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Katie Porter Duke Nguyen Harley Rouda Congressional California Congressional District 45, Democrat Orange County Sheriff District 48, Democrat

Ứng Cử Viên Cảnh Sát Ứng Cử Viên Quốc Hội Địa Hạt 45 Ứng Cử Viên Quốc Hội Địa Hạt 48 Trưởng Quận Cam The daughter of a farmer and a teacher, Katie Duke Nguyen’s father served in the South A successful businessman and tech Porter saw for herself how the 1980’s farm crisis hurt families and communities. For Vietnamese military and was a prisoner of entrepreneur, Harley Rouda gives back nearly twenty years, she worked as a Consumer war. Subsequently, Duke’s family became to the community by working with Protection Attorney on behalf of consumers refugees in Malaysia. Duke has lived in charities and civic organizations that and families, and also became a law professor Orange County since 1981 when his family seek to end homelessness, domestic at UC Irvine. Katie helped to bring down credit resettled in the U.S. violence, human rights abuses, as well card fees, and made big banks pay the billions as support education for the disadvan- of dollars to the homeowners that they cheated As Sheriff of Orange County, Duke will make during the mortgage crisis. the Sheriff’s department work for all of the taged, and save military jobs. county’s diverse residents, including Katie has the endorsements of Congressmen Vietnamese Americans. Duke will fight Harley has the endorsements of and . She is running systemic corruption, racism, and Congressmen Alan Lowenthal and Lou for Congress to help Vietnamese American Correa. Harley will bring that leadership families by: disenfranchisement. His top priorities are to: to Congress and represent Vietnamese •Creating more jobs and economic Americans by: opportunities, making it easier for first-time • Create community partnerships that home buyers, and passing a family leave plan connect the Sheriff’s department with other •Fighting for human rights and liber- to support people who provide unpaid care for law enforcement agencies, city government ties for all. their loved ones. and community leaders. •Advocating for affordable access to •Investing in public education and • Increase transparency within the higher education and healthcare. expansion of early childhood education department by making more information available to the public. •Supporting immigrants through •Fighting for quality and affordable health comprehensive immigration reform care for all people. • Protect all residents of the County by implementing the use of body cameras and keeping immigrant families •Defending all of us against corporations together. that take unfair advantage of ordinary people, and enforcing safe regulations in issuing and protecting the environment by concealed carry permits. opposing the big oil industry.

PIVOT - the Vietnamese American Progressive Association - was formed to be a collective voice for progressive Vietnamese Americans who seek a just and diverse America. In 2017, PIVOT was established in direct response to a political landscape and physical environment that threatened the human rights and safety of many Americans, particularly disenfranchised populations (e.g., low-income, immigrants and refugees, people of color, LGBTQ populations, and women). Vietnamese Americans with progressive values came together from across the nation, to engage and empower Vietnamese Americans to work towards a better future. Lou Correa Alan Lowenthal California Congressional California Congressional District 46, Democrat District 47, Democrat

Dân Biểu Hoa Kỳ Địa Hạt 46 Dân Biểu Hoa Kỳ Địa Hạt 47

Lou Correa is the son of hardworking immigrants. Through his parents’ hard Alan Lowenthal is serving his third term in Congress. Prior to joining work, and the educational opportunities California offered, Lou was able to join Congress, he was a Professor at Cal State University, Long Beach, and America’s middle class. Lou earned his B.A. in Economics from Cal State held positions in local and state government where he became one of Fullerton, and his Law Degree (J.D.) and M.B.A. from UCLA. Lou has the most respected and effective legislators in Long Beach and represented the Vietnamese American community in the California State Sacramento. As Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Vietnam, Alan Assembly, the California State Senate, and in Congress, where he fights for co-sponsored the “Vietnam Human Rights Act” to withhold any human rights and religious freedom for Vietnam. Lou’s priorities in Congress increase in U.S. non-humanitarian assistance to Vietnam’s government that support Vietnamese Americans are: until it has shown substantial progress toward respecting its citizens’ •Immigration: If you work hard, follow the law, and pay your taxes, you basic rights. Alan also supports policies that promote well-being should have a pathway to American citizenship. among Vietnamese American communities such as: •Education: Education is the key to the American Dream. Let’s keep college •Making education accessible to all, including free community education affordable and let’s reduce college debt for our children. college, reduction of student loan burden, and increasing Science, •Human rights & religious freedom: Continue to fight for human rights and Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) opportunities. religious freedom for all, especially for those in Vietnam. •Ensuring accessible healthcare by protecting the Affordable Care Act and strengthening Medi-Cal and Medicare. Josh Lowenthal Gavin Newsom 72nd State Assembly, Democrat Governor Ứng Cử Viên Thống Đốc Ứng Cử Viên Hạ-Viện Địa Hạt 72 California

is the son of Alan Lowenthal, the Congressman for District 47 Gavin Newsom is serving his second term as California’s Lieutenant Josh Lowenthal Governor after a successful career in the private sector and local and champion of human rights in Vietnam. Josh has had a long successful government. On a wide range of issues, even in the face of opposition track record in tech and telecom startups. He serves as Board President of a from powerful forces, Gavin has always done the right thing, and philanthropic organization that has raised millions of dollars to help homeless sparked sweeping changes when his policies were ultimately accepted children. and replicated across the nation.

To help the Vietnamese American community in Orange County, his priorities As Governor, Gavin will help Vietnamese Americans by: in the legislature are to: •Defending California’s immigrant communities. He recognizes that immigrants are an integral part of California’s economy, culture and •Improve public schools by fully funding our local schools and creating workforce, and has consistently supported legislative efforts to protect accountable systems that will allow parents and students to make informed immigrant workers’ rights. decisions. •Ensuring the right to healthcare for all. As Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin created a program that remains the only citywide and countywide •Create jobs of the future by partnering with the government for innovative universal health program in the nation. businesses. •Protecting California consumers from predatory financial practices. •Protect our environment by cracking down on polluters, safeguarding our Gavin believes California can better safeguard consumer rights and will coastlines in development projects, and increasing access to parks and open work to ensure that California’s government retain oversight of lending space for our residents. in order to protect our citizens. NOV 6 6 THÁNG 11 VOTER GUIDEB N H NG D N C TRI Ả ƯỚ Ẫ Ử