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hank you for taking a few My campaign is focused on three
moments to learn more about primary goals:
my ideas for building A New I am running to reinvigorate California’s
California. I appreciate your economic potential and help employers
interest in my campaign and create two million new jobs by the
hope my policy agenda will provide you beginning of 2015.
with a better understanding of the type
of governor I hope to be. I am running to rid our state
government of waste, duplication and
This is a very difficult time in our inefficiency so we can get control of
state’s history, but I am still optimistic runaway spending and create long-term
about California’s future. Ronald Reagan fiscal stability.
once said that America is too great for
small dreams. The same is true for our I am running to fix our failing schools
Golden State. so we can give our children the
opportunity to advance up the economic
I am running for governor because ladder and achieve their fullest potential.
I believe everything is still possible in
If you have ideas on how we can
Building California. But to restore the promise
of our state, we must first clean up move California forward, please contact
A the mess in Sacramento. We have to our campaign. We will listen. We want
this campaign to be special, one that
be honest about our problems, offer
New grown-up solutions and put an end to the addresses your concerns and speaks to
your hopes for what A New California
California partisan bickering and hand-wringing that
can be.
is business as usual.
Sincerely,
Meg Whitman
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MEG WHITMAN attends a Veterans Day celebration in Redwood City organized by American Legion Post 105
Water Crisis
Pension Crisis 32 l Establish A Fast-
ON THE HORIZON
8 l CLEANING Up the 27 l Bring Real Welfare Track Parent
Spending Mess in 18 l Meg’s Road Map Reform to California Process for Charter
School Conversion
to 2 Million New
Sacramento
Private-Sector Jobs 28 l Bring More Efficiency
33 l Invest $1 Billion 42 l MEG’S Vision for
by 2015 to State Revenue
in the UC and A New California
CSU Systems
44 l About Meg Whitman
33 l Utilize Alternative
Paths to the
Classroom to
Attract High-Quality
Teachers
ON THE COVER: (From left to right, top to bottom) Meg Whitman at her campaign kickoff rally in Fullerton; Meg Whitman at a Fresno
packing company; Meg Whitman and her Agriculture Coalition Leadership team; Meg Whitman speaks before the Rossmoor Republican
Club, Southern Division; aerial view of Sacramento farmland; Meg Whitman speaks with a young supporter at the Orange County Fair;
photo of Mount Shasta; the California state flag; image of Californian panning for gold; Meg Whitman at the Sacramento GOP Central
Committee Christmas Party; students for Meg at the California Republican Party Convention in Palm Desert; a map of the state of
California; Meg Whitman meets with supporters at a town hall in Orange County.
Meg Whitman is
determined to bring
a new approach to
Sacramento, one
that demands more
efficiency and better
services, one that
requires less spending
and lower taxes, and
one that makes a
renewed commitment to
improving our schools
and creating jobs.
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California in Crisis
CRISIS
Cleaning Up
the Spending Mess in Sacramento
C ALIFORNIA IS DANGEROUSLY
off track. Our unemploy-
ment rate of more than 12
a year and has been estimated to
cost our state nearly four million
new jobs. Forbes magazine, a
California, which was once
admired as the center of innova-
tion and excellence in the world,
percent is at a near record high. must read for corporate decision has now become branded as the
The economic crisis in the state makers, ranks California 39th ungovernable state. While the
has resulted in more than two among states for overregulation. challenges we face are daunt-
million Californians unable to Frivolous litigation presents ing, Meg Whitman believes that
find a job. another obstacle to job growth California’s best days are ahead
The state budget is mired and a higher standard of living. of us.
