Letter To Editor: Mariko Yamada Is Correct Choice For CA State Senator, District 3

DAVIS, CA – The following letter to editor was submitted on the upcoming election for the California District 3 Senate seat:

Letter to the Editor,

On November 8, I will cast my vote for Mariko Yamada for the California State Senate. Of the two candidates for State Senate, Mariko is by far the most experienced.

She served two terms in the California State Assembly and, before that, four years on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors. She is the candidate who will fight for the needs of poor and vulnerable populations, who will advocate for agricultural preservation and who can be counted on to combat climate change by supporting efforts to reduce carbon emissions that put the health of all of us and our local economy at risk.

As a social worker for more than 40 years Mariko has worked with families going through tough times. She understands that too many Californians struggle with stagnant wages and a high cost of living, living from paycheck to paycheck.

As State Senator Mariko will stand up for families, not for corporate interests, making sure that everyone pays their fair share –including extending the Prop 30 tax on the wealthy and closing the corporate loopholes in Prop 13.

Mariko knows what it’s like to care for an aging parent while raising a family.

Drawing on that experience, she chaired the Assembly’s Aging and Long Term Care Committee for five years. As State Senator, one of her top priorities will be to establish the first Senate Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care to address such issues facing California senior citizens as access to health care and affordable housing.

During her service on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors Mariko was a leading advocate for open space and agricultural preservation.

Judging by her past record these are just some of the issues Mariko Yamada will take on if elected to the State Senate. She is not beholden to the big moneyed special interests and she doesn’t take donations from them – not from the big corporations, not from the tobacco companies, not from Big Oil. Mariko can be counted on to represent all of the people in Senate District 3 and will work to make all of our lives better.

Please join me in voting for Mariko Yamada for California State Senate on November 8.

Signed, Teresa Kaneko
Davis, CA

Also see:

• Letter To Editor: Congressman Thompson Supports Dodd For State Senate
• Benicia Mayor Writes: Here Is My Choice For State Senator
• Letter to Editor: Former Assemblywoman, Supervisor Says District 3 Needs Bill Dodd As State Senator
• Reader Writes: Corporate Democrat vs. Social Democrat: Mariko Yamada vs. Bill Dodd
• Napa Resident Writes: Vote Yamada For Farm, Elder, Environment Protection

--Image via Mariko Yamada for Senate 2016