I don't believe that all folks who supported Donald Trump are racist. I think that there was a lot of economic anxiety, there was a lot of economic panic. A lot of deep-rooted economic insecurity. I think what Trump did, you know, very astutely, was he tapped into this vein, and he promised them a job.

Kevin de Leon

Clean air shouldn't be a privilege dictated by where you can afford to live but a right to which we are all entitled.

Kevin de Leon

Our State Senate must lead by example, restore trust and transparency, stop sweeping workplace misconduct under the rug, and do everything we can to protect women who work in and around the Capitol.

Kevin de Leon

Seniority means nothing if you don't do anything with it.

Kevin de Leon

Recycling more plastics can help local businesses and expand jobs while supporting the goals of sustainability.

Kevin de Leon

Clean energy isn't just good for the planet; it's good for consumers' monthly utility bills and for the economy.

Kevin de Leon

I wouldn't have voted for the war in Iraq, which has cost us trillions we could have been spending on a carbon-free economy, affordable college, and single-payer health care.

Kevin de Leon

My whole life, I've been told to 'wait my turn' and 'know my place.'

Kevin de Leon

The infrastructure at Union Station is antiquated. High-speed is going to come in eventually. We need to upgrade that system. Every day the Metro comes in, the Amtrak comes in, and they idle their engines for hours, spewing poisonous toxins - all that crap - into the air.

Kevin de Leon

It's incumbent on all of us to remember our history and not repeat our past sins.

Kevin de Leon

Banning plastic bags so that people use paper bags or imported reusable bags that will end up in local landfills soon thereafter is not the only solution to our plastic bag challenge.

Kevin de Leon

I've been surrounded by strong, hardworking women like my mother all my life.

Kevin de Leon

If we do high-speed rail, the governor has to be intelligent and invest the dollars at the 'bookends' - San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Kevin de Leon

Equity and economic justice are now hardwired into all of our climate policies.

Kevin de Leon

Our communities will become more - not less - dangerous when local police officers are pulled from their duties to arrest otherwise law-abiding maids, busboys, and day laborers for immigration violations.

Kevin de Leon

I don't like to move abstract theoretical policies that, on a white paper, sound good. If I wanted to do that, I'd be a professor.

Kevin de Leon

California is the greatest beacon of opportunity the world has ever known. But we didn't get here through years of political seniority - we built it through acts of audacity.

Kevin de Leon

I think there's no such thing as free trade. I think there has to be fair trade.

Kevin de Leon

Cap and trade is an important tool in California's climate policy portfolio. It sends a price signal to industries to reduce their carbon pollution while generating billions of dollars in revenue for investments in clean transportation and direct pollution reduction.

Kevin de Leon

Many foreign students take their California degrees back to their home countries. They become entrepreneurs that develop products that they sell back to us.

Kevin de Leon

From education to the environment, from high wages to health care to human rights, California is proof that progressive policies put into action improve the human condition of all individuals.

Kevin de Leon