Laurie, like so many Californians, wasn’t born here. She visited California multiple times as a child, and it was during those trips she knew she wanted to live here as soon as she could. Laurie was born in Wisconsin, where she and her three brothers and one sister were raised by her parents Richard and Lois Davies. Her parents instilled in her the value of hard work and the importance of family. After graduating high school, she worked for a year, and in 1981 after saving enough money to buy a Cutlass Supreme, she moved west to attend Cal State Long Beach.
Over the last twelve months, there have been three members of the state assembly who have been forced to resign. Surprisingly, Bill Brough is not one of them despite facing credible charges from multiple women for improper actions towards them. He is also facing an investigation by the state for misuse of campaign funds.
The actions of Sacramento politician Bill Brough only highlight the need to restore ethics in an immoral town. Laurie believes that we must continue to fund the watchdogs who review campaign spending to ensure that members are not living lavish lifestyles on campaign contributions. This type of unethical behavior needs to be rooted out of Sacramento.
Also, the one-party domination in Sacramento only leads to politicians abusing the budgeting system to push resources to contractors and friends rather than those that will do the best work for the state. There needs to be a robust review process in place to protect taxpayers' dollars. The taxpayers of California deserve nothing less.