Orange CountyCandidate for Supervisor, District 3Short Term

Loretta grew up in a working class family and she has been on the forefront of helping expand opportunities for employees. She has worked with business and labor to negotiate better working conditions and better wages and benefits. She believes healthy, happy employees drive up productivity and have positive benefits to a company’s bottom line.

During her time in Congress, Loretta created the Congressional Regulatory Review Caucus. This bipartisan caucus was created to provide a forum to review the merits and goals of existing and proposed regulations on businesses and the work environment.

As a former financial analyst, Loretta is uniquely situated to help local businesses as they struggle to grow and thrive in our communities. She has fought for small business loans and against tax increases, and she voted for provisions that expand investments and encourage entrepreneurship.

Ms. Sanchez brought hundreds of millions of dollars for basic research to our universities in OC. This in turn has created many new starts in bio-tech, bio-med, and info—each industries in our county.

Congresswoman Sanchez will continue to work with labor and business to create a level playing field for all of us to succeed in our new economy.

Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez has led on the environmental front for the people of Orange County. During her time in Congress she secured almost $400 million to build the Groundwater Replenishment Water System allowing all water in the central and north area of OC to be recycled. As a result, residents have lower water rates and water security for the future.

Ms. Sanchez has worked on securing more natural habitat for the future enjoyment of Orange County residents. She has secured funds to dredge the Newport Back Bay to ensure that natural wetlands are secured for the future.

She secured the monies to clean up the El Toro Marine Base before it was handed over to the county and the City of Irvine.

Loretta worked with UCI to fund a state of the art Climate Change Water Program. She believes we must all do our part to reverse climate change to protect our planet for our children.

Ms. Sanchez has been working with California's new tech companies to develop programs to "green" our buildings. Not only will we protect our environment, but we will create the new well-paying jobs of the future as well.

Congresswoman Sanchez has taken an active role in helping children gain access to health services through School-Based Health Centers and supporting the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

Loretta was the only "yes" vote from Orange County to support the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which removed "pre-existing conditions and life time insurance limits" on anyone who has a healthcare plan. Her work enabled over 10,000 uninsured Orange County residents to be able to afford a healthcare policy.

Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez worked with Congressman Patrick Kennedy to pass the Mental Health Parity Act, which ensures if you have a health insurance plan it must cover mental health services.

Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez believes much of our homelessness in OC derives from three issues: the high cost of housing, the inability for our current Board of Supervisors to implement mental health parity and a system to deliver help to those in need, and a lack of a safety net when an illness financially affects a family.

Watching the homeless encampments pop up and grow in many of our cities, Sanchez refused to ignore it. She has been working (pro bono) with WISEPlace, a transitional women’s shelter, to raise money to build a permanent apartment building of 30 micro units (168 sq ft) to rent to (subsidized) unaccompanied, single women. These are the most vulnerable of those out on the streets and Sanchez is co-chair of that capital campaign.

Ms. Sanchez plans to address and work on the housing crisis, mental health parity and to make our healthcare system of delivery more accessible to Orange County residents.