Georgette Gómez’s proven record includes impactful advocacy in the State Capitol. She joined with then-Assemblymember Todd Gloria and the business community to pass the CASA Act (AB 2372), expanding affordable housing construction incentives. Georgette worked with then-Assemblymember Toni Atkins for passage of AB 1071, ensuring penalties for corporate polluters benefit communities most impacted by pollution. She partnered with Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez to pass AB 805, transforming San Diego’s regional transportation agency to provide stepped-up accountability, representation and transit service for underserved communities in South San Diego County.
While working families are struggling to make ends meet, the wealthiest corporations in history are paying their workers low wages without benefits and nothing in taxes. This is an unfair economic deal that starves our schools and robs workers of the opportunities they want to give their families better lives. Most Americans are working longer and harder for less. In the Assembly, Georgette will fight to create jobs that pay living wages, push to strengthen unions, and ensure that we are providing workers with important quality of life benefits such as paid vacation time, retirement benefits, paid sick leave, and paid family leave.
Georgette Gómez is the daughter of immigrants from Mexico and knows first-hand the struggles that new arrivals face in this country. The United States was built by immigrants like the neighbors, friends, and family members living here in our community. Georgette knows that our current immigration system is broken and exploitative. In the Assembly, she will fight to make sure California leads the way in welcoming immigrants and refugees. As Council President, she put San Diego on record to oppose Trump’s border wall. Georgette is a longtime supporter of comprehensive immigration reform and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. She led the City of San Diego’s legal effort to oppose Trump’s lawsuit against Dreamers.
Georgette Gómez grew up taking the city bus from her home in Barrio Logan. As the chair of the Metropolitan Transit System board, Georgette was a champion for expanded and equitable public transit. As City Council President, she fought for increased transit funding, new bike lanes, and electronic buses for San Diego. Since leaving office, she has advised SANDAG in developing a regional transportation program that is more accessible to our community and that cuts San Diego’s reliance on fossil fuels. In the Assembly, Georgette will make investments in public transit and clean vehicle infrastructure a priority.
Georgette Gómez believes our broken criminal justice system is a civil rights issue. Our justice system disproportionately arrests, prosecutes, and sentences people of color in this country. We need more community policing, more trust between neighborhoods and police, and real meaningful criminal justice reform. In Sacramento, Georgette will fight for treatment programs for non-violent drug offenders, eliminate mandatory minimums, end cash bail, and increase funding for the mental health and addiction services that are proven to reduce incarceration and future crime.
Georgette Gómez supports universal healthcare. In Congress, she will fight for a Medicare for All program so that everyone has access to the health care they need. When Georgette was growing up, there were times when her family couldn’t afford health insurance, and her parents had to choose whether to go to the doctor. Georgette believes that no one should ever be denied health care because they are unable to afford it. In Congress she will take on the prescription drug companies that continue to gouge working families, and fight for funding to provide access to care in underserved communities.
Georgette Gómez knows we are facing a climate emergency. That’s why she supports a Green New Deal, to tackle the climate crisis and create millions of clean energy jobs. As a community organizer working on environmental justice issues, Georgette learned that change comes from engaging the community. We have a climate crisis and we must act now. Georgette is pushing for full implementation of San Diego’s landmark Climate Action Plan, which puts the city on the path to 100% clean energy. In Congress, Georgette will continue to be a champion for building a sustainable, equitable future.
Georgette Gómez understands that gun control saves lives. Too many innocent lives have been lost to gun violence. As City Council President, Georgette worked to pass a gun safety law requiring trigger locks on guns. Georgette is a strong supporter of gun control and will push for tougher universal background checks, a ban on military style assault weapons and ending the gun show loophole.
Georgette Gómez believes that it’s outrageous that half a million Americans are sleeping on the streets every night. As City Council President, Georgette has made affordable housing one of her key priorities. In Congress, Georgette will be a firm advocate for increased public housing assistance, federal grants for affordable housing projects and expanding funding for the Section 8 housing program.
Georgette Gómez knows that the Trump economy is working for billionaires, while working families are struggling to make ends meet. The wealthiest corporations in history are paying nothing in taxes while most Americans are working longer and harder for less. In Congress Georgette will fight for a living wage, push to strengthen unions, and ensure that we are providing workers with important quality of life benefits such as paid vacation, sick leave, and family leave.
Georgette Gómez understands that Social Security and Medicare are fundamental safety nets for our seniors. We must keep the commitment we’ve made to our seniors to help them retire with security and dignity. We need to protect and preserve Social Security, not privatize it. In Congress, Georgette will fight to increase benefits and expand Medicare.
Georgette Gómez is a product of San Diego public schools. She understands how crucial it is for the federal government to continue funding public education to ensure that every child has a quality education and the opportunity to succeed. She will oppose any cuts to public school funding and supports greater investments in public schools to ensure that students and teachers have the resources they need. As a graduate of San Diego State University, Georgette supports efforts to make college more accessible and affordable, including making greater investments in community colleges and vocational training. And Georgette knows that the cost of college is too high, leaving students with crushing student loan debt. That is why she supports canceling student debt for low and middle income families.