in annual deficits. The spend- California has the 44th-worst As one of the most effective cor-
ing shortfall over the next lawsuit climate, with more than porate leaders in America,
18 months is estimated to be Meg has learned how to
$20 billion and there is no end “When nearly 80 percent of manage big, complicated
in sight to the red ink and calls Californians are telling us the state organizations. She knows
for higher taxes. Instead of how to motivate people to
making the tough decisions to is headed in the wrong direction,
bring about change. She
solve the structural problems in it is time to try something new. believes in the power of
state government, the politicians I am not a politician with pride of decentralization, local em-
in Sacramento have turned to authorship in failed ideas. I am a powerment and results-
one-time gimmicks and end- driven accountability. Meg
less borrowing. As a result, the leader from the world of business
has a vision to create a
amount of the state budget that and job creation who will be honest stronger, more prosperous
is spent on servicing the debt about what’s needed to rebuild California that is borne
has increased by 143 percent our state.” – Meg Whitman out of the lessons learned
since 2000 and is expected to from working in world-
increase by another 50 percent class businesses such as
in the next five years. This is lost 1.4 million lawsuits filed each eBay, Disney and Hasbro, where
money that pays for the credit year. Rankings like these aren’t if you don’t deliver, you’re shown
card bills of the past instead of trivial. They matter when busi- the door.
staying in the bank accounts of nesses are making choices about
taxpayers and small businesses where to locate their jobs. At eBay, Meg learned how tech-
or being invested in vital state nology and decentralization can
The situation in our schools is be harnessed to deliver powerful
priorities, such as roads, higher just as unacceptable. Despite
education and law enforcement. results. She grew eBay from a
spending nearly half of the state’s start-up with 30 workers to a
Economic growth is the life- budget on education, California’s global company with more than
blood of any state, but employers schools are failing to prepare our 15,000 employees and nearly
are leaving California in droves. kids to compete for the jobs of the $8 billion in revenue.
Last year, the state of California future. By some estimates, only
had 45 percent more business 60 percent of education spending Meg has outlined a bold and
deaths than births, in large part actually reaches the classroom. achievable policy agenda to turn
because the state now has the California’s schools rank in the California around and reclaim
48th-worst business tax climate bottom ten in math, reading and our rightful status as America’s
in America, according to the science scores. We can do dra- Golden State.
Tax Foundation. California’s matically better by our students It starts with creating jobs,
regulatory burden costs small so they can build bright futures cutting spending and fixing
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Building A Meg Whitman has a
New California
plan to prime California’s
economic pump to start
creating jobs immediately.
Meg’s plan will make
California competitive
again with neighboring
states, raise our standard
of living, grow our tax
base and help put an end
to the perpetual budget
problems in Sacramento.
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innovation capital of the world
to Forbes
$
23 BILLION magazine,
California’s
vide marginal tax rate reductions
and make California’s tax system
BILLION debt burden is simpler and fairer. It’s called
the 47th highest grown-up leadership, not a bunch
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JOBS
FAST FACTS
600,000
The number of manufacturing jobs California
4 OF 6
Of the nation’s metro areas with the
has lost since 2000, which equals 32 percent highest foreclosure rates are in California.
of the state’s industrial base.
48TH
The rank of California’s business tax climate.
$500
On average, each California household is
Our key competitors Washington, Nevada and paying about $500 this year to service the
Utah rank in the top 10. state’s debt.
HISTORICAL
DEBT
$2,000
$1,800
$1,600
$1,400
$1,200
PER CAPITA BOND
$1,000
$800
$600
$400
$200
$0
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
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STREAMLINE
AND AS GOVERNOR,
MEG WILL:
PROVIDE A ONE-STOP PATHWAY
TO BUSINESS LICENSING
Right now a new business
REFORM IMPLEMENT A
STRATEGIC TIME-OUT
in California has to navigate a
maze of government bureaucra-
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Amount that the city of Los Angeles There are now more Average number of
spent on litigation-related expenses Californians out of work hours drivers in Los
in 2008, enough money to pay for the than the respective Angeles spend stuck
salaries of 1,271 police officers. populations of 15 states. in traffic per year.
MILLION
SOURCE: 1. United States Chamber of Commerce 2. Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council 2009 Business Survival Index 15
JOBS
of thousands of elite
2/3
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Two-thirds of studio movies are
now made outside of California.
