging in trafficking.

DEFUNDING THE POLICE / POLICE REFORM

I Do Not Support Defunding The Police. Period!

I am fortunate to have family who serve on The Thin Blue Line. I’ve gone on a few ride-alongs and watched them perform their duties admirably. They risk their lives everyday and I couldn’t be more proud. But you don’t hear about how well they performed their jobs because it wasn’t sensational enough to be on the 7 o’clock news. The majority of everyday folk don’t hear about, see, or experience the dangers these brave men and women endure. That’s because the media paints our police officers in the worst kind of light.

The last thing we want to do is defund our law enforcement. They, like many Americans, are overworked, underpaid, and under appreciated. Most people don’t realize the lack of funding police officers get. They end up using their own money to get the job done and never ask for that money to be paid back. It just comes with the territory.

I hear the argument that defunding the police is really about funding other social community programs that can better help our neighborhoods filled with crime. I’m not opposed to that. I’m opposed to using money that would have otherwise gone to the police departments and shift resources over to potentially untested city programs that might otherwise be wasted. The problem is, people are never going to call a social worker to stop a crazed man shooting up a fast food restaurant, or two armed suspects that are strung-out on flakka. I can go on all day with scenarios, I’ve seen it, but the point is the police are the first on the scene and they are the ones picking up the pieces left behind after a shooting spree.

I do however, support reform. But, what in the hell does that look like? Keep in mind, police officers are the ones who have to be a social child psychologist when they have to pick up a child crying over their parent who just got randomly shot by some thug. They have to be stunt drivers in order to catch a kidnapper racing down a highway at disastrous speeds with someone else’s child in that getaway car. They have to pull on their Wyatt Earp skills in the middle of a high school shootout where other teenagers hunker down in hopes they don’t get killed in the crossfire. They have to be EMT’s when someone’s grandparent is having a heart attack and the ambulance is 20 minutes out. They have to magically pull out their suicide hot-line capabilities and talk someone down from jumping off a bridge. They have to be crowd control and street lawyers, party poopers and babysitters. And sadly, we expect our officers to become Bruce Lee or Ip Man when they are challenged with people so high on drugs it would almost appear that those nut jobs have super human strength, but don’t worry, your police officer has it all under control. They have to perform under such duress, we the people expect them to do it all with a smile. Nonsense!

AS GOVERNOR I WOULD PROPOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORM THAT WILL PROTECT OUR PEACE OFFICERS

Ensure better funding to be allocated out to programs that would increase law enforcement departments’ ability to handle multiple types of scenarios during their watch. Not all precincts can match major metropolitan cities that have greater funding to create departments that officers can specialize in.
Peace officers are executors of the law, not private security. Only a reasonable amount of law enforcement units should be allocated out as security detail to local, state, or federal representatives. If more is needed, representatives can hire private bodyguards and as Governor, I will ensure this.
A more balanced initiative for the needs every city and county requires to maintain their area of civility should be standardized.
Police academies are only 6 months long. If a medical student has to attend 4 to 10 years of training before they can become an official doctor, a lawyer has to attend up to 7 years before they can practice law, then why not a police officer? We need required extended training for at least another 6 to 9 months before being granted a badge, a gun, and the power to arrest or perform investigations.
Extended training should require on the job training in respective fields they have to deal with for a minimum of 1 to 2 month each (i.e. EMT, fire department, social work, dispatch, homeless, Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/ hand-to-hand combat, suicide hotline, drug addiction programs, reformed gang member training, etc.).
As Governor, I will not allow for disciplinary police officers to transfer from precinct to precinct, whether in state or from out of state. Repeat disciplinary police officers bring corruption that stains the honor of the principled who support their oath to the Constitution and the duty to the people.
To bridge the gap between law enforcement and the public, we need better ‘ride-along’ and ‘a day with police officer’ programs that need to be made available and mandated to the public that are not widely accepted in other districts and counties in California.

HOMELESS / HOUSING

“The Poor Will Always Be With Us”

The growing homelessness is out of control and our current state and local officials are dragging their feet to improve the situation. So let’s face facts, there’s profit to made off of the homeless.

I recently spent some time with the homeless in Los Angeles County and spoke with many of them as to how they are taken care of, what resources are available to them, and what organizations have reached out to help them. Many of the homeless are on a waiting list to get into a shelter and have been for quite some time, others have been on the streets for decades with little reprieve in sight.

In the Ventura County, they are constantly working hard to maintain a year round shelter for the homeless through the ‘Memorandum of Understanding.’ This understanding is an effort that supports every inner city shelter center working to get the homeless off the street. They help each other by providing more beds, personnel, clothing, food, and medicine. The numbers prove a decrease in the homeless population in Ventura County. Each city has its own structure based on its own needs, but why don’t the adjacent Los Angeles County cities? There are over 600 tried and true non-profit organizations that provide incentives for land, building, apartment, and home owners who have vacancies to open up their property for the homeless. The incentive provides paid rent for low income as well as basic maintenance for the facilities. This is a win-win approach. In Los Angeles County, at the time of this writing there are roughly 60 to 70 thousand homeless, but more than 70 thousand vacant apartments, buildings, warehouses, and other various properties that can be retrofitted for the homeless. The solution is there, but no one with the integrity or spine to fight to improve the homeless situation.

AS GOVERNOR I WILL STOP LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROFITEERING OFF OF OUR HOMELESS

Prevent state cities from requesting more federal funding to claim a crisis when there is zero public fiscal oversight.
Have the state negotiate for the same homeless programs and concepts that are working in one county and apply them to the adjacent county that is still struggling.
Project Room Key will be heavily investigated for the amount of money that has been put into this project, more homeless should have been removed off the streets and placed into better living facilities. This money will be put into already tried and true programs for the homeless.
Develop new incentive programs for inner city homeowners to buy up property in the surrounding neighborhoods and work with groups like the over 600 nonprofit homeless organizations who focus on different facets of the homeless populace. Many homeless have mental instability, some are addicts, others are just down on their luck. These non-profits need the freedom to help and more available housing is needed…not more red tape.
Many of these organizations will provide rent payments, maintenance of the facility, and rehabilitation for the homeless. I will help to expand on Section 8 Housing to bridge nonprofits with new property owners incentivized in gaining passive income. This will allow banks to no longer waste money on vacant property. This will get the homeless off the street and the people will have a better stake in their community.
Bridge the gap between any misunderstanding of current property owners with vacancies and provide them with greater tax incentives to allow their property to be retrofitted for the homeless.

CLIMATE CHANGE / CLIMATE CRISIS

“The Wind Blows Where It Wishes, And You Hear Its Sound, But You Do Not know Where It Comes From Or Where It Goes.”

Back during my youth, roughly in 1987, there was a hole in the ozone layer and we were not going to be protected from the sun’s rays. We were all going to burn up and die. That didn’t happen. In 1989, a U.N. scientist predicted that global warming, if not checked would cause coastal cities to be underwater by the year 2000. That didn’t happen. After the 1994 Northridge earthquake, according to scientists, California should have already had the ‘big one.’ Al Gore predicted in 2007 that by 2013 the Arctic Ocean would be completely ice free. That didn’t happen. At some point in time, we need to stop politicizing science. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said the world has 12 years before it ends if we don’t address climate change. Being a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, I’m sure he’d like to know how she came up with that number, when God the Father didn’t tell his Son nor the angels when Heaven and Earth would end.

