Sara Jacobs
Bio | Sara Jacobs is the Founder and Chair of San Diego for Every Child: The Coalition to End Child Poverty. She has also served on the boards of many organizations including the board of Equality California as well as served in policy positions at the State Department level. |
Status and Position | Current US House of Representatives of California |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, California |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election CA-53 | CA-53 | Yes | Running | 38.0% |
Campaign Financing | Jacobs' funding came from private donors; her campaign did not accept any corporate donations or contributions from federal or corporate lobbyists. Source:https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2020&id=CA53 |
Voting Rights | Jacobs supports voting rights for all and supports federal legislation restoring rights for formerly incarcerated people. Source: https://sarajacobsforca.com/criminal-justice-reform |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | Jacobs supports Medicare for all, working to make healthcare more affordable. Jacobs believes in accessible health care for all people and that a strong public role in health care is essential for this. Source: https://sarajacobsforca.com/health-care |
| Socialized Healthcare | For | Jacobs stands behind a strong public role in health care. Source: https://sarajacobsforca.com/health-care |
| Private Healthcare | For | Although a proponent for socialized heathcare, she does not feel that there is a need to ban private health care. Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/story/2020-01-31/q-a-sara-jacobs-candidate-for-the-53rd-congressional-district |
| LGBT Rights | For | Jacobs supports both the Equality Act and the Do No Harm Act. She also supports the Student Non-Discrimination Act. Jacobs wants to create nlegislation that would protect the LGBTQ community from discrimination and ensure equal rights for the community. Source: https://sarajacobsforca.com/lgbtq-rights |
| Taxes | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. |
| Abortion | For | Jacobs supports Pro-Choice legislation. She's stated that there's a need to codify Roe v. Wade into law. Jacobs is a strong proponent for reproductive health and protecting women's rights. Source: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/179414/sara-jacobs & https://sarajacobsforca.com/health-care |
| Gun Control | For | Jacobs supports comprehensive federal background check legislation and banning of assault weapons. She also supports the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Jacobs emphasis the violence that has occured at schools as well as the link between gun violence and domestic violence. Source: https://sarajacobsforca.com/gun-violence-prevention |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. Jacobs emphasis the violence that has occured at schools as well as the link between gun violence and domestic violence. Source: https://sarajacobsforca.com/gun-violence-prevention |
| Government Interference | For | Jacobs supports federal intervention on a range of topics, like criminal justice reform and healthcare. https://sarajacobsforca.com/issues |
| Planned Parenthood | For | Jacobs supports Planned Parenthood and reproductive health. Source: https://sarajacobsforca.com/health-care |
| Welfare | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Against | Jacobs believes in changing mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent, low-level drug arrests. Source: https://sarajacobsforca.com/criminal-justice-reform |
| Military Spending | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. |
| War on Terrorism | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic, though she has stated that she wants to refocus the Defense Department to the threats of the future. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | For | Jacobs wants to rebuild the U.S's foreign policy by re-entering the Paris Climate Accords, funding the State Department, and USAID. However, she wants to repeal 2002 AUMF. Source: https://sarajacobsforca.com/american-leadership-world & https://sarajacobsforca.com/environment |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Jacobs stance is unclear. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. |
| Free Markets | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. |
| Brexit | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. |
| Government Spending | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance. |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. |
| Common Core | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. |
| Clean Energy | For | Jacobs supports the Green New Deal, the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. Jacobs believes that there needs to be a transition to an entirely clean energy economy by 2030. Source: https://sarajacobsforca.com/environment |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. |
| Slavery Reparations | For | Jacobs believes in Congresswoman Barbara Lee's proposal to establish the first U.S Commission on Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation and H.R 40 to establish the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. Source: https://sarajacobsforca.com/racial-justice |
| Border Control | Nuance | Jacobs supports border security by instituting measure to increase efficiency and transit across borders. Source: https://sarajacobsforca.com/immigration Jacobs views strict closing of borders as inefficient and having very negative consequences for U.S and Tijuana's economy. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. |
| DACA | For | Jacobs wants to pass a clean DREAM act. Source: https://sarajacobsforca.com/immigration |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | Jacobs has not made a stance on this topic. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | For | Jacobs supports federal decriminalization of cannabis. Source: https://sarajacobsforca.com/criminal-justice-reform |