What we all want is public safety. We don't want rhetoric that's framed through ideology.

I've had the good fortune and blessing to run for the offices for which I really wanted to do the work.

What's important for my daughter to know is that... if you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well.

I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.

To change criminal justice policy in any meaningful way means to propose changing a very longstanding system. It's not realistic to think you can do it overnight.

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

In every work environment, there will be politics. If you really want to rise to the top, you need to figure out what those politics in your workplace are. Then, you hook it in. You decide what conforms and what does not conform to your personal code.