MEG W HIT MA N ’ S P OL I C Y AG E ND A F OR A N EW C ALI FORNI A
JOBS
SOLVE CALIFORNIA’S
WATER CRISIS update our water delivery
system. As a solution to
protecting the Delta’s
Turning our back on the state’s critical environments, a new
ongoing water crisis is turning conveyance system would help
our back on jobs. As a major relieve pressure on the Delta
global supplier and the most while safeguarding California’s
agriculturally productive state water supply.
in the nation, California’s agri-
cultural industry is not one we
can afford to lose because of lack
STRENGTHEN OUR
CONSERVATION EFFORTS
95,000
of political foresight. In order to Meg will call on all Cali- Economists from the
University of California,
remain a leader in agriculture, fornians, urban and rural, Davis forecasted the
we must face the significant residents and industry, to existing drought and
water supply issues that are conserve one of our most water restrictions
currently plaguing our state and important resources. She could cost our already
will be a champion for battered state economy
costing us thousands of jobs. up to $2.8 billion and
Meg is committed to addressing incentives that encourage 95,000 jobs.
California’s water problems and businesses and homeown-
has endorsed the water bond ers to conserve water.
that will appear on the Novem- Meg believes that new
ber ballot. technologies and conservation
strategies are vital to becom-
ing sustainable and that it is
AS GOVERNOR, MEG WILL: important that we continue to
view conservation as part of the
SUPPORT THE “TWO GATES” overall solution.
PROJECT
Meg supports building an PROMOTE THE USE
intermediate solution to increas- OF TECHNOLOGY
ing our state’s water supply. Meg believes that technolo-
The “Two Gates” project pres- gies such as desalination and
ents a viable solution that water recycling must not be
would protect the Delta smelt overlooked as promising solu-
while increasing water flow. tions to our water crisis. As
governor, she will work to reduce
SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION the regulatory barriers that
OF ABOVE AND BELOW-GROUND are preventing California from
WATER STORAGE attracting companies that will
Meg believes that California help build the technology we
needs to make investments in need to sustain a reliable water
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have adequate reserves of water
to address future droughts and
shortages.
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JOBS
Retail
Leisure &
375,000
Hospitality
192,000
Information
Education 65,000
42,000
“My team and I
have dissected the Financial Services
Health Care
California economy, 181,000 Business Services 91,000
identified the growth 250,000
opportunities and constructed a policy
agenda that will put us on a pathway
to the creation of two million jobs by
the beginning of 2015.”
– Meg Whitman
*isIMPORTANT NOTE ON ESTIMATES: The Road Map outlines estimates in growth in employment by industry as an outcome of a full implementation of Meg’s job plan. This
a target estimate only. The figures provided on this page are the result of a detailed economic and policy analysis but are intended only as initial estimates. No expert
or group of experts can accurately predict or guarantee the future, and the exact state and federal policy environment California will face over the next four to five years, as
well as the condition of the global economy, is always uncertain. These estimates are a goal that the Whitman Administration will aggressively pursue. Actual sector-by-
sector numbers may evolve over time as conditions change. A strong overall net growth in California jobs will be the Whitman administration’s top priority.
REGULATORY REFORM
Implement Strategic Time-Out New Regulations
Perform Cost Analysis of New Regulations
Harmonize Regulatory Authority
Modernize Workers’ Comp Reforms
Review AB 32
Improve Workplace Flexibility
End Lawsuit Abuse
Provide One-Stop Business Licensing
Manufacturing
Agriculture
Construction
Information
Health Care
Hospitality
Financial
Services
Business
Services
Education
Leisure &
Retail
All Other*
18.0%
TARGET INCREASE IN INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
16.0%
14.0%
12.0%
10.0%
8.0%
6.0%
4.0%
2.0%
0.0%
Agriculture Construction Manufac- Retail Information Financial Business Health Care Education Leisure & All Other*
turing Services Services Hospitality
Meg’s jobs plan is designed to return our state to full employment. This is an ambitious
goal, but it can be accomplished if California reforms its tax, regulatory and statutory
policies with an eye toward fostering innovation and entrepreneurship. Washington, D.C.
must also play a role, by supporting fiscal policies that lead to the creation of new jobs.
To put Meg’s jobs goal in perspective, there are approximately 1.3 million small
businesses in California. If each one of them created just one new job, Meg would
be two-thirds of the way to her goal.
Unlike others in politics who simply make promises, Meg Whitman has a detailed
strategy to create good new jobs. Meg and her team have analyzed California’s
economy and have created a sector-by-sector strategy for job creation.