The fires that are happening in my district and all over California are not the result of climate change! They are the result of poor fiscal policies, our faulty electric grid, and power companies not being held accountable for their terrible maintenance and trying to pour their millions into renewable energies rather than tending to the back logs on our current infrastructure. They are also the result of horrible forestry mismanagement after a fire has taken place that is not being handled effectively for both state and federal land due to lack of proper funding. Other culprits are serial arsonists that the media refuses to identify as further perpetrators behind the spread of our most disastrous state wild fires. Last, but not least, are the environmentalist groups that know very little about forestry and who sue anyone who dare touch or cut down trees.

Summer heatwaves are a normal natural occurrence in California during the same time and season every year, which begs the question if natural wild fires or planned wild fires occur to push an agenda. The problem with Governor Gavin Newsom’s grandstanding on Climate Crisis, is that his solutions are not immediate. Even if we jumped on the Green New Deal or other similar proposals using renewables and less fossil fuel with lower carbon emissions, this is not going to put a dent into stopping the fires if climate change is in fact the cause in the short-term. Rather than taking responsibility for his failed policies, Gavin points the finger at an invisible culprit that science clearly gets wrong on a regular basis. I find it odd that these wild fires have not crossed the boarders into Canada or Mexico. In fact Mexico’s government has dispatched their own firefighters to aid our state. Apparently, climate change hasn’t traveled down south. This is not conspiracy, just an observation.

AS GOVERNOR I WILL END THE MISMANAGEMENT OF STATE FIRES

Expand the authority of our United States Forest Services and California Dept. Of Forestry to work in tandem in our state to better cultivate our forests in preparation for fire season and remove special interest and environmentalist groups ability to blockade and sue the USFS and CDOF for forest thinning, dead tree removal, and timber sales.
Triple the number of incarcerated firefighter inmate programs for increased support and year round seasonal forestry fire preparation cleaning and clearing.
Incentivize California firefighter volunteer programs by providing business, job, property, and other tax exemptions to those willing to provide their support for a dangerous job where recruitment is struggling to provide new members.
Increase the distance from electric grid and forestry away from small rural and heavily dense populated areas to not effect housing and businesses prone to wild fires.
Instead of calling on our military during typical fire season, we need to call on them in a preventative measure before fire season. If we can use our military for humanitarian purposes during non-war times then we can use them here, right at home, during non-fire season times.
Investigate environmentalist groups that have engaged in backend deals with our state legislatures and their policies dealing with our forest and agriculture that are prone to fires.
End GEO Engineering. No more cloud seeding, chemtrailing California skies or blocking out the sun. Let God’s green earth and its weather take its natural course.

CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE / HEALTH INSURANCE

“Laugh Hard, Sleep Well Can Be A Great Cure For Many Things”

Healthcare is one of the most sensitive and emotional topics every state struggles with. Improve the quality, treatment, and accessibility of the medical community while lowering the costs and increasing insurance competition are just a few primary topics plaguing the healthcare outcry.

Healthcare insurance is overly complex, wildly expensive, filled with bureaucracy, and an industry where medical professionals are burning out and sometimes forced to compromise on their profession with doing what’s right for the patient by dictating insurance policies. Unfortunately, a ‘Medicare-For-All’ would quite possibly destroy our current medical infrastructure and break the back of an already overburdened state and federal debt. This would also pigeonhole the medical profession in a box.

Socialistic healthcare is not the answer. To be honest, there is no easy one size fits all answer. However, I do believe that everyone has a right to available, affordable, and quality healthcare whether they can pay for it or not. So, this raises the big question, what is our best solution?

AS GOVERNOR IT’S TIME TO IMPROVE OUR STATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

Remove current medical board members who have all engaged in malpractice and appoint a new 10 of the 12 that the Governor can replace with doctors who are not bought and paid for by the WHO, CDC, and other Big Pharma organizations.
Control prescription drug costs by capping the pharmaceutical companies with how much they can charge and prevent them from doing business in our state unless they agree to release their drug patents in a more reasonable amount of time to the public.
Hold hospitals accountable with a district by district publicly held oversight committee to prevent price gauging for the drugs and supplies they administer.
Provide quarterly data on unnecessary medical waste to Accountable Care Organization (ACO) so medical communities can make quick and decisive quality improvements on delivery of medical care.
Create a state healthcare policy that will allow Californians to buy and accept health insurances across our state line to create better competition and choice.
Provide greater state incentives for the expansion of private practitioners to take on homeless or allow 20 percent or more of their low income physically impaired clients to pay zero fees.
Allow doctors and nurses the freedom to innovate and meet the needs of their patients without being held down or stopped by hospital or insurance policy.
Encourage the people of California to obtain an HSA (Health Savings Account) which is not taxable. This will allow people to pay for medical needs where insurances fail. This can also help citizens pay for family members that are here illegally, but can still retain proper medical attention without burdening tax payers.

MANDATORY VACCINATIONS / FLU-SHOT / COVID-19

“No One Is Above The Rule Of Law”

Let me be clear, I was someone who once spouted out that ‘I was not an anti-vaxxer.’ But now, I question ALL vaccines, and rightfully so.

If no one can be above the law, according to our U.S. Constitution’s 5th and 14th Amendments, it then must be applied to all bodies of people, groups, entities, and governing types of authority. The Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 denies the public the right to sue the vaccine manufacturers, shareholders, companies, and C.E.O’s. The 5th Amendment clearly states, “You can not be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law;” Families who have had their children injured by a vaccine have not been given the justice to go after these vaccine companies. The 14th Amendment says, “no State can deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Key words in both amendments are deprive, deny, life, due process and equal protection. Then how do the states provide equal protection or due process when the other party has immunity? So the Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 is in clear violation to the 5th and 14th Amendments and therefore the state(s) do not have to abide by this act.

But now bring on the vaccine court(s), officially known as The Office of Special Masters, which is the division of The United States Court of Special Claims. The Supreme Court ruled in favor to protect the vaccine companies from civil lawsuits. This ruling is also contradictory to the 5th and 14th Amendments. This would be similar to ruling that murder done with a knife and not a gun is acceptable and the attacker is immune from prosecution. Then enabling individuals from suing the vaccine companies doesn’t allow for equal protection under the law and is therefore in violation. The problem with the court is that ALL payments paid out DO NOT come out of the manufacturers pocket. It comes out of the people’s pocket, the citizens of each state where the claim resides in. When this kind of immunity is given to the vaccine companies and the payout for injuries is provided through what Congress created known as the Tax Trust Fund which is taken from the people, it gives no incentive to the vaccine manufacturing companies to make their vaccines SAFE since they can produce them without risk of liability.

Health departments argue that, “no drug or medical procedure is entirely without risks.” If there is a risk, the State and the Federal Government must allow for CHOICE without cornering parents, people, and their communities by not allowing children to attend school or enter participation in public businesses of interest. That’s not an option. If anything, this would be the definition of discrimination.

This has all paved the way for how the governments of the world, including the U.S., have conducted their handling of Covid-19 / Wuhan virus. Operation Warp Speed will make it easier for draconian states, like California, and the Federal Government to force this vaccine by providing little option not to take it. Why the rush for a vaccine with 99.8% chance of survivability? Why the rush to a vaccine, when Covid-19 has a death toll less than that of influenza compared to the last two years? Too many questions and opposing arguments go towards ANY vaccine, not only the Covid-19 vaccine.

AS GOVERNOR I WOULD PROPOSE A BILL(S) THAT WOULD CHALLENGE THE VACCINE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES

1) Challenge the ‘Vaccine Injury Act of 1986’ as a state and its unconstitutional grounding.

2) Stop discrimination against parents and children who choose not to vaccinate.

