JJ Galvez is running for California State Assembly District 71 with a platform built around affordability, economic opportunity, government responsiveness, quality of life, and community safety. The sections below summarize proposals and priorities published by his campaign. They describe campaign positions, not laws that have already been enacted.
New to the race? Start with Who Is JJ Galvez? for his background, or the California Assembly District 71 Election 2026 guide for the full race. See also JJ Galvez for State Assembly District 71.
1. Cost of Living
The Galvez campaign treats affordability as its central economic theme. It argues that state policy should address major household costs directly rather than focusing on a single expense. The campaign groups housing, transportation, insurance, childcare, and healthcare under its cost-of-living agenda.
2. Housing
On housing, the campaign proposes lowering construction costs, including the idea of state-negotiated volume discounts for building materials, while using incentives to encourage more affordable housing construction. The platform also calls for curbing real-estate speculation by private-equity and foreign cash-based investors. The campaign does not present these ideas as enacted programs. They are proposals that would require legislative details and, in some cases, cooperation from state agencies or private-sector participants.
3. Transportation
Galvez proposes freezing increases in the state gas tax, investing in what his campaign describes as practical public transportation, and bringing more jobs to Riverside County so fewer residents need to make long commutes. The campaign connects transportation costs with both household affordability and regional job availability.
4. Home Insurance and Wildfire Risk
The campaign proposes linking home-insurance discounts to fire-mitigation investments and changing the insurance market with the stated goal of increasing competition. This policy area is closely connected to Galvez’s focus on wildfire-prone communities, including his home area of Silverado Canyon.
5. Healthcare Costs
Galvez proposes using state purchasing power to seek lower prescription-drug prices, streamlining credentialing to increase the healthcare workforce, and working with regulators on pricing. His campaign presents healthcare as both an affordability issue and a workforce-capacity issue.
6. Childcare
The platform calls for expanding early-childhood and after-school care, training more caregivers, and encouraging employer support for childcare. The campaign frames childcare costs as part of the broader challenge of making it easier for families to work and remain in California.
7. Education and Career Preparation
Galvez supports teacher development and continuing training, affordable pathways through community colleges and skilled trades, and classroom approaches that use artificial intelligence to support critical thinking rather than replace it. His campaign also promotes career pathways in fields it describes as more resilient to automation, including skilled trades, teaching, and caregiving.
8. Small Businesses and Local Economic Opportunity
The campaign proposes streamlined permitting, temporary tax relief for local businesses, hiring incentives, and improved access to capital. It also says an Assemblymember should work with city councils, school boards, planning commissions, and other local bodies to help the district compete for state grants and programs.
9. Community Safety
Galvez describes community safety as a combination of civil-rights protections, appropriate and effective law enforcement, and readiness for emergencies. The campaign does not present safety only as a crime-policy issue. It also includes natural-disaster prevention, response, and recovery.
10. Wildfires, Floods, Earthquakes, and Landslides
Natural hazards are a distinct part of the Galvez platform. His campaign notes that communities in District 71 face earthquakes, wildfires, floods, and landslides. It calls for prevention, preparedness, emergency response, and recovery measures intended to reduce damage and help residents after destructive events.
11. Quality of Life and Development
The campaign argues that adding housing and economic opportunity should be balanced with concerns about wildlands, traffic, fire risk, water, air quality, and energy costs. This part of the platform emphasizes managing growth while preserving the characteristics that residents value in District 71 communities.
How Detailed Are the Proposals?
The campaign website provides a policy framework and several specific ideas, but many proposals would still require bill language, fiscal analysis, committee review, and votes in the Legislature before they could become state policy. Readers comparing candidates should distinguish between campaign goals, introduced legislation, and laws already in effect. Our California Assembly District 71 Election 2026 guide summarizes the themes of both campaigns side by side.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the main theme of JJ Galvez’s 2026 platform?
Affordability is a central theme, combined with jobs, small-business opportunity, education, quality of life, and community safety.
What does JJ Galvez propose on housing?
His campaign calls for lowering construction costs, encouraging affordable housing development, and limiting certain forms of speculative investment.
What does his campaign say about AI and jobs?
It supports preparing workers for technological change and expanding pathways into careers the campaign describes as more resilient to automation.
Does JJ Galvez discuss wildfire preparedness?
Yes. Wildfires, floods, earthquakes, landslides, prevention, and emergency response are part of his published community-safety agenda.
Are these policies already law?
No. This article summarizes proposals and priorities published by the campaign. Legislative proposals would require the normal lawmaking process to take effect.