Construction
Manufacturing
Information
Health Care
Hospitality
Financial
Services
Business
Services
Education
Leisure &
Retail
All Other*
As Governor,
Meg Will:
Control the
✓ Rapid Growth
in State Spending
Solve California’s
✓ Pension Crisis
Bring Efficiency
✓ to State Revenue
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SPENDING
Cut Spending
The bottom line: Over the last decade California government
“State government is more
spending has grown out of control. Meg has outlined
several areas of the budget where $15 billion of spending than 20 years behind
reductions can ultimately be realized. This will be hard Silicon Valley in terms
work, requiring tough decisions. But Meg Whitman has of utilizing modern
the real-world management skills to bring a new approach
technology to drive
to governing that requires accountability, efficiency and a
“do more, do better with less” mentality. efficiencies and lower
costs. We’re going to make
Control the Rapid Growth Sacramento catch up.”
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SPENDING
PERCENTAGE OF
GENERAL FUND REVENUES
12%
11.0%
9%
9.1%
8.0%
6.9%
6%
4.3%
3%
3.5%
0%
2000
2005
2010
2011
2012
2013
The State Legislature has become a bill factory. During 2009, the Legislature introduced
more than 2900 bills, constitutional amendments and resolutions: 893 bills were passed
and 652 were signed into law. One of them regulated the reduction in the size of cow tails.
$150
$138.1
$125
$130.0
$124.7
$122.4
$119.6
$100
$107.6
$106.8
$104.2
$99.2
$96.4
$75
$84.9
BUDGET CRISIS
$75.3
CALIFORNIA
$50
$25
$0
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
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SPENDING
QUIZ
California’s state Fraud Commission to significantly
accounting computer We all restructure and reduce the num-
software systems are: suspect that ber of government agencies,
some California commissions and boards that
A) State of the art government constitute state government.
services are There are hundreds of separate
B) 5-10 years old rife with fraud government bureaucracies in
and abuse. Meg state government. Meg will look
C) More than 20 years will elevate to eliminate duplication, waste
old and out of date the importance and inefficiency throughout the
of rooting out state’s bureaucracy.
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workforce of 356,000. Through
voluntary retirements, approxi-
mately 40,000 state workers will
$1.2BILLION
California paid $1.2 billion in federal penalties over the
last decade because it could not put together an efficient
computer system to collect child support payments.
leave state government over
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the next four years. Meg will California state government owns or leases
institute a flexible hiring freeze
to slow down new hiring and
over 30 million square feet of office space,
reduce the state workforce back MILLION the equivalent of 10 Empire State Buildings.
to its 2004-2005 levels. The hir-
70%
ing freeze will not apply to most
A recent poll found that 70 percent of Californians
public safety workers, but it will
be an effective way to rein in the believed that at least 20 percent of the state budget was
costs of the bureaucracy. Meg wasted through duplication of services and inefficiencies.
believes this reform will save
the state more than $3 billion a
year. To put the size of the state’s
spent an aver-
The state of California employs
bureaucracy in perspective, age of $11,627 more people than the active duty
there will still be over 313,000 per inmate. personnel in the U.S. Navy.
state government workers after New York spent
Meg reduces the workforce $5,757. Florida
through her hiring freeze back spent $4,720
to 2004-2005 levels. This is and Pennsylvania contributes to the bureaucratic
enough people to fill every one spent $4,418. Meg will malaise that hangs over state
of California’s five Major League work to reduce the costs of pro- government and prevents ef-
Baseball stadiums and the Rose viding health care to prisoners. ficiencies from taking hold. Meg
Bowl. Meg believes the key to will take active steps to reduce
improved efficiency is not hiring Stop Running America’s the number of lawyers on the
more state workers but, rather, Largest Law Firm state payroll as part of her flex-
making better use of the workers It’s hard to believe, but ible hiring freeze.