3) Remove Californians from the Tax Trust Fund for vaccine injuries.

4) In the event the courts decide to block the challenge against the ‘Vaccine Injury Act,’ ensure the State of California will hold the vaccine companies directly responsible for maleficence by denying their company any further distribution in California without proof of corrected publicly trialed and tested efficacy.

5) Re-list all previously removed ingredients of the last decades for all vaccines which can be verified by the public, hospitals, physicians, and third party researchers unaffiliated with big pharmaceutical companies or private industries.

ABORTIONS

“Before I Formed You In The Womb, I Knew You.”

The argument of abortion is one of the most tense and exhausting subject matters that has caused division within our nation. This is also a subject to which I do not take lightly. Let me just say, I am pro LIFE!

During my time in the military, I met a woman from another command. We were two young twenty-year-olds who were heavily attracted to each other and during our relationship we got pregnant. Yes, I said we because it takes two to create a baby. We spend so much time debating over the woman’s right, we forget about the man’s right. My ex-girlfriend decided to have an abortion towards the last week of the second trimester. No matter how hard I fought to convince her that I would take care of our baby even if she wasn’t ready, it still wasn’t enough. I feverishly in tears begged her to keep our baby. We knew that it was a boy. We gave him a name. Tobin C. Mercuri. Toby for short. On April 3, 2001 at 1:00pm, my son Toby perished. To this day, there is not a moment that I don’t think about what Toby would have been like and who he would have become. So I ask you, where were my rights?

If a woman gets pregnant in America, she has the right to keep the baby or abort them. If the woman decides to keep the baby, the man has to provide child support. If a man, by order of our laws, has to provide child support then he should also have a say over the baby’s life during the pregnancy.

Now comes the greatest question that no on has a good answer for, what about women or girls who are a victim of rape, incest, or sex trafficking? When talking to these victims, to simply say the baby is innocent and she must remain pregnant leaves very little room to provide emotional, religious, and psychological support. We cannot have a one sided law that is purely Pro-Choice, it is not that simple. Right now, we are trying to protect the innocent baby inside that mother’s womb. I believe it goes deeper than that. We are not just fighting for the baby, but we need to fight for the victimized mother as well. We need to provide provisions that will fight for both mother and baby. When speaking to rape victims who were left pregnant, many said that they would have committed suicide if they were forced by state law to keep the baby. Now we, and I if I am to be Governor have a real dilemma on our hands. How do we protect both?

Let me be clear! I DO NOT SUPPORT ABORTIONS even for those many would consider exceptions to the rules I’ve written below. If we are a product of “Nature and Nature’s God,” as it is written in The Declaration of Independence’ then when a man and woman consummate, the moment of conception proves that our posterity is a product of the natural environment, which means a child in the woman has a right to ‘Life.’

AS GOVERNOR I WOULD NULLIFY ALL REPUGNANT LEGISLATION EGREGIOUS TO THE SUPREME LAWS OF THE LAND WITH RESPECT TO THE RIGHT TO LIFE

IN DOING SO I WOULD SUPPORT THE UNBORN CHILD AND VICTIMIZED MOTHERS AS WRITTEN HERE AND DO SO WITH A HEAVY HEART

1) Close down and remove Planned (Abortions) Parenthood’s ability to operate in the State of California. Taxpayers have no business paying for someone else’s desire to abort a child.

2) The state can and needs to better fund organizations that do not support abortions such as religious health centers and other medical foundations that rehabilitate these women and young girls who are victims of rape, incest, or sex trafficking. These organizations and foundations should be given the highest priority of funding and personnel to help them educate and meet the emotionally distressed woman’s needs and to incentivize the mother to keep the baby or present them with the support needed when choosing to place the baby for adoption.

3) Any OBGYN will tell you that this particular circumstances has almost never happened. But for those that want this answered, here you go: If an abortion is necessary based on ‘potential’ complications that may be foreseen by an obstetrician, three other obstetricians should be required and be in unison before such an act can even be considered. All three obstetricians will be held liable, including the hospital and insurances for any malfeasance.

4) Only women who have been verifiably investigated, proven to have been raped, should have the limited ‘option’ of abortion within timeframe and each should be handled on a case by case basis. NOTE: That LIMITATION will only be permitted up until a HEART BEAT is detected. Irrelevant of the circumstances, the baby will not be aborted if a heart beat is detected in this state and under my administration. I will fight fist for fist against any and all lawyers and judges who stand in my way.

5) Though the state can not physically ‘restrict’ a woman, meaning that the state can not prevent a woman traveling freely within the U.S. from one state to another to have an abortion, as Governor I will, as other states have, introduce a ‘Fetal Heartbeat’ law as mentioned above to prevent more innocent babies, NOT FETUSES, babies being aborted!

ILLEGAL ALIENS / IMMIGRATION

“What Is Not Yours To Take, Is Not Yours To Take.”

Policy on immigration and border security is one of the most vexed topics in our country and with our State of California. The Legislative branch, and many who are still in office at both the state and federal level, are the perpetuators of this problem. It has been politicized for those who are unwilling to lose their power. In-turn, this has done nothing but cause toxic discussions that would otherwise seem mute among the American people.

When it comes to a representative’s role, he or she swears an oath to support and defend the Constitution FIRST. The Constitution is a set of ideals designed to protect the American citizen’s inalienable rights and American sovereignty, not illegal aliens. This is not debatable.

President Ronald Regan tried to compromise on the issue with the ‘Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, ’ which gave amnesty to those already here, but failed. All that did was incentivize more illegal immigration because foreigners knew that they would get amnesty. Unfortunately, this also undermined border strengthening. This process was repeated by the Bush and Obama administrations and the results were the same. This is the definition of insanity and a new compromise will not work.

When we talk about immigration reform, we tend to blend border security, immigration court, and alien enforcement agencies all into one. These are three separate issues and should be treated as such. Immigration courts and personnel need to get a handle on their overburdening positions. Border security needs time to better develop protocols in areas of extreme concern of illegal crossing. Our immigration enforcers, such as ICE, are struggling to communicate with state and local enforcement agencies that are in sanctuary cities and states. They are in a losing battle and need better resources to be able to perform their duties. However, if the floodgates are still open, then finding a solution to proper immigration reform in our State of California is never going to happen.

AS GOVERNOR I WOULD PROPOSE A BILL(S) THAT WOULD BETTER DEFINE AND STRENGTHEN POLICY AGAINT ILLEGAL ALIENS

1) California will no longer be a sanctuary state, permanently.

2) Place a moratorium on our state’s southern and coastal borders on immigration, irrelevant of which nation you come from. This removes any argument about being racially driven.

3) Continue to remove all criminals, irrelevant of the crime, who are already in our jail facilities and deport them to their own country’s prison. No American taxes should be paying for that illegal alien criminal.

4) Work in conjunction with all of ICE in removing extreme illegal alien criminals.

5) Incentivize California’s city Mayors and City Councils with a fine for harboring criminals through their sanctuary city statues and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.

6) Work with our federal district representatives to pass a merit based system of entry into our country. One that shifts the focus to be more about an immigrant who can provide economic growth and towards the ‘needs’ of the American people.

EDUCATION

“My People Are Destroyed For Lack Of Knowledge”

California’s Department of Education found that districts with the highest percentage of low-income children had roughly 20-30 percent more inexperienced and under-qualified teachers and teachers with a temporary intern credential than districts with fewer low-income children.

