California has been my home since 1964, when I moved here from Houston, Texas. In those days, California was filled with orange groves and there was Disneyland, of course. In the years since, the migration to California by people from other states and nations has stimulated business and property booms. There have been periodic short lived recessions, but for the most part the building and housing boom, the proliferation of Hummers and Ferraris has been non-stop. Now, however, the unemployment rate in California is one of the highest in the nation. Because the film industry has become so internationalized, we can no longer rely so much on that industry to be our unique salvation in dealing with a poor economy. Now we have an immense illegal immigration problem that has put added stresses upon our infrastructure. This is particularly troublesome in these hard times. Jobs must be generated for California, alliances must be made for our economic well being. Small towns in California need help to stay viable and to ensure that California will keep its special character as the land of everything's possible.
I will work with national legislators to make sure that the needs of California are addressed as quickly as possible. We cannot afford to waste any time in the effort to restore a balanced life for Californians. I want California to be the land of hopes realized, goals acheived, and promises filled.
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