we have now. California state government
employs twice as many lawyers Reform Civil Service Laws
Reform Health Care as the largest law firm in the and Institute Merit Pay
Spending on Prison Inmates nation. This does not include for State Workers
California spends twice as all the outside lawyers who are Right now, eligible state
much to provide health care to hired for even more legal work. workers automatically receive
prisoners compared to other large The roughly 3,400-strong lawyer annual pay raises unless
states. In 2008-2009, California force inside state government their manager has chronicled
a strong case for why their
LAWYERS IN CALIFORNIA STATE GOVERNMENT work has been inferior. Meg
VS. THE LARGEST LAW FIRMS IN THE UNITED STATES believes the standard should
be reversed, with state workers
4,000 having to show that their work
3,400 has been worthy of an increase
3,500
in pay. She will pursue an over-
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2,000 1,758
1,699
1,554
1,500 In the middle
of last year’s
1,000
budget crisis,
500 government bureaucrats
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spent $45 million
GOVERNMENT TRAURIG GATES on new cars.
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Solve California’s
Pension Crisis
C alifornia
currently
has between
The CalPERS
building in
$60 billion and Sacramento cost
$100 billion $265 million
of unfunded to build.
state employee
retirement
liabilities that
are owed by
the taxpayers.
This crisis
has to be ad-
dressed to
protect the
retirement se-
curity of state
workers and
to make it pos-
sible to fix the
budget mess in
Sacramento.
AS
GOVERNOR,
55 to 65 for most state employees Support Paycheck
MEG WILL:
who work outside the public Protection
Institute a Defined safety sector. In addition, Meg Meg supports union members
Contribution Plan for believes there should be longer having direct control over how
New State Workers vesting periods and a prohibition their dues money is spent on
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retirement system that would solvency of state pensions and to
keep the existing defined benefit reduce the burden on taxpayers.
plan in place for current state
workers, while adopting a more
flexible 401(k)-style defined
contribution plan for new hires. “We must align our retirement programs for state workers
This would align the retirement
savings program available to
with those that are available to workers in the private sector.
state workers with what most It is simply unfair to ask one worker doing the same job in the
private-sector workers receive
from their employers today. private sector to pay higher taxes to fund the more generous
Raise the Retirement Age benefits of his or her counterpart in government.”
for State Employees
Meg also believes that the re-
tirement age for receiving a full
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lottery invest unclaimed prizes
Bring More Efficiency and interest income in better
technology.
to State Revenue Consolidate Duplicative
Tax Collection Agencies
California’s many taxes are
the state budget and California’s collected by three principal
taxpayers. Furthermore, the departments, which should
“We are going to have to skinny- federal government has failed to be merged to gain efficiencies,
down state government with adequately invest in California’s eliminate redundancies, improve
transportation network, a vital revenue prediction and, most
major reductions in spending part of our nation’s international importantly, make it easier for
and bureaucracy. But there is trade infrastructure. people to deal with the
Our state has the
50%
also money that is being left on state bureaucracy.
most powerful con- Today, the Franchise
the table because we don’t get gressional delegation Tax Board collects
in Washington. Meg personal income and
a fair return on the dollars we Of the 38 million
will work closely corporate taxes, the
send to Washington.” with Democratic people living in
Board of Equalization
and Republican California, 144,000 collects business sales
– Meg Whitman congressional lead- are paying almost and use taxes, prop-
ers and leverage the 50 percent of the erty taxes, and excise
state’s political and state’s personal and special taxes,
economic resources income taxes. and the Employment
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“We need to have California be what it once was and I think
we can do it. Let’s say what we mean, mean what we say
and let’s get it done.” - Meg Whitman
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EDUCATION
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Meg Whitman
on Fixing
California’s
Schools
C
alifornia’s long-term economic viability
and competitiveness is directly connected EDUCATION SPENDING
to the quality of the education system in IN CALIFORNIA
our state. The state that is home to Silicon Valley
is 43rd in science. That’s unacceptable. California
has to do a better job of educating our kids. If our
schools don’t improve, our prisons will continue
to be overcrowded, welfare costs will continue to
spiral upward, and we will lose our ability to be a
40%
Goes to
60%
Reaches the
center of innovation. Our tax base will shrink fur- bureaucracy classroom
ther, putting more burdens on working families and overhead
who will end up paying far more in taxes for infe-
rior government services. It’s a cycle that must be
reversed, and it has to start with game-changing
education reform.
Meg is setting a goal of moving the state’s test
scores from near worst in the nation to the front
of the class.