Federal government has the responsibility to ensure the right to a free and high quality education for all K-12 students by protecting their civil rights and providing resources for those in the greatest need. However, the federalizing of our educational infrastructure and increasing the power of the Department of Education at the Cabinet level is argued to undermine the 10th Amendment. Further, the Department of Eduction (DOE) has debatably caused more confusion within each state for its lack of clarity and best practices when it comes to ESEA / NCLB / ESSAct(s), which the ESSA has not resulted in any significant impact since it was updated in 2015.

Better funding is also at the helm of concern when it comes to improving our schools; however, is it the funding of our education or the quality of our education that is in despair? Many teachers say the two are not one and the same.

Therefore, what role should the Governor adhere to when it comes to improving our educational infrastructure?

AS GOVERNOR I WOULD PROPOSE AN ACT THAT WILL AFFECT OUR STATES EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

1) Allow the 10th Amendment to work the way it was intended to. Push back against the Federal Government in leaving our state, if not all states for that matter, to handle their own educational standards at the local level.

2) Reduce the role the DOE (Department of Education) has over the state. Their authority should only pertain to federal funding oversight.

3) Work with our federal representatives to increase federal funding in low-income and rural areas where the state lacks financial expediency.

4) Guarantee that our state is granted enough federal funding to provide competitive middle-class wages for teachers in low-income, disabled, and high need student districts.

5) Fund and support state and local research and development towards best instructional practices to assist in enhancing teacher effectiveness.

6) Most importantly, allow parents the ability to have ‘school choice’ which in turn puts power back into their hands. Parents will have a greater say over where their child will obtain the best education California has to offer without government or union bureaucracy.

7) I will work to abolish the CTA for ‘collective bargaining.’

8) Forced mask mandates is child abuse. Period. No child will be required to wear a mask in any school. All mask mandates will be revoked.

SECTION 230 / STATE DIGITAL BILL OF RIGHTS

“Freedom Is Also Having The Right To Be Forgotten”

It’s obvious by now that the American people are in need of a federal and state ‘Digital Bill of Rights.’ Our forefathers could not have foreseen the age and rise of the Big Tech Giants and the Technocrats. I am not the first to suggest this, but the Tech Giants have too much power and control over the sovereignty of individual privacy and too much control over our government.

How do you stop the censorship? Section 230 has been abused and it isn’t enough to simply remove that protection over social media platforms. Even if Congress or POTUS don’t change it or remove it, as a state, we can put extreme pressure on the federal government to act swiftly by implementing our own State of California ‘Digital Bill of Rights.’

AS GOVERNOR I WOULD PROPOSE AN ACT THAT WILL AFFECT OUR STATE’S DIGITAL BILL OF RIGHTS AND RIGHT TO PRIVACY

1) Allow the people of our state to have the right to take control over the anonymity from social media, search engines, and other hosting data platforms by allowing the citizen to have all personal material removed at their request.

2) Protect freedom of speech online without repercussions or retaliation.

3) Prevent Big Tech from interfering in local, state, or national elections with blatant censorship.

4) Create the enforcement of standard state online protocols. This alone will increase business competition and a dismantling of Big Tech’s monopoly.

5) Restore personal privacy to everyone with all old and new platforms that emerge.

6) Mandate clear and unambiguous guidelines of accountability for social media’s self policing that the public can scrutinize in the event of fowl play.

7) Provide mandatory physical over the phone and on-line chat help centers that require all platforms to adhere to granting members the ability to file complaints for record keeping in the event of back door hidden shadow banning algorithms.

CA AB 395 / NURSE TO PATIENT RATIO AND WAIVERS

“Remembering That Bedside Manner Is As Important (if not more so) Than Science”

My wife is a nurse and I have been fortunate to speak to a great deal of nurses in different areas of their field. One of the underlying themes is that many hospitals are experiencing staff shortages. No doubt, the fact that during California lock downs, our front line workers were praised as heroes but are now demonized, ridiculed, or fired if they are not interested in going along with the narrative.

Our amazing nurses are struggling to give the correct care to their patients but can not do so when they are overwhelmed caused by patient ratio increase. The decrease in staff clearly led to more infection, patient suffering, and distrust of the medical community across the state.

Our front line workers are heroes and should be treated as such. Many of them worked through the pandemic when a vaccine wasn’t even available. If they were permitted to work then, why not now? Rhetorical!

AS GOVERNOR I WILL PROVIDE A REMEDY FOR DAMAGES

All hospitals will be required to provide reparations to ALL nurses and doctors forced to work under these extreme conditions.
All nurses and doctors licensed in the state of California who were furloughed or fired by any union or hospital under their Covid-19 policies will be given the option to return to their original place of practice.
All hospitals who do NOT comply will be shut down and a state investigation will commence.

COVID-19 VACCINE

“Medical Freedom Is An Individual Right To Seek Other Forms of Health Care”

There is something very sinister about our government trying to implement a vaccine ID. It’s interesting to note that many of the conspiracy theorists were screaming in the earlier days of the lockdown that Covid-19 stood for ‘certification of vaccination ID-2019.’ People said that the government would never implement such draconian mandates or unconstitutional laws, yet here were are now dealing with representatives trying to pass legislation on this very topic.

I have yet to find a doctor, virologist, or any representative from the CDC or the WHO who can explain to me what the long-term side effects will be once someone is injected with this highly experimental vaccine. And is it a vaccine? The more I personally dig, I end up with more questions than answers. At the moment, I stand on the side of the Covid-19 vaccine being more gene therapy then a vaccination. My own personal research has led me to find that there are far more deaths of people who have taken the injection than what the mainstream media has told the public, which makes them purposely complicit. They are equally responsible for those deaths because they chose not to share all sides of the information when people get the injection. That alone doesn’t allow a sovereign society to make a well rounded and educated decision.

So then, where do I stand on this issue?

AS GOVERNOR I WILL ENSURE THAT FREEDOM STANDS FIRM

End the State of Emergency. This alone will null and void all vaccine requirements and testing forced by the CA Health Department.
Fire the CA Health Director and investigate the entire Health Department for malfeasance.
House arrest all 10 California Medical Board members appointed by Gavin for coercion by threat of revoking any other California private practitioners if they gave out more than 5 medical exemptions.
Appoint new 10 California Medical Board members not tied to the CDC, W.H.O, or Big Pharma.
California will be a medical freedom sanctuary state. I will not allow the state or any entity or organization to question entry to a place of business, school, or area of entertainment that infringes upon privacy.
Under my administration, I will veto all attempts to institute a mandatory vaccine ID.
Any vaccine that cannot prove long-term side effects or are not willing to hold themselves liable for lack of efficacy behind a vaccination will not be allowed distribution or administration in California for that vaccine.
Any medical facility or business that disregards these measures will be fined, lose their ability to practice medicine, their business license, and be permanently shut down.

CALIFORNIA VETERANS

“So Others May Live”

CANNABIS

“Don’t Panic, It’s Organic”^[2]

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Daniel Mercuri, Congressional Candidate for the 25th District, California

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

End the Corruption
Bridge the Aisle
Not another Katie Hill

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Term Limits

Ending the National Debt

Unification of the Two Party House of Representatives

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Jesus is my Lord and Savior and I do everything I can to ensure that my daily life, attitude and decisions reflect an honorable direction that would strengthen my relationship with him. Servitude before self is something I've learned as a Christ believer.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Book: 1) The Holy Bible

Book: 2) The American Soul, by Jacob Needleman

Book: 3) What You Should Know About the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Integrity, truthfulness, honor, courage and commitment.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Leadership. Accountability. Actionability, Familiar with Complex Environments. Servitude before Self.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Protecting the sovereignty of the America, abiding by the rule of law and respect the will of the people.

