California should be bold enough to guarantee healthcare, universal preschool, and strong public schools.

Scott believes California should once again lead with ambition. Healthcare should be a right. Universal preschool should be our expectation. Public schools should be strong enough to provide opportunity for every child. Scott’s perspective here is both personal and professional: he worked in the Obama White House during the fight to pass the Affordable Care Act, his wife Melinda is a public school teacher and union member, and their children attend the same public elementary school where Scott and Melinda first met as kids.

Scott’s Record

• Served in the Obama White House while the administration was fighting to pass the Affordable Care Act.

• Married to a classroom teacher who is part of the local teachers union, with kids who attend public schools.

• Has built strong relationships with educators and labor and supported public school workers, including during labor fights affecting his own household and community.

• Has consistently tied affordability, schools, childcare, housing, and healthcare together because families experience them together, not as separate silos.

What Scott will fight for in the State Senate

• Strengthen Medi-Cal, expand access to care, lower prescription drug costs, enforce behavioral health parity, and move California toward universal healthcare.

• Protect healthcare access from federal attacks and make sure no Californian is left without affordable coverage.

• Expand universal preschool and fight for stable, equitable public school funding.

• Support teachers, classified staff, school nurses, librarians, mental health professionals, and safe, inclusive school environments.

• Help schools respond to closures, staffing shortages, and student mental health needs, while strengthening career and technical pathways for the future economy.

• Support inclusive, affirming public education that tells the truth about history and helps every student feel seen and protected.

Scott sees universal healthcare and universal preschool as the kind of commitments a serious state makes when it values children, families, and human dignity. California has the capacity to do big things. What we need is the will to do them.