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EDUCATION
REWARD OUTSTANDING
TEACHERS
California is ranked 48th in Reading and 45th in Math scores
To attract high-quality pro-
fessionals into teaching and to
reward those teachers who are do-
ing an excellent job in our schools, READING
Meg will institute a system that
provides special bonuses to high- 250
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California’s schools.
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Meg will eliminate California’s
cap on charter schools. There is
no need to have an artificial bar- 210
rier in place to limit the options
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2002
2003
2005
2007
for utilizing them more fully to
create competition in the public
school system.
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2005
2007
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EDUCATION
UC SCHOOLS REPRESENT
SIX OF THE TOP 15
PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN AMERICA
SCHOOL
RANK
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Meg Whitman’s focus
on jobs, spending
and education will put
California in the strongest
possible position to
deal with longer-term
challenges like rebuilding
our ailing infrastructure
and reforming our
complicated tax system.
Those additional
issues are:
SECURING
OUR BORDER
PROTECTING THE
ENVIRONMENT
FIGHTING CRIME
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Securing Our Border to
Stop Illegal Immigration
Meg Whitman supports tough,
common-sense immigration reform
that will strengthen border security.
– Meg Whitman
Meg is 100%
opposed to any
form of amnesty.
As governor, she
will advocate for
a comprehensive
federal immigration
solution that secures
the border.
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ENVIRONMENT
AS GOVERNOR, MEG WILL: is time for the federal government to alleviate these
costs and promote responsible environmental poli-
■ SUPPORT CALIFORNIA’S 33 PERCENT cies in and around our port communities.
RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD
Meg supports California’s landmark renewable ■ TREAD CAREFULLY ON COASTAL DRILLING
energy requirements. She believes that promoting There is no more defining feature in California
clean sources of energy, such as solar, wind and than the Pacific Coast. The coastline and our beach-
biomass, will help create green tech jobs in addi- es are a state and national treasure. They must
tion to providing for a cleaner environment and less always be protected. Meg opposes any new drilling
dependence on fossil fuels. off California’s coast until new technologies can be
completely proven to minimize the environmental
■ ESTABLISH A CLEAN PATHWAY FOR NEW impact of extracting oil and gas reserves. While
SOURCES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY Meg is open to a careful and thoughtful process that
A key to bringing more clean power online in
explores and evaluates the potential future use of
California is adequate transmission. Meg under-
new and safer drilling technologies, she opposes
stands California’s energy infrastructure needs and
new drilling until such technology is proven.
will work to provide a clean pathway for renewable
projects by removing the regulatory barriers that ■ BRING CEQA INTO THE 21ST CENTURY
are causing delays in the construction of new trans- In order to ensure that California meets its
mission lines. ambitious environmental and energy targets, while
■ INSTITUTE TOUGHER POLLUTER ENFORCEMENT allowing for renewed economic growth, Meg will
Meg will impose tougher financial penalties and modernize the California Environmental Quality
more rigorous enforcement of California’s environ- Act (CEQA). While protecting California’s environ-
mental laws that are deemed to be effective by her mental standards, Meg will work to update the law
90-day regulatory review and Sunset Commission. to ensure that vital infrastructure and energy proj-
ects are not stalled due to redundant reviews and
■ PROMOTE CLEAN-AIR overly bureaucratic processes. This will help Cali-
TRANSPORTATION POLICIES fornia secure its position as the clean tech leader in
Meg will lead a comprehensive campaign against the world and bring green projects online sooner.
smog-related illnesses, such as childhood asthma,
by promoting sound transportation policies. These ■ TAKE A NEW LOOK AT NUCLEAR ENERGY
policies will reduce traffic congestion, increase the As we continue to diversify our electricity supply
federal government’s investment in new port in- while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, we should
frastructure, and provide loan guarantees and tax not shut the door on nuclear energy. It is time to
incentives for port electrification, including electric have a smart and honest discussion about nuclear
trucks and new technologies for road and rail energy and its contributions. As California grows,
transportation. California is a major hub for goods so will our need for a reliable supply of clean energy.
that are exported to the United States. We are cur- This means that we need to look at a basket of en-
rently shouldering the pollution burden related to ergy solutions. Nuclear energy, which does not emit
the flow of international trade through our ports. It CO2, should be considered. n
“ When I travel the state and visit with leaders in the green tech industry, I see a vision where our
state, blessed with the most beautiful environmental treasures in the world, will lead America
forward in fostering the leap-ahead technologies that will break our dependence on foreign oil
and make our economy stronger.” – Meg Whitman
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“I am going to be a tough-on-crime governor.
