Katie Porter

Families in bankruptcy, people, victims of predatory lending, families facing foreclosure,

pharmaceutical prices, all of the work I've done my whole career.

But a lot of what I see candidates doing, not just in this race, but across the country, is describing the problem to voters.

Voters know they are already having trouble making ends meet.

So affordability might be like a new talking point for some politicians, but it's been in people's lives for a long time.

And the second thing is pointing the finger at everybody else for affordability.

It's the fault of pharma.

It's the fault of fossil fuel.

It's the fault of – now, look, if you've seen me with or without a whiteboard, you know I'm all about holding those people to account.

But government also can take a big step to give people more money.

And so if we think it takes $100,000 to support a family in California –

If we think that's what it takes, then government can give people more of their money and be part of solving that affordability crisis.

Right.

I don't think that's right.

And I think we're actually agreeing here, which is that it's not one or the other.

The biggest problem Californians have is the cost of housing.

That is the biggest slice of virtually everyone's budget.

That's why housing has been my number one issue, not only in this race for more than a year, but in the Senate race.

I'm focusing on child care costs.

Why?