PRIORITIES & PLATFORM
Fight Corruption
Accountability and Results for Our Community
For too long, Washington has worked for corporations and career politicians instead of the people. Corporate PAC money floods elections, lobbyists write policy behind closed doors, and billion-dollar companies exploit loopholes to skip their taxes — while families pay the price in higher costs, unsafe infrastructure, and broken trust.
Eric believes corruption is the root of the affordability crisis. You can't lower costs until you change who government answers to. This isn't a left or right issue — Democrats, Republicans, and independents are all getting squeezed by the same insiders. Eric is running against them.
THE PROBLEM: A System Rigged for Powerful
Today, powerful corporations use campaign cash, lobbying, and loopholes to tilt the system in their favor:
Utility monopolies like PG&E raise rates while dodging accountability for safety failures.
Big Pharma price-gouges families and blocks the reforms that would lower costs.
The largest corporations pay little or nothing while working families pay their full share.
Politicians take corporate cash, trade stocks on inside information, and then say nothing can change.
The result is a system where families work harder every year — and still fall behind.
Eric’s Plan to End Corruption
Get the Corruption Out of Politics
Eric will not take PAC money — and will fight to ban it altogether. Elected officials should answer to voters, not corporate donors with armies of lobbyists. Ending corruption means changing how Washington works. Eric supports:
Strengthen ethics rules so elected officials can’t use public office for personal gain
Ban PAC money — Eric takes none, and will fight to ban it for everyone
Ban members of Congress from trading stocks while in office
Overturn Citizens United and get corporate and special-interest money out of elections
Ban lobbyist money and close the revolving door — a two-year ban on direct lobbying, five years on behind-the-scenes influence
Term Limits and Real Accountability
12-year term limits for everyone — public service shouldn't be a 28-year career
Sunset reviews for federal programs and agencies — they earn renewal by proving they work, or they expire
Strengthen ethics rules so no official can use public office for private gain
Real-time disclosure of financial conflicts of interest
End Gerrymandering — Everywhere
Politicians shouldn't pick their own voters.
Independent redistricting commissions in every state — California included, because the maps should be drawn by citizens, not by either party protecting itself
Make Corporations Pay Their Fair Share
Go after the corporate tax cheats — Big Pharma, insurance, and Big Tech
Restore fair corporate tax rates and close the zero-tax loopholes
Use that revenue to lower costs, fund healthcare, reduce taxes for working Americans, and invest in housing and infrastructure
Bar senior officials from cashing in with the industries they once regulated
Hold PG&E and the Monopolies Accountable
End PG&E’s monopoly and allow municipal utility providers — driven by federal regulation
End the bailouts that pass costs to ratepayers
Tie executive pay to safety and affordability
Push for stronger federal oversight
Explore public and cooperative alternatives
Hold PG&E accountable for preventing wildfires — and empowering CalFire to lead wildfire prevention instead of a for-profit monopoly
End Big Pharma Price Gouging
Take on Big Pharma’s lobbying power — so we can provide free generic prescription drugs
Lower prescription drug prices through negotiation and competition
Close loopholes that protect monopolies instead of patients
Stop foreign countries from screwing us on drug prices
Keep biotech jobs in America — preventing Big Pharma from shipping these jobs abroad to save them some money
Sunlight on Money and Influence
Full disclosure of all political spending — including dark money and shell groups
Require candidates and elected officials to disclose financial conflicts of interest in real time
Real accountability for anyone hiding donors or misleading the public
THE BOTTOM LINE
Ending corruption isn't symbolic — it's how we lower costs, protect public safety, and rebuild trust. Change who government answers to, and everything else becomes possible.