MIKE SCHMIER – DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE – ATTORNEY GENERAL – CALIFORNIA

Hello, Im Mike Schmier, Democratic candidate for California Attorney General. Our California state constitution specifies that the first duty of the Attorney General is to see that the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced. I am committed to that purpose. If elected Attorney General, I will do the following: 1) I will work to remove money and special interests from government, to ensure public offices are free from outside control, to clean up the waste in government and corruption in financial markets, to create jobs, security, a strong financial system and consumer protection – by increasing investigations and prosecutions against white collar fraud. 2) I will work to reduce the high cost of our sentencing and prison system. Rehabilitation and job training must be improved so that released prisoners do not return to prison. Minor drug offenders should not be in prison; the death penalty should be eliminated. Spending 000 per prisoner annually to imprison drug addicts and three strikes offenders makes no sense. The annual cost of death penalty cases in California is reported to be more than 10 times greater than life sentences without parole; that makes no sense. 3) I support Proposition 15, and will work for legislation and constitutional amendments to expand its reach. Additionally, I support the ballot initiative to legalize cannabis, the second amendment and equal marriage rights. 4) I will work to give every child an equal opportunity. We must …
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