FOR GOVERNOR 2026
Pillar 2
Education & Opportunity
The Problem → My Policy Plan → Outcomes
THE PROBLEM
WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST
From under-funded TK-12 to crushing college debt, the path from talent to opportunity is broken. We're losing future Einsteins to the cost of a textbook.
MY POLICY PLAN
WHAT WE'LL DO ON DAY ONE, AND BEYOND
Universal pre-K and full-day kindergarten, statewide.
Tuition-free CSU and community college for California residents.
Pay teachers like the professionals they are $80K starting salary.
Forgive student loans for 5+ year educators.
Apprenticeships and trade pathways funded as equally as 4-year degrees. Universal
pre-apprenticeships for trades, tech, and care economy careers.
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
OUTCOMES
What success looks like
Close the achievement gap by 50%.
Double college completion in working-class districts.
150,000 new apprenticeships by 2030.
“People invested in me coaches, teachers, mentors. Every kid in California deserves that village.”
— SOPHIA EDUM-A-SAM
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