Connie Chan's Working People's Plan
Connie Chan has spent her career fighting for working people in San Francisco. And she has seen time and again how powerful special interests are able to rig the rules to benefit the wealthy and well-connected. Connie is a lifelong public servant. Her partner is a San Francisco firefighter. She’s not backed by big corporations - she’s standing with the working people who are the backbone of San Francisco and America.
When Connie came to America, she lived in a rent controlled one-bedroom apartment with her single mom and younger brother. She learned English attending Galileo High School, a public school, and her mom got the skills to get a good job through classes at City College of San Francisco. Public programs in San Francisco gave her family the opportunity to build a stable life in America.
But, today, it’s never been harder to build and sustain a middle class life – whether in San Francisco or across the nation. For too long, the wealthy and powerful have undermined worker power, built ever-growing corporate monopolies, and shipped good-paying jobs in critical industries far overseas. And too often in Washington, smart policies and effective programs have been undermined or eliminated to pay for tax giveaways for billionaires and sweetheart deals for big corporations. Unsurprisingly, working people are deeply angry because they understand the monopolists and special interests can pay for an army of lobbyists to put a halt to the changes our nation desperately needs. And to top it off, the very foundations of our democracy are under threat, as there has never been a President as willing to rig the rules as Donald Trump.
Connie Chan believes it’s time to do things differently. Washington must stop mortgaging our future for the whims and wants of billionaires and big corporations. Now, more than ever, is the time to fight for an America that puts working people first. Because, our country has always been strongest when we have fair rules for everyone, and everyone has a fair shot at success.
As our Congressmember, Connie will fight to empower working families, support strong communities and economic opportunity, reform a broken tax and budget system, and restore the fundamental rights that make everything else possible.
This plan is for the people of San Francisco and we want to hear from you.
Send us your suggestions, feedback and ideas - because your voice matters to our campaign.
We want to thank the hundreds of neighbors, community members, labor, non-profit and small business leaders, policy experts and every day working people who inspired and contributed to this plan.
Connie is running for Congress to be a voice for all of us.