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Establish a single-payer Medicare for All system that replaces most private health insurance.
Research found no documented position. This is not opposition.
Create a public health-insurance option that competes with private plans.
Research found no documented position. This is not opposition.
Raise the federal minimum wage to at least $15 an hour.
Wants to make the minimum wage a living wage; no federal figure stated
Official campaign positionDerek is fighting to make the minimum wage a living wage so families can keep up with rising costs
Expand the Child Tax Credit beyond current law, in amount or refundability.
support: expanded Child Tax Credit
Impose or expand rent regulation (rent caps, rent control or rent stabilization), at any level of government.
support: backs letting cities impose rent control and cap rents (2024 candidate interview, on the Proposition 33 local rent-control measure)
each city will make the determination on whether or not rent control is needed for that population. So a city like Fullerton will have the power to pass laws to protect those that are living in their district, for students who can’t afford to pay rent, you can cap those, cap the rent, so they feel protected
Use federal policy to loosen local zoning and land-use rules so more housing gets built.
Research found no documented position. This is not opposition.
Enact legal protections for workers against replacement or displacement by AI, such as notice, bargaining rights or limits on replacement.
unclear: general AI regulatory framework (ethics, privacy), nothing on jobs (item 32)
The federal government must play a proactive role in establishing a robust regulatory framework for AI technology.
US weapons to Israel: support or oppose
support: condition transfers of named offensive weapons to Israel
Increase federal funding for border security and enforcement (CBP, barriers, technology, personnel).
Praises a CR safeguard blocking the Administration from diverting funds to Border Patrol
While this CR includes important safeguards — blocking the Administration from diverting funds to Border Patrol and halting a rule that would let political appointees interfere with grant decisions using taxpayer money — it is only a temporary fix.
Limit new data-centre construction, including AI data centres, or make operators pay the full cost of the power, water and grid upgrades they use.
support: cosponsor of H.R.10448 Reverse Big Ugly Tax Breaks for Data Centers Act (119th), whose text limits data-centre construction or makes operators bear power, water or grid costs
None documented yet.
Affiliation means documented membership or endorsement, backed by a dated source. Agreeing on policy is not affiliation, and membership never fills in a candidate's positions. Constituency caucuses represent communities, not ideologies, so their membership isn't a policy position. If no relationship is shown, none has been documented yet. That doesn't prove there is none.
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House vote · H.R.3565
the President may not sell, transfer, or authorize a license for the export of any defense article described in subsection (b) ... to the Government of Israel ... unless
H.R.3565 (119th) — To provide for a limitation on the transfer of defense articles and defense services to Israel. · 2025-12-18 · Evidence grade B
Five questions, each answered only from the candidate’s own words, their campaign’s published position, a joint statement they issued, or a recorded House vote. Any condition or limit they attached is shown with the quote. “No public position found” means a reviewed search of their campaign site and official statements found nothing; it is not a position. This section is not scored against any group and does not feed the DSA Scare-O-Meter.
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