What legacy would you like to leave?

The reinstitution of an integrity driven congress based on people of good character who want nothing in return.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The first real major event in my life was when I joined the military, Navy in 1998. I was 23 years old.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

The very first job I ever held was was the Orange County Register as a Paper Boy. I was 12 years old and held that position for two years.

What is your favorite book? Why?

The Bible. Because Jesus calls me to know him.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Green Lantern.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

We are beautiful people. (Ed Shareen)

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Taxes.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

Aside from creating laws, it is the reflection of diversity of a people.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

No. Experience helps. However, our forefathers new that it was going to take men of character and integrity to do what was right, not what is easy to protect the American freedom. That takes people of honor who are willing to rise to the occasion, not experience.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Eliminating the central banks that have a stronghold over our government and should have never been allowed to create an interest out of thin air that caused this sovereignty nation to be enslaved by debt.

If you are not a current representative, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

At the moment, as a veteran, I would like to sit on the committee of veterans affairs. I believe only people who have served have greater insight to the needs of our services members who are still suffering to this day.

If you are a current representative, why did you join your current committees?

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Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

Yes.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

I believe we need to put a stop to career politicians. They are at the epicenter of corruption in our nation. I move to pass a law that says 4 terms, 8 years, a representative is done and can never hold another congressional seat in any state forever.

If you are not currently a member of your party’s leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives, would you be interested in joining the leadership? If so, in what role?

n/a

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

President Abraham Lincoln.

Both sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

On my first day when I started out going door to door, the one thing that everyone first asked was, "what party are you?" After 300 doors, I stopped counting and one person in particular mumbled under her breathe, "I don't really don't know why I asked you what party you are from, your an American if I'm not mistaken." That led me to ask my self, "If Americans are one nation, then why isn't Congress one House?"

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TAXES / NATIONAL DEBT

Taxes and the national debt are synonymous. Our national debt stands at a disastrous 23 trillion dollar crisis. It would take close to $70,000 per every man, woman, and child in the United States which is roughly 330 to 375 million Americans to payout and zero our ridiculous and unsustainable debt. So lets be honest, this monstrosity is looming over every American who is overworked, underpaid, and a slave to the all mighty Income Tax Act, Federal Reserve Act of 1913, and the controversial 16th Amendment.

When we talk about ‘INCOME INEQUALITY,’ and argue about the 10% richest families retaining over 70% of our countries wealth, we act as though this is a separate issue. It’s not! The rich already pay 50% of their earnings, which is way more than the average and low income earners at 13%. So robbing Peter to pay Paul is not how to rebuild the middle class and incentivize communities to get ahead if they know they too will have half their earnings stolen as their income increases. This is an extreme tyrannical approach to solving this problem. Our income inequality is also at the mercy and manipulative hands of the Federal Reserve, private bankers, where there is no oversight and who are at the helm of our national debt. Sadly, we have a Congress that lacks the spine to take on these private bankers and eliminate their control over our people. The American people paid off their national debt, at one time in 1834, and taxes only revolved around tariffs and excise tax apportioned to the states population. When the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 came into play, it infringed on our sovereignty and our freedoms ultimately leading us into our national debt.

On another front, the argument regarding which U.S. President increased the national debt after their term of office, is something we all fail to realize isn’t where the fault rests, but upon the 116th Congress which is the oldest in history. Many representatives have been sitting in office for over 30 to 40 years. These current elected officials have served through 3 to 5 Presidents. So now ask yourself, who really are the culprits behind the screw up of our economy? The Legislative branch is the strongest branch holding the most power among the three branches of government. You may still argue that the fault rests upon the President, so let’s look at some of our past U.S. Presidents and the debt they left in their wake.

Franklin D. Roosevelt: He increased the national debt by 236 billion dollars. This was an increase of over 1000% from the previous President, President Hoover.

Woodrow Wilson: He increased the national debt by 21 billion dollars, increasing it by over 700% from the previous President, President Taft.

Ronald Reagan: He increased the national debt by 1.86 trillion dollars. This was an increase of over 150% from the previous President, President Carter.

George W. Bush: He increased the national debt by 5.7 trillion dollars. This was an increase of over 100% from the previous President, President Clinton.

Barrak Obama: He increased the national debt by 9 trillion dollars. This was an increase of over 74% from the previous President, President Bush.

Yet behind all of these Presidents, the Congress we have today are the real reasons why we have an unbalanced budget that the next 5 generations have to somehow pay off, default on the debt, go into hyper- inflation, or be slaves to. This has gotten out of hand. While our current officials point the finger at each other, continuously raising the debt ceiling to no end, and distract us with a blundering impeachment trial,

the people are asking, ‘how are we going to safe-guard ourselves against the pink debt elephant in the room?’

I Move To Propose Bills That Will Affect The National Debt

1. Hedge our economy by reinstating the gold standard backing our currency using not only with gold, but other precious metals such as silver and palladium along with new commodities such as crypto-currencies, like Bitcoin, Etherium and Monero. Like gold, Bitcoin is not only scarce in digital nature, but it also has intrinsic cyber value and can be used as a currency in the buying and selling of goods and services that eliminates the need for a central bank and puts banking back into the people’s hands.

2. Abolish the Federal Reserve Act of 1913. Central Banks have been at the epicenter of our economic manipulation and they need to be removed and allow the free market to take over.

3. Expedite the bill H.R. 25 which abolishes the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) and repeals the Income Tax Act while allowing for a national sales tax to be administered by the states.

4. Implement a cap on government spending that would only allow the incurring of a debt that could be paid off in one generation. If the next generation has to pay for it, then you don’t have the money to spend it.

I Move To Propose A Bill That Will Affect Taxes

1. Repeal the 16th Amendment, which is also in contradiction to the 4th Amendment and should have never been allowed in the first place.

EDUCATION

Federal government has the responsibility to ensure the right to a free and high quality education for all K- 12 students by protecting their civil rights and providing resources for those in the greatest need.

California’s Department of Education found that districts with the highest percentage of low-income students had roughly 20-30 percent more inexperienced and under qualified teachers and teachers with a temporary intern credential than districts with fewer low-income children.

The federalizing of our educational infrastructure and increasing the power of the Department of Education at the Cabinet level is argued to undermine the 10th Amendment. Furthermore, the Department of Education (DOE) has debatably caused more confusion within each state for its lack of clarity and best practices when it comes to ESEA / NCLB / ESSAct(s), which the ESSA has not resulted in any significant impact since it was updated in 2015.

Better funding is also at the helm of concern when it comes to improving our schools. However is it the funding of our education or the quality of our education that is in despair? Many teachers say the two are not one and the same.

Therefore, what role should the Federal Government adhere to when it comes to improving our educational infrastructure?

I Move To Propose An Act That Will Affect Our District’s Educational System

1. Allow the 10th Amendment to work the way it was intended to, granting and leaving each state to handle their own educational standards at the local level.

2. Increase federal funding to each state for education.

3. Reduce the role of the DOE (Department of Education). The DOE’s authority should only pertain to federal funding oversight and assisting the state’s efforts towards classroom downsizing.

4. Guarantee that each state is granted enough federal funding to provide competitive middle-class wages for teachers in low-income, disabled, and high need student districts.

5. Fund and support state and local research and development towards best instructional practices to assist in enhancing teacher effectiveness.

HEALTHCARE

Healthcare is one of the most sensitive and emotional topics every state struggles with. Improve the quality, treatment, and accessibility of the medical community while lowering the costs and increasing insurance competition are just a few primary topics plaguing the healthcare outcry.

