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Mervin Evans for Assembly
62th District
PO BOX 71351 Los Angeles CA 90071
323 920-6085-TEL

323-421-9436-FAX

evansforassembly@yahoo.com

Evans Supports President Obama

MERVIN EVANS & Dave Jones-California Insurance Commissioner

Mervin Evans and Dave Jones will fight to make sure that insurers do not take advantage of consumers. They understand that when people pay for insurance, they expect their insurance to be there when they need it.

MERVIN EVANS & Gov. Jerry Brown

Mervin Evans
62nd District * A Middle of the Road Democrat

CANDIDATE STATEMENT

I am Running for Congress in the new 62nd (Steve Bradford) District.

I am not ready to watch far too many Good Californians become homeless while we ship more good paying Jobs out of California. Foolish Tax Policies that are bankrupting California are driving more Small Business concerns out of California.

The 62nd District deserves a Assemblymember who will not only fight for our veterans rights at home, but who also will play an active role in shaping our services for our military members returning from overseas. I am a United States Army Veteran, having served in the 1/10th Air Calvary.

If elected, I will support a 1-Strike 50 Yea Prison Term policy for Sex Crimes against our Kids and 1 Strike 25 Year Prison Term for the Crime of Adult Rape of a Women.

Thank You,

Mervin Evans

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and Merv

Congresswomen Waters and Mervin

Strong Voices for Public Education

Lynette and I attended public schools. Our two kids did as well. I want Every Child in California: clean, modern public schools with a strong curriculum and excellent teachers."

Congresswomen Richardson and Mervin

Support Full funding for our public schools

On a cost-of-living basis, California ranks 44th among all states in per-pupil spending. This is shameful and shortsighted. Investment in education is essential for a strong, job-producing economy. Mervin Evans will work to fully fund our schools.

Councilman Parks and Mervin

Support wiser spending to get full value for our tax dollars

Mervin Evans will push cities and schools to share costs - from libraries to playing fields to school safety. The potential results: better facilities and hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings for public schools.

James Hahn and Mervin
Getting smart about school reform and accountability

Mervin Evans backs education reforms that set high standards and hold schools accountable. But too much valuable class time is wasted in repetitive testing. Let's streamline state and federal rules so teachers can spend more time teaching - and still get the test data needed to improve performance.

Rod Wright and Mervin Evans

Fighting for Jobs and Opportunity

"We can’t let California become a state of only the rich and the poor. We need a true safety net that makes decent housing and quality health care affordable for every family."

Mervin Evans

Building affordable housing

Mervin Evans will advocate for inmates to trade Good Time Credits for working with Habitat for Humanity and other social service groups to help build homes for low-income families.

Congresswomen Watson and Mervin Evans

Treating workers fairly

Raising the minimum wage will help low-income workers provide for their families and stay off welfare. Middle-class workers need help, too. After Merv’s father died, his mom raised four kids on her own. Today, workers are losing pension and health care benefits. Mervin Evans will fight to provide basic security for workers in the new economy.

Training today’s youngsters for tomorrow’s jobs

Mervin Evans wants a bigger role for community colleges in training workers for good jobs. College training programs must be matched to the needs of fast-growing industries. For example: California needs 150,000 more nurses, yet under-funded college nursing programs must turn away thousands of eager, qualified students.

STOPPING RUN-A-WAY PRODUCTION

The entertainment industry is one of the cornerstones of California's unique economy. In L.A. County alone the industry generates more than $35 billion a year in economic activity and hundreds of thousands of jobs. These are clean, non-polluting jobs with good pay and excellent benefits - the kinds of jobs other states, and other countries, are desperate to attract. Unfortunately, their combined efforts to lure entertainment jobs are having a huge impact. California is losing these jobs in record numbers - losses that seriously threaten our economic future.

If California is to meet this challenge, we will need Members of the State Assembly who are knowledgeable about the entertainment industry. Yet of the 120 current legislators only two have entertainment experience - and both are shortly due to be termed out of office.

Mervin Evans has the qualifications, the experience and the commitment to address this crucial issue in Sacramento. He'll be an effective representative for the many thousands of men and women in the 62nd Assembly District who work in this important industry - and for the hundreds of thousands of others who work throughout the state.

Mervin has been a working professional in the entertainment industry for 20 years. As an author of several entertainment and financial titles, he understands the industry from the inside out and can navigate studio offices and sets just as comfortably as he walks the legislative halls in Sacramento. Having worked both below and above the line, Mervin is uniquely qualified to bring together all the key players in the industry, from labor organizations and guilds to producers and studio executives.

Years of experience have taught Mervin that solving the problems of "run-a-way production" will not be easy. California must become more competitive with New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, Louisiana and Canada without spiraling financially out of control to achieve that competitiveness.

Mervin Evans hopes to join with Culver City and Los Angeles political leaders in creating a comprehensive approach to stem the tide. In addition to aggressively exploring economic and tax incentives, we must work to streamline the permitting process and to expand access to public lands for filming.

We must also ardently market California's unique locations in a highly competitive national and international marketplace. Now is not the time to cut state marketing budgets and nationwide outreach to the greater national production community.

Even though the solutions won't be easy, we must get started immediately. Burying our heads in the sand and hoping the problem will go away is a fast track to disaster. We must fight back.

Mervin Evans, Veteran 1/10 Air CAV US ARMY

Mervin Evans, a Veteran listening to and looking out for our Military, our Veterans, and their Families. Making California America’s Most Veteran Friendly State is my first goal. America is engage in 2 foolish wars. California has a special responsibility to support our active duty military service members, reservists, National Guard members and DOD civilian employees, the over 2,087,000 military veterans, and the families of our service members and veterans all of whom call the Golden State their home. Over 8% of US Veterans live in California. I support our veterans, and do so with a passion. Serving as your Congressperson will be the greatest honor in my life and I will dedicate myself to making California and America a better place.

THE MERVIN EVANS PLAN

1.) I oppose Assisted Suicide !

2.) End The Homeless Vet Crisis !

3.) Stop All 1-B-Visa Programs

4.) Vet Education &Vet Job Training !

5.) 100% - Suicide Prevention Management

6.) Fully Fund All VA Medical Service Centers

7.) Reduce the Age for VET Housing

8.) Enhance Services for the Disable-Vet

9.) Step Up Home Ownership Packages

10.) Greater Funding for Vet’s Small Business

Thank You,

Mervin Evans

Stop the Child Molesters !

Lynette Bigelow

Media Affairs Officer
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