Mike Murphy
What this job does: Your district's vote in the 80-member California State Assembly. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and with the Senate can place measures such as Props. 1, 2, 4, 5 and 43 on the ballot. A term is two years.
- Occupation
- Business attorney (ballot: Small Business Owner)
Background
- Grew up in the district and works as a business attorney. source: themercedfocus.org
- Elected to the Merced City Council in 2011 and served as mayor of Merced from 2015 to 2020. source: theballotbrief.com
In their own words
What the candidate says they will work on, from their campaign site or their answers to news-outlet questionnaires. We list it as stated and do not rate it.
- "Fiscal responsibility, safe neighborhoods and a quality education for every child, regardless of zip code" source: themercedfocus.org
- Housing: the Legislature should focus on "more supply" source: themercedfocus.org
- Homelessness: "We have to do more than just housing. It has to be treatment as well." source: themercedfocus.org
- Groundwater: release water bond funds for supply and recharge, calling SGMA-era decline a "slow motion catastrophe" source: themercedfocus.org
- "Not going to Sacramento to engage in national culture wars"; aims to be "a workhorse for the Valley" source: themercedfocus.org
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