Healthcare insurance is overtly complex, wildly expensive, filled with bureaucracy and an industry where medical professionals are burning out. To make matters worse, a ‘Medicare-for-all’ would quite possibly destroy our current medical infrastructure by adding more weight to our already overburdened medical communities. This act would remove insurance companies altogether that would also wipe out thousands of jobs, raise taxes to hyperinflation on everyone, and pigeon hole the medical profession in a box.

I’m also fortunate to have a wife who works in the medical profession. I am surrounded with the thoughts and frustrations from doctors and nurses who are unable to truly perform their duties because of the stringent policy making by big pharmaceutical companies and private financial donors that know nothing about the medical community’s needs from the “boots” on the ground.

Socialistic healthcare is not the answer. And to be honest, there is no easy, one size fits all answer. However, I do believe that everyone has a right to available, affordable, and quality healthcare, whether they can pay for it or not. This raises the question regarding what is our best solution.

My Proposed Healthcare Plan Would Be To

1. Create a national ‘option’ healthcare plan and maybe call it ‘Ameri-care’ that would compete aggressively with private insurances. Allow ‘Ameri-care’ to be 40 or 50 percent lower then an employer based-insurance plan and provide lower cost package plans for the verifiable temporarily unemployed and low-income households.

2. Control prescription drug costs by capping the pharmaceutical companies on how much they can charge and release their drug patents in a more reasonable amount time to the public.

3. Hold hospitals accountable with an oversight committee to prevent price gauging for the drugs and supplies they administer.

4. Provide yearly data on unnecessary medical waste to Accountable Care Organization (ACO) so medical communities can make quick and decisive quality improvements on delivery of medical care.

5. Provide greater federal incentives for the expansion of private practitioners that allow 20 percent of their low income or physically unable clients to pay zero fees.

6. Eliminate the additional costs that an insurance company can place on the client for their preventative healthcare pursuits.

VETERANS

There are three major issues with the Veterans Affairs that have yet to truly be resolved: Healthcare, Education, and Housing. The handling of our country’s veterans is something I take very personally. While attending college, I worked for the VA during my work-study program administratively through the handling of educational benefits. I was also a veteran who used his VA medical benefits and I can tell you first hand, it lacks the need for accessible facilities, proper administrative staff, and not enough medical professionals to service the needs of the veterans. Day in and day out I also see too many homeless living on the street or standing on the corner panhandling. Roughly 12 percent of the homeless population comprises of veterans. This is unacceptable.

Right now military veterans make up roughly 7 percent of the American population. The VA Mission Act, though a better step in the right direction, requires more improvement. The VA Mission Act simply justified an increase in federal spending. Money is not the issue when it comes to funding healthcare, education, or housing for our veterans. It is the failure to properly place and maximize where the funding should be dispersed and the lack of accountability and oversight of that spending. However, veterans are still dying while on a waiting list to have their health care needs met. Systematic appropriations towards convenient locations and timely access to licensed mental health care providers is sorely lacking from the VA Mission Act. It does not answer to the various types of mental health services needed nor does it provide the services to prevent veteran suicides when an estimate of 6 out of 10 veterans will take their own lives. It opens the doors to non-VA medical centers to provide veterans emergency room care, provided they meet the criteria, but the waiting time for chronic conditions or non-emergent healthcare needs can still exceed 20 to 30 days if the veteran is not within an accessible range to a VA medical facility. Timely and effective care is the aim of the VA Mission Act, but it is still bending to the whim of satisfying legislative compromises.

VA educational benefits used to be restricted to a time limit for how long a veteran could access those funds. While the military does provide Transitional Assistance Programs (TAP) for those who are transitioning from the military life back into civilian life, it still takes years for many service members to acclimate to being a civilian. The ‘Forever GI Bill’ was another step in the right direction to address the educational benefits for our service members; however, it insultingly separates active military service members over others who are not Purple Heart recipients in regards to how much funding they can receive. It also separates service members who served during certain years of active duty from other times of service. This is utter nonsense, so many veterans who served between 1993 and say 1998 that did not access their GI Bill within 10 or 15 years, lost their ability to use their educational benefits because they were on time constraints. New services members are granted the ‘Forever GI Bill,’ but not veterans, retired service members, or members of the reserve. I call that discrimination. The ‘Forever GI Bill’ needs to be adapted to benefit and meet the needs of all veterans. The sad thing is that most of these decisions are also being made by individuals who are sitting on the VA House Committee that have never served in the military.

I Propose An Act That Will Positively Affect All Veterans

1. Make the ‘Forever GI Bill’ retroactive for ALL honorably discharged service members who are retired, separated, or served in the reserve irrelevant of when they performed their duties.

2. Only Representatives who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces can hold a chair or be the Chairman on the VA House Committee.

3. Establish a waiting period of no more then five days for non emergent health care needs for veterans and no waiting period for veterans needing mental health services.

4. Expand Veteran Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem for a greater reach for the smaller communities and rural areas.

IMMIGRATION

Policy on Immigration and Boarder Security is one of the most vexed topics in our country and within our state of California. The Legislative branch, and many who are still in office are the perpetuation of this problem. It has been politicized for those who are unwilling to lose their power. In-turn, this has done nothing but cause toxic discussions that would otherwise seem mute among the American people.

When it comes to a representative’s role, he or she swears an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution FIRST. This is a set of ideals designed to protect the American citizen’s inalienable rights and American sovereignty, not illegal aliens. This is not debatable.

President Ronald Regan tried to compromise on the issue with the ‘Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986,’ which gave amnesty to those already here, but that failed. All that did was incentivize more illegal migration because foreigners knew that they would get amnesty. Unfortunately, this also undermined boarder strengthening. This process was repeated by the Bush and Obama Administrations and the results were the same. This is the definition of insanity and a new compromise will not work.

When we talk about immigration reform, we tend to blend boarder security, immigration court, and alien enforcement agencies all into one. These are three separate issues and should be treated as such. Immigration courts and personnel need to get a handle on their overburdening positions. Boarder security needs time to better develop protocols in areas of extreme concern of illegal crossing. Our immigration enforcers, such as I.C.E. are struggling to communicate with state and local enforcement agencies that are in sanctuary cities and states. They are in a losing battle and need better resources to be able to perform their duties. However, if the floodgates are still open, then finding a solution to proper immigration reform is never going to happen.

I Move To Reaffirm, Better Define And Strengthen Policy Against Illegal Aliens

1. Place a moratorium on immigration, irrelevant of which nation you come from. This removes any argument about being racially driven.

2. Continue to remove all criminals, irrelevant of the crime, who are already in our jail facilities and deport them to their own country’s prison. No American taxes should be paying for that illegal alien criminal.

3. Permit summary judgment authority to immigration judges to refuse cases that lack any merit for a hearing in order that they might expedite proceedings and lighten the burden of our overwhelmed immigration courts.

4. Provide large grants of funds to incentivize sanctuary states and cities ‘conditional’ upon their compliance with certain federal immigration laws.

5. Move towards a merit based system of entry to our country. One that shifts the focus to be more about an immigrant who can provide economic growth and towards the ‘needs’ of the American people.

GUN SAFETY / 2ND AMENDMENT

California already has several laws regulating the use, selling, and purchasing of guns. Right now California is implementing 15 new gun laws in 2020, such as AB 12, AB 1968, and SB 61 to name a few. These laws answer to 3 primary measures: First, they will require universal background checks that will require a longer period of time to obtain a firearm; Second, they will prohibit gun purchase or possession by anyone with a history of violence, whether it be a felony or a misdemeanor; Third, they will provide red flags to address people who are assumed to be at extreme risk of committing violence, not only to other people but also to themselves. One of the problems with these red flag laws is that they induce a pre-crime reaction which is un-Constitutional. We don’t arrest people or take away their rights for a crime that hasn’t taken place.

