Department of Public Health revealed<\/a> that cuts in Medi-Cal could result in the county covering medical costs for between 11,000 and 30,000 residents, adding a potential $241 million in uncovered costs. The county will also likely have to cover more costs for CalFresh, adding another $7 million.<\/p>\nPearce said she would address budget shortfalls by taking a \u201cdeep dive\u201d into program effectiveness. She said able-bodied adults of working age should not strain the system by getting free handouts.<\/p>\n
\u201cPrograms that were created as safety nets have been turned into hammocks. And citizens bear the burden of the increased cost of living as politicians seek political points and try to increase the number of people, including illegal aliens, on the government dole,\u201d Pearce said.<\/p>\n
Greater Cooperation With Federal Immigration Enforcement<\/p>\n
Pearce said she would focus on public safety as supervisor. With the district divided between urban Clovis and north Fresno and the expansive foothill and mountain communities, Pearce said wildfire prevention is key.<\/p>\n
She also said the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office and Fresno County District Attorney\u2019s Office would be funded before any other department, saying law enforcement needs every tool available.<\/p>\n
She added that she would advocate for cooperation with federal authorities on immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne change I would support, and have already advocated for, is to cooperate with federal immigration authorities and make Fresno County a \u2018non-sanctuary\u2019 for criminal illegal aliens,\u201d Pearce said.<\/p>\n
Law Enforcement to Prosecute \u2018Criminal Vagrants\u2019<\/p>\n
Pearce said she would work to reduce red tape and regulatory costs on home construction. She said focusing on low-income housing construction worsens affordability for working families.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to let builders build in smart growth patterns and make the process as unburdensome as possible,\u201d Pearce said.<\/p>\n
On homelessness, Pearce said housing first models don\u2019t work. She said as a Christian woman, she has an obligation to help connect people with services.<\/p>\n
At the same time, she would use law enforcement to prosecute uncooperative\u00a0 homeless people.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will do everything in my power to see that aggressive panhandlers, criminal vagrants, and addicts who refuse treatment, who leave needles on our playgrounds, urinate and defecate in public, and generally make life miserable for businesses and residents won\u2019t see a minute\u2019s peace until they are locked up or chased out of the county,\u201d Pearce said.<\/p>\n
Libraries Should Be \u2018Safe, Clean\u2019<\/p>\n
In recent months, supervisors limited participation of county departments<\/a> in social issues such as Pride Month. The board voted in May to deny participation of the library in the June event.<\/p>\nPearce said she supports that decision and also told GV Wire that libraries should \u201csafe, clean places to enjoy books; they are not a place for agendas.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said her stance on LGBTQ issues would not affect the mandate that the county treat everyone equally.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom public safety to public utilities, county residents should receive the same standard of service,\u201d Pearce said. \u201cCelebrating someone\u2019s sexual preference has nothing to do with delivering county services.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even before a Fresno County board of supervisors seat is vacant, two prominent Clovis names have positioned themselves…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-374725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374725","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=374725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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