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Joy Silver, candidate for California\u2019s District 28 State Senate seat, spoke at the Idyllwild Indivisible\u2019s meeting Thursday night at Town Hall.
Photo by JP Crumrine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joy Sliver, the major Democratic candidate for the 28th State Senate seat, came to Idyllwild last week. Attending the Idyllwild Indivisibles\u2019 April 19 meeting at Town Hall, Silver described her path to candidacy challenging incumbent Sen. Jeff Stone, and several of her positions and goals if elected.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve evolved from an advocate to an activist to a candidate,\u201d she said. Before coming to Palm Springs, she had been a long-time advocate for LGBT issues and developed and built housing for the elderly.<\/p>\n

After the 2016 election, she helped found and organize Courageous Resistance in the Coachella Valley communities. Initially, it focused on broadening the presence of sanctuary cities in the desert, but it has lobbied for other progressive issues. In late summer 2017, she announced her candidacy for the state Senate seat.<\/p>\n

Silver spoke about being the progressive candidate on the ballot, what that means in today\u2019s world and what she would do in Sacramento if elected. \u201cI\u2019ve chosen to stand up and get something done,\u201d she said firmly and directly to the audience.<\/p>\n

She began with a strong advocacy for educational issues. She said, \u201cEducation is important. You can\u2019t decrease crime and have a good economy without education.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silver\u2019s campaign has a strong principle that education is the foundation for society. \u201cWhat causes crime?\u201d she asked rhetorically. Then responded, \u201cNo opportunities for education, which limits job opportunities. You don\u2019t stop crime by locking people up.\u201d<\/p>\n

She stated that the California Teachers Association have endorsed her and she supports them. \u201cTeachers are the most important people in our society,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Her professional background includes healthcare and housing, particularly for seniors and the LGBT community.<\/p>\n

\u201cHealthcare and housing for the homeless are also what makes me a progressive,\u201d she stated. She discussed her experience with homeless individuals and the reasons homelessness can happen.<\/p>\n

When asked about her thoughts on single-payer healthcare insurance, Silver carefully described its benefits; but she also made the point that it is a complex policy.<\/p>\n

For example, electronic health records will become more important, especially in areas without hospital support. Accessing these records quickly will require a speedy and dependable Internet, she cautioned. So, single-payer health insurance will require support from many other areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I can bring to single-payer discussion is [that] how you make it work is not an easy answer. Do we have enough doctors? Student loans are substantial and if doctors can\u2019t repay them, they won\u2019t stay in California,\u201d she said, offering examples of the complexity of this issue.<\/p>\n

She also expressed her support for gun control. The evening before the April 20 student walk-on anniversary of the Columbine shooting, Silver noted, \u201cStudents are doing this not for just their future, but to have a future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joy Sliver, the major Democratic candidate for the 28th State Senate seat, came to Idyllwild last week. Attending the Idyllwild Indivisibles\u2019 April 19 meeting at Town Hall, Silver described her path to candidacy challenging incumbent Sen. Jeff Stone, and several of her positions and goals if elected. \u201cI\u2019ve evolved from an advocate to an activist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nIndivisibles host Joy Silver, Senate candidate • Idyllwild Town Crier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2018\/04\/25\/indivisibles-host-joy-silver-senate-candidate\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/\",\"name\":\"Idyllwild Town Crier\",\"description\":\"Almost All the News \\u2014\\u00a0Part of the Time\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2018\/04\/25\/indivisibles-host-joy-silver-senate-candidate\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/silver.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2018\/04\/25\/indivisibles-host-joy-silver-senate-candidate\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2018\/04\/25\/indivisibles-host-joy-silver-senate-candidate\/\",\"name\":\"Indivisibles host Joy Silver, Senate candidate • Idyllwild Town Crier\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2018\/04\/25\/indivisibles-host-joy-silver-senate-candidate\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-25T20:17:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-04-25T20:17:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#\/schema\/person\/aeae3367986290257fc0e23a23079bb5\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2018\/04\/25\/indivisibles-host-joy-silver-senate-candidate\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#\/schema\/person\/aeae3367986290257fc0e23a23079bb5\",\"name\":\"JP Crumrine\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/289a47b0cbb194a66eb24aa93f19f915?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"caption\":\"JP Crumrine\"},\"description\":\"JP Crumrine is news editor of the Idyllwild Town Crier newspaper.\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55325,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55323\/revisions\/55325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}