Mr. Schiff has served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 2001. His opponent is former Padres player Steve Garvey.
SAN DIEGO — With less than two weeks until Election Day, voters here in the Golden State are turning their attention to California’s U.S. Senate race.
The seat previously held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein is currently up for grabs.
Former Padres player and Republican Steve Garvey will face Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff.
Related video: Full interview with Adam Schiff
Mr. Schiff has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2001.
He said increasing the availability of affordable housing is a top priority.
“I support a dramatic expansion of the low-income housing tax credit, which would result in the construction of hundreds of thousands of new homes, if we were to make it happen,” Schiff said on CBS 8. “We need to build more housing supply.” Lower housing prices. ”
Schiff also called housing affordability and homelessness “twin crises” that need to be addressed together.
“We can spend billions of dollars moving people off the streets and into shelters, but if we don’t build new housing, we’re just going to displace new people onto the streets.” he added. “We also need to make sure that when we put people in shelters, they get the mental health treatment they need and the substance abuse treatment they need, otherwise they won’t be able to remain in our care. you can’t.”
In addressing the border crisis, Schiff is calling for more resources, including more personnel, to provide security and said it is essential to process asylum claims more quickly. Building a system currently takes up to five years or more. It often leads to deportation.
“This is a terrible system,” Schiff said, “so we can quickly and appropriately adjudicate these claims and say, yes, they are eligible to remain, or no, they are not eligible to remain. We need to help people understand that this is a big problem and part of the solution. ”
Mr. Schiff also spoke out about the transnational wastewater crisis affecting the South Bay.
“This is a first-class environmental disaster,” he said.
With tens of millions of gallons of sewage flowing across the U.S.-Mexico border every day, he’s calling on the federal Environmental Protection Agency to get more involved on the issue.
“Most importantly, we are fixing these problems by repairing these processing facilities and making sure that the Mexican processing facility is back up and running and making sure that the U.S. side facility is fully operational and functioning.” That means we need to ramp up our resources to be able to do that!”
Earlier this month, I also interviewed Schiff’s opponent, former Dodgers and Padres player Steve Garvey.
Related video: Full interview with Steve Garvey