Our first priority has to be keeping our communities safe.
We’re not going to let criminals go free early because some
politicians in Sacramento are unwilling to cut other areas
of the budget. I am drawing a line in the sand when it
comes to early release.” – Meg Whitman
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On The Horizon:
A New California
Meg Whitman is running for governor to help write the next chapter in our
state’s great history. She does not accept the fate the doomsayers want to lay at our
doorstep. Meg understands the magnitude of the changes that are required to rebuild
California. None of this will be easy, but nothing important and worth doing ever is.
The special interests who are vested in the failed status quo in Sacramento are not
going to like Meg’s policy agenda. They are going to campaign hard against her reform
ideas, but Meg isn’t running to make them happy. She is in this race to fix a state
teetering on the edge of financial collapse. She is in this race to grow jobs and raise
the standard of living in our state. She is in this race to fix our failing schools and to
foster the next technological revolution in the fields of alternative energy, biotech and
advanced manufacturing. This is an important campaign for California’s future. It’s a
campaign grounded in principle and big ideas. Let the debate begin.
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MEG WHITMAN
lists and about how she
national could lend her
magazine experiences to
covers. help. In Feb-
Time ruary 2009,
ranked she announced
her among her candidacy
the world’s to become
most California’s
influential next governor.
people. “We’ve got to
Fortune focus – we’ve
ranked her got to cre-
as the most ate jobs, cut
powerful spending, and
woman in business in 2004 and has also worked on behalf of invest in fixing our educational
2005. And BusinessWeek listed local elected candidates and has system,” Meg says.
her among business’s top manag- personally contributed to and Meg has committed her ener-
ers year after year. participated in numerous “get gy, her trademark optimism and
Meg’s widely regarded leader- out the vote” efforts on behalf her belief in fiscal restraint to
ship and organizational skills of congressional and legislative the challenge of rebuilding Cali-
attracted attention beyond busi- candidates. fornia. She has done so with the
ness. As the leader of a global Meg traveled the nation and full support of her family, which
company that created a huge spoke with voters. During these is her greatest source of pride.
number of jobs, Meg developed campaigns, she saw a critical Meg and her husband, Griff,
strong ideas about the ingredi- need for more focused problem a neurosurgeon at Stanford
ents for 21st-century success at solving in government by those Hospital, have been married for
every scale, from small business with the tools to lead and the nearly 30 years. Their two sons
to the corporate level, from local willingness and independence are now young adults. Meg and
to state to national government. to challenge the status quo. Her her family are ardent outdoor
Governor Mitt Romney asked decade at the helm of eBay came enthusiasts who love hiking, ski-
Meg to serve as his National to a close just as California’s ing, fly-fishing and enjoying all
Finance Co-Chair during the growing economic crisis was of California’s natural treasures.
2008 presidential primary cam- unfolding. Job losses, undisci- “If we let California fail, we all
paign. After Gov. Romney exited plined spending and the declin- fail,” she says. “And we love Cali-
the race, Senator John McCain ing performance of California’s fornia too much to let it fail. We
asked Meg to serve as National schools were deeply troubling to have to work together to make it
Co-Chair for McCain-Palin. Meg Meg, and she thought carefully the place of our dreams again.” n
“I have a unique skill set that fits the dire times of our state. I have been blessed to
have worked in some of the very best businesses in the world. I understand how
to manage change. I have been tested under fire, time and again. I know how to
negotiate, build consensus, develop a strategic vision and maintain the focus and
commitment to see it through. I want to build A New California, a state that will
reward hard work and entrepreneurship, a state that has the best schools in the
nation, the smartest government, and above all else, the highest quality of life
in the world. My vision for A New California is ambitious, but with your help
I know we can do the job. I would be honored to have your support and vote to be
the next governor of our great state.”
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