Dear Friends and Neighbors,
A happy New Year to all of you.
The new legislative session began this week, and I am excited to get to work on your behalf in my 5th term as your state representative. I thank you for your continued support and your confidence in my work for you.
This year I am continuing my focus on housing and homelessness as chair of the newly renamed Housing, Community Development & Veterans Committee. Along with many other important issues, I will be leading an energized committee to come up with solutions to protect manufactured and mobile homeowners. I very much appreciate all the community stakeholders who are providing valuable and continuous input.
Another area of focus will be on reforming our state’s condominium conversion policies to create new opportunities for affordable homeownership.
Our committee will also work on military and veterans issues, emergency preparedness, and state parks.
I am happy to announce that I am appointed to the Appropriations Committee—an important committee that determines state spending on important programs and government functions. We will write a new two-year budget this year, and my seat on the Appropriations Committee gives me a stronger voice to elevate our values in the budget. I am also returning to the Consumer Protection & Business Committee to make sure our businesses function well.
We have a lot of work ahead of us in this 105-day session. I have a number of ideas about good public policy to work on, but I really want to hear from you.
What are your priorities for me as your representative? How can we make the 32nd Legislative District an even better place to live, work, and raise a family?
I hope you will take a few minutes to complete this brief survey.
I look forward to reading your responses and using your feedback throughout the next few months while I am in Olympia. Stay tuned for my next e-newsletter where I will report back to you about the issues you tell me are important to you.
Thank you,
Cindy