Smart growth. Safe communities.
Sound government.
California Leadership Today evaluates candidates for office across Sacramento, Orange County, and the cities where housing, safety, and budget decisions actually get made — rating them on their positions and voting records, not their promises.
Four issues, one standard: where do they actually stand?
We evaluate every candidate’s public positions and voting record against the same test — do they build housing, protect budgets, keep neighborhoods safe, and hold government accountable to the people who fund it.
Pro-Housing & Development
CEQA streamlining · Entitlement reform · Housing element complianceWe evaluate candidates on their record of supporting faster, more predictable approvals for the housing California needs — cutting the procedural delay that turns a two-year project into a ten-year one, without lowering community standards.
Fiscal Responsibility
Structural deficits · Pension liabilities · Tax policyWe evaluate candidates on whether their budgets live within their means — backing those who close structural deficits honestly instead of deferring them, and who oppose tax increases used to paper over mismanagement.
Public Safety
Homelessness policy · Retail & property crime · Emergency responseWe evaluate candidates on their record on safe streets and functioning emergency services — the baseline for everything else a city does — measuring results, not just intentions.
Government Transparency
Brown Act · Public Records Act · Conflict-of-interest disclosureWe evaluate candidates on their record of making decisions in public, making records available on request, and standing accountable for their votes — not relying on procedural workarounds that keep constituents in the dark.
One standard, applied to candidates at every level of California government.
California Leadership Today is a recipient committee registered with the California Secretary of State, built to evaluate candidates for office on their positions and records — a legislative candidate in Sacramento, a county candidate in Orange County, a city council or planning commission candidate in a single district.
- Statewide policyEvaluating statewide and legislative candidates on their votes and positions on legislation and ballot measures moving through Sacramento.
- Orange County engagementEvaluating county and regional candidates on their record on housing supply, infrastructure, and growth policy across the county’s cities.
- Local involvementEvaluating city council and planning commission candidates on the entitlement and budget decisions where local policy is actually set.
- Registered & compliantFiled with the CA Secretary of State (ID# 1477310) in full compliance with state campaign finance and disclosure requirements.
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