Sadly, these gun laws predominately negatively effect the law biding citizen, NOT the criminal. So let’s get something straight, criminals DON’T CARE that there are gun laws. I’ve taken a tour of our county jails and have spoken to several inmates. They all said that if they didn’t have a gun, they would simply find it on the black market, steal it, or drive it in from another state where gun laws were less stringent. I was also told that they know that the laws are more stringent on the law-abiding citizen, not them, so most career criminals use the gun laws to their advantage. Those actions alone undermine our state’s effort to positively enforce effective gun laws. These laws also do not address the already thousands of guns floating around on the streets, online dark-web purchases, or the lack of compliancy from gun retailers.

The argument from gun control advocates is that preventative measures will reduce the criminals getting their hands on a gun. Gun advocates, like the NRA argue that guns are a deterrent from violent criminals and that guns don't kill—only people kill. If more people carried guns to protect themselves, there would be less violent crime. We also need to be very careful about the words we use in trying to bring measures towards ‘assault weapons.’ Ambiguity is the enemy in that phrase. Are we talking about blunt objects, knives, bats, cars or strictly firearms? What is the difference between an ‘assault weapon’ as opposed to something used as a weapon that is not designed to assault? What protective measures do we take to stop the ‘criminal’ and positively empower the law-abiding citizen?

All the gun laws currently in place and those proposed bills are eating away at our Second Amendment Rights. We need to do a better job at preserving our right to bear arms.

I Move To Propose Bills That Will Affect The Criminal

1. Increase the punishment towards gun crimes, such as an increase in fines, longer community service laboring, and longer sentences.

2. Juvenile crime is on the rise and the said above should be applied to the juvenile in addition to ensuring all records, like adult records, be made public for felony acts.

3. Any gun used in a crime, should be charged and held under similar restrictions as cyber crimes, 18 U.S.C. § 1030(e)(1). They must subject themselves, upon release, to probational computer monitoring, be registered like sex offenders are, and held up to the same type of scrutiny.

I Move To Propose Bills That Will Protect The Law-Abiding Citizen

1. Loosen and expand the ‘Castle Law’ to tie into the ‘Good Samaritan Law’ for law-abiding citizens when a self-defense gun action has taken place in their home or on their property, but also to a neighboring home that may be in need.

SOCIAL SECURITY / PROTECTING SENIORS

Socialism does NOT work and ‘Social’ Security, introduced by President Roosevelt, is a prime example of those failing ideologies. Social Security was never meant to last as long as it has. Tough solutions to this problem are going to have to be taken care of now, not later. Americans are going to have to come up with a ‘transitional’ plan for a solvency retirement infrastructure.

Social Security may be depleted and bankrupt possibly by the years 2030 to 2035. Seniors retired and those approaching retirement are worried about this and rightfully so. In addition, I’ve spoken with many people who are not happy that in order to receive full retirement, you now have to wait until the age of 67. The truth is, people want to retire with their faculties still decently vibrant. Sadly, corrupt career politicians who have full benefits and golden parachute retirements after just one term do not have to worry about social security benefits, so they simply kick the can down the road.

If Congress waits too long, by the time the Baby Boomer generation all hit full retirement age, taxes and payroll taxes will horribly increase at a percentage that could force our youngest generation to work indefinitely. The Democratic Party wants to increase everyone’s taxes through employment and employer payroll, investment earnings, and household earnings over 200k. The Republican Party is fighting against this increase, but sadly they too haven’t come up with any significant plan for the future of Social Security. So, how do we fund those who we promised but transition the American people into a better plan?

Not everyone will agree with my plan, and it is not without its own problems that will require a little more finesse, but to prolong the inevitable is even worse.

I Propose A ‘Transitional Plan’ To Better Retirement

1. End Social Security through a multi-layered grandfathering percentage approach by ‘generation’ from when Social Security was first enacted.

2. Counter balance the generational approach so that those who will be receiving partial benefits, based on their generation, will be allowed for their retirement to be subsidized by but not limited to zero taxes on stock investment returns, zero taxes on their IRA, zero taxes on 401k’s, zero taxes on crypto currencies and real-estate portfolios.

3. Create a ‘National Retirement Security Program’ (NRSP) that will give taxpayers the ability to opt. In or out of the program, maintained by several public, not private companies with federal oversight ensuring fair and proper services maintaining individual retirement plans.

FOREIGN POLICY

U.S. foreign policy has always had a major contention with how the United States should conduct itself with allied countries in support of expanding free and fair trade and in dealing with tyrannical governments bent on torturing their own people and expanding their acts of violence across the world.

Unfortunately, U.S. foreign policy isn’t simple. Maybe that is the problem. It has become overly complex and our policy law makers need to get back to the basics with respect to the United State’s role it maintaining a positive influential presence across the world.

I believe a more grounded approach of the primary U.S. foreign policy goals on trade, diplomacy, sanctions, military/defense, intelligence, foreign aid, and global environmental policy should be more harmonized with the Constitution. The word foreign policy or foreign affairs does not exist in the Constitution; however, the Constitution has been used as a framework for foreign engagements.

Right now, the U.S. foreign policy has four primary functions, the protection of the U.S. and its citizens at home or abroad, the maintenance of availability for needed resources and markets, the preservation of a balance of power in the world, and the protection of human rights and democracy. I Propose A Re-Establishment To U.S. Foreign Policy

1. Simplify the four primary functions.

2. In order to protect U.S. citizens at home or abroad, we need a stronger military that requires the latest technologies, training and intelligence to safeguard freedoms, and sovereignty for ourselves and our allies.

3. New diplomacies should be measured by accountability from local district constituent oversight.

NATIONAL SECURITY

When it comes to the topic of National Security, it is one of intensity. How should our government go about best protecting the sovereignty and safety of the American people?

I believe, due to the state of current events that our attention should be geared towards election integrity, education loan forgiveness, trade, and terrorism. Don’t get me wrong, there are a multitude of issues and all require equal attention, but my campaign is focused on what we consider to be basic to and of the highest importance for national security.

Election integrity is a concern for national security because it is becoming more difficult to guarantee when it comes to accountability with election voter ID fraud and the new electronic voting booths that can be rigged. Education loan forgiveness is relevant to national security because it can dramatically impact the solidarity of our economy. In providing education loan forgiveness, we perpetuate a socialistic idealism that all things must be free or equal and it does not instill a sense of value to the younger generation when tax payers have to front the bill. Trade is a well known aspect of national security. Prior to President Trump, Americans were left with subpar quality in goods and services from other countries. Prices went up and quality dropped. President Trump’s efforts are turning the tide for higher standard trades and accountability measures. Ever since 9/11 we have been at war with terror. Terror is a faceless enemy. As long as there are human beings in this world, there will always be someone who will want nothing more then to torture the innocence of others. Playing into pacifism and becoming an American apologist towards terrorist countries and organizations seems to be the tone that the previous administration spearheaded and has negatively impacted the strength of our national security.

I Propose A Simplistic Approach

1. Election Integrity: Ensure everyone has a verifiable state approved ID for voting. When it comes to electronic submissions and counting, blockchain technology needs to be introduced. It has been proven to be one of the most significant technological advancements to date and can be used to safeguard the integrity of the election process.

