\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCandidates running for California\u2019s newly formed 6th Congressional District made their case to voters Wednesday night during a forum focused on issues including the cost of living, housing and immigration.The district stretches from West Sacramento to Rocklin and Roseville, and the race has drawn seven candidates: West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero, Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho, Rep. Kevin Kiley, former state Sen. Dr. Richard Pan, Republican Michael Stansfield, Planned Parenthood executive Lauren Babb Tomlinson, and retired Marine Tyler Vandenberg.Six of the seven candidates appeared on stage at Wednesday\u2019s forum, answering questions about how they would represent the district in Congress.\u201cI am going to go to Congress and fight. I\u2019m going to do what I\u2019ve been doing as mayor, as a public servant,\u201d Guerrero said.\u201cI\u2019m not a career politician. This moment demands something different, though,\u201d Babb Tomlinson said.Ho pointed to his record as Sacramento County\u2019s top prosecutor, saying, \u201cAs a district attorney in Sacramento County, my office has repeatedly gone after corporations that have polluted our environment.\u201dPan highlighted his legislative experience on climate policy.\u201cWhen I was in the state legislature, we worked hard to actually set climate goals and reduce our carbon footprint,\u201d Pan said.Vandenberg said his campaign is centered on three priorities.\u201cWe\u2019re going to need to hold Trump accountable, build a better future, and ensure that America is safe for everyone in our communities,\u201d he said.Stansfield framed his campaign around constitutional concerns.\u201cThe Constitution is an agreement between the people and the government. And right now, every red line has been crossed,\u201d he said.Among the key topics discussed were affordability and immigration.Ho said he supports tax credits to encourage affordable housing, particularly near transit.\u201cWe need to, first of all, provide tax credits to different organizations to go ahead and make sure that they promote affordable housing, especially around transit,\u201d Ho said.Babb Tomlinson said more housing options and incentives are needed to help younger residents.\u201cWe\u2019ve got to incentivize tax credits that allow young people to be able to afford to buy homes or rent,\u201d she said. \u201cWe also need to look at different types of housing, condos, other ways in which people can be able to get housing.”Vandenberg said he would support a preferential loan program for workers, including teachers, nurses, and first responders.On immigration, Guerrero said stronger reforms are needed, while Stansfield said immigration is also important to the nation\u2019s long-term economic stability.”I want to make sure that if anybody gets injured, that we video recorded, not only do we have to protect our essential workers to keep them safe, our children on DACA, we also need stronger immigration reform,” said Guerrero.\u201cMy wife is an immigrant,\u201d Stansfield said. \u201cIf you want to retire someday, we don\u2019t have enough kids to pay for Social Security unless you have more people coming into the system.\u201dPan said he supports a legal pathway to citizenship.\u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s important that we have a legal path to citizenship,\u201d Pan said.The primary election is June 2. Vote-by-mail ballots are scheduled to begin going out May 4, and the top two finishers will advance to the November general election.The forum was hosted by the League of Women Voters. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Candidates running for California\u2019s newly formed 6th Congressional District made their case to voters Wednesday night during a forum focused on issues including the cost of living, housing and immigration.<\/p>\n
The district stretches from West Sacramento to Rocklin and Roseville, and the race has drawn seven candidates: West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero, Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho, Rep. Kevin Kiley, former state Sen. Dr. Richard Pan, Republican Michael Stansfield, Planned Parenthood executive Lauren Babb Tomlinson, and retired Marine Tyler Vandenberg.<\/p>\n
Six of the seven candidates appeared on stage at Wednesday\u2019s forum, answering questions about how they would represent the district in Congress.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am going to go to Congress and fight. I\u2019m going to do what I\u2019ve been doing as mayor, as a public servant,\u201d Guerrero said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not a career politician. This moment demands something different, though,\u201d Babb Tomlinson said.<\/p>\n
Ho pointed to his record as Sacramento County\u2019s top prosecutor, saying, \u201cAs a district attorney in Sacramento County, my office has repeatedly gone after corporations that have polluted our environment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pan highlighted his legislative experience on climate policy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was in the state legislature, we worked hard to actually set climate goals and reduce our carbon footprint,\u201d Pan said.<\/p>\n
Vandenberg said his campaign is centered on three priorities.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to need to hold Trump accountable, build a better future, and ensure that America is safe for everyone in our communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Stansfield framed his campaign around constitutional concerns.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Constitution is an agreement between the people and the government. And right now, every red line has been crossed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Among the key topics discussed were affordability and immigration.<\/p>\n
Ho said he supports tax credits to encourage affordable housing, particularly near transit.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to, first of all, provide tax credits to different organizations to go ahead and make sure that they promote affordable housing, especially around transit,\u201d Ho said.<\/p>\n
Babb Tomlinson said more housing options and incentives are needed to help younger residents.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got to incentivize tax credits that allow young people to be able to afford to buy homes or rent,\u201d she said. \u201cWe also need to look at different types of housing, condos, other ways in which people can be able to get housing.”<\/p>\n
Vandenberg said he would support a preferential loan program for workers, including teachers, nurses, and first responders.<\/p>\n
On immigration, Guerrero said stronger reforms are needed, while Stansfield said immigration is also important to the nation\u2019s long-term economic stability.<\/p>\n
“I want to make sure that if anybody gets injured, that we video recorded, not only do we have to protect our essential workers to keep them safe, our children on DACA, we also need stronger immigration reform,” said Guerrero.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife is an immigrant,\u201d Stansfield said. \u201cIf you want to retire someday, we don\u2019t have enough kids to pay for Social Security unless you have more people coming into the system.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pan said he supports a legal pathway to citizenship.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s important that we have a legal path to citizenship,\u201d Pan said.<\/p>\n
The primary election is June 2. Vote-by-mail ballots are scheduled to begin going out May 4, and the top two finishers will advance to the November general election.<\/p>\n
The forum was hosted by the League of Women Voters. <\/p>\n
See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Candidates running for California\u2019s newly formed 6th Congressional District made their case to voters Wednesday night during a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[14852,7,13540,18940,22091,121042,4579,27487,16853,22277,35831,1011,14,121041,65187,121045,3657,592,121043,121,357,123,122,121044,1899,1710],"class_list":{"0":"post-281548","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-andres-valle","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-candidate","11":"tag-citizenship","12":"tag-commitment","13":"tag-congressional-district-6","14":"tag-district","15":"tag-district-6","16":"tag-forum","17":"tag-guerrero","18":"tag-ho","19":"tag-housing","20":"tag-immigration","21":"tag-lauren-babb-tomlinson-martha-guerrero-thien-ho-richard-pan-tyler-vandenberg-michael-stansfield-kevin-kiley","22":"tag-martha-guerrero","23":"tag-new-6th-congressional-district","24":"tag-pan","25":"tag-people","26":"tag-primary-elections","27":"tag-sacramento","28":"tag-sacramento-county","29":"tag-sacramento-headlines","30":"tag-sacramento-news","31":"tag-stansfield","32":"tag-tax-credit","33":"tag-voting"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}