2. Education Loan Forgiveness: I vote NO on debt forgiveness. Debt forgiveness would negatively impact tax payers for decades. Colleges have been over charging for units, books, and infrastructure because they know the money is available from education loans. However, this has forced students to default on their loans because the price of a college education is too high. We need to cap the cost on college units and cap education loans.

3. Trade: Every trade agreement needs to benefit Americans. All deals have to be equal in nature and proportionate to the agreement.

4. Terrorism: We cannot hunt down every terrorist country, organization, or cell. However, we can answer back in kind with overwhelming power and force to any act of terrorism towards our country. The way President Trump answered in kind toward General Soleimani’s attack was strategically sound and properly executed. This should be the standard.

SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION CONTROL

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (a common name for Title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996) is a piece of Internet legislation. It provides immunity from liability for providers and users of an interactive computer service who publish information provided by others. An immunity clause in the Act states that no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.

However, since the election of President Trump, the social media giants have been shadow banning, cutting off, deleting, and ending many profiles. They are now controlling the information they ‘allow’ versus when they were merely acting as a free platform. They are now acting as a curator. These social media giants are hiding under the fact that they are a private business while enjoying the protections under Section 230 of the CDA.

I Propose a Revisiting Of Section 230

1. Remove Section 230 from the social media giants.

2. Enforce provisional review of all social media platforms.

3. Remove ‘shadow banning' and provide restitution for all who have suffered at the hands of this act.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Back during my youth, roughly in 1987, there was a hole in the ozone layer and we were not going to be protected by the suns rays. We were all going to burn up and die. That didn’t happen. In 1989, the U.N. scientist predicted that global warming, if not checked would cause coastal cities to be underwater by the year 2000. That didn’t happen. After the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, according to scientists, California should have already had the ‘big one.’ Al Gore predicted in 2007, that by 2013 the Arctic Ocean would be completely ice free. That didn’t happen. At some point in time, we need to stop politicizing science research. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said the world has 12 years before it ends if we don’t address climate change. Being a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, I’m sure he’d like to know how she came up with that number, when God the Father didn’t tell His Son, nor the angels when Heaven and Earth would end.

The fires that are happening in my district and all over California are not the result of climate change! They are the result of our faulty electrical grid and power companies not being held accountable for their poor maintenance.

Don’t get me wrong, I believe that human beings have a responsibility to safeguard our water, air pollution, agriculture, landfills and forests to name a few. But what is happening is politically driven psychopathic globalist social engineering to fear monger everyone into a one world government. The ‘climate’ is always changing and I have had enough of fear mongering.

I Move To Propose

1. We need real data, real science. We need to test it against other independent research groups who are not affiliated with government or political parties trying to push their agenda for voter turn out or a one world agenda.

2. Deny the Green New Deal!

3. Fight against the companies who are complacent in the mishandling of chemicals, waste and pollution that damage our water, agriculture and physical and mental health.

HOMELESS / HOUSING

The growing homelessness is out of control and current officials at the local and federal level are dragging their feet to improve the situation.

I recently spent some time with the homeless in Los Angeles county and spoke with many of them as to how they are taken care of, what resources are available to them, and what organizations have reached out to help them. Many of the homeless are on a waiting list to get into a shelter and have been for quite some time, others have been on the streets for decades with little reprieve in sight.

In Ventura County, they are working hard to maintain a year round shelter for the homeless through the ‘memorandum of understanding.’ This understanding is an effort that supports every inner city shelter center working to get the homeless off the street. They help each other by providing more beds, personnel, clothing, food, and medicine. The numbers prove a decrease in the homeless population in Ventura County. Each city has its own structure based on its own needs, but why don’t the adjacent L.A. County cities? The Continuum of Care Alliance group provides incentives for land, building, apartment, and home owners who have vacancies to open up their property for the homeless. The incentive provides paid rent for low income as well as basic maintenance for the facilities. This is a win-win approach. In Los Angeles County, there are roughly 50 thousand homeless but more then 60 thousand vacant apartments, buildings, warehouses, and other various properties that can be retrofitted for the homeless. The solution is there, but no one with the integrity to fight to improve the homeless situation.

I Move To Propose

1. Negotiate for the same homeless programs and concepts that are working in one county and apply them to the adjacent county that is still struggling.

2. Develop new incentive programs for inner city home owners to buy up property in the surrounding neighborhoods and work with groups like the Continuum of Care Alliance group who will provide rent payments, maintenance of the facility, and rehabilitation for the homeless. New property owners will gain passive income, banks will no longer have to waste money on vacant property, homeless get off the street, and the people will have a stake in their community.

3. Bridge the gap between any misunderstanding of current property owners with vacancies and provide them with a greater incentive to allow their property to be retrofitted for the homeless.

ABORTION

The argument of abortion is one of the most tense and exhausting subject matters that has caused division within our nation. This is also a subject to which I do not take lightly.

During my time in the military, I met a woman from another command. We were two young twenty-year- olds who were heavily attracted to each other and during our relationship we got pregnant. Yes, I said we because it takes two to create a baby. We spend so much time debating over the woman’s right, we forget about the man. My ex-girlfriend decided to have an abortion towards the last week of the second trimester. No matter how hard I fought to convince her that I would take care of our baby even if she wasn’t ready, it still wasn’t good enough. I feverishly, tearfully begged her to keep our baby. We knew that it was boy. We gave him a name. Tobin C. Mercuri. Toby for short. On April 3rd, 2001 at 1:00pm, my son Toby perished. To this day, there is not a moment that I don’t think about what Toby would have been like and who he would have become. So I ask you, where were my rights?

If a woman gets pregnant in America, she has the right to keep the baby or abort them. If the woman decides to keep the baby, the man has to provide child support. If a man, by order of our laws, has to provide child support then he should also have a say over the baby’s life during the pregnancy. Now comes the greatest question that no one has a good answer for, what about women or girls who are a victim of rape, incest, or sex trafficking? When talking to these victims, to simply say the baby is innocent and she must remain pregnant leaves very little room to provide emotional, religious, and psychological support. We cannot have a one sided law that is purely Pro-Life or Pro-Choice, it is not that simple. Right now, we are trying to protect the innocent baby inside that mother’s womb. I believe it goes deeper then that. We are not just fighting for the baby, but need to fight for the victimized mother. We need to provide provisions that will fight for both mother and baby. When speaking to rape victims who were left pregnant, many said that they would have committed suicide if they were forced by state law to keep the baby. Now we have a real dilemma on our hands. How do we protect both? Now let me be clear! I DO NOT SUPPORT ABORTIONS with the exception of rape or a medical complication that threatens the mother’s life.

I Move To Propose

1. Only women who have been verifiably proven to have been raped should have the ‘option’ of abortion within a limited timeframe and each should be handled on a case by case basis.

2. We need to better fund organizations that do not support abortions such as religious health centers and other medical foundations that rehabilitate these women who are victims of rape, incest, or sex trafficking. These organizations and foundations should be given the highest priority of funding and personnel to help them educate and meet the emotionally distressed woman’s needs and to incentivize the mother to keep the baby or present them with the support needed when choosing to place the baby for adoption.

3. De-fund Planned Parenthood and require Planned Parenthood to be correctly titled Planned Abortions.^[2]

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—Daniel Mercuri's 2020 campaign website^[4]

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↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Daniel Mercuri for Governor, “CA Policies,” accessed April 27, 2022
↑ Daniel Mercuri's 2020 campaign website, "Current Issues," accessed March 2, 2020

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[3] Daniel Mercuri for Governor, “CA Policies,” accessed April 27, 2022

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