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<h2>Paula is a public servant with extensive experience in education, health care, human services and emergency response. She is an advocate for all California families.</h2>Paula served three years as Assistant Secretary for the California Health and Human Services Agency, where she led statewide COVID-19 efforts and expanded access to health and human services programs. In this work she was on the front lines of supporting public health departments, schools, and communities to address challenges due to the pandemic. As Assistant Secretary, she prioritized equitable administration of key health and human services programs to reduce health care disparities.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/cb3588fe-0ee7-4a55-aba0-adaafad44c31/e34611a8-16cc-4967-a776-13894e7a0e82/e34611a8-16cc-4967-a776-13894e7a0e82.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=12&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C5568%2C3712&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">She was elected to the San Juan Unified School District Board of Education in 2016 and served two consecutive terms as president of the board. During her first term on the SJUSD Board, she led the passage of Measure P, a $750 million bond to fund our local schools. She increased access to rigorous academic programs for all students, and increased the number of counselors, social workers, and other direct student supports to improve outcomes for students.Growing up housing insecure, Paula is a first-generation high school graduate and was the first in her family to graduate college, and is proud to be a graduate of U.C. Berkeley. With homelessness as one of the state’s top priorities, she understands that the crisis on our streets isn’t right for those suffering and it isn’t fair for communities. She knows the impact that good schools, great teachers, and committed counselors can have to change the trajectory of a child’s life. Paula also survived a rare metastatic cancer when she was a young adult, an illness that cemented her belief in the importance of equitable health care for all.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/cb3588fe-0ee7-4a55-aba0-adaafad44c31/6ee656b4-6631-40dc-9e65-4c74e5cda982/1d229b30-4311-47d4-8b2c-e3eefbacbd26.webp?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=-2&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C4096%2C2730&amp;w=1500" alt="" title="" caption="" align="left" alignwidth="42" tiltdirection="right" variant="framed">As a new mom and committed public servant, Paula is running for State Assembly to protect, defend, and improve public education, broaden access to high-quality physical and mental health care, and address rising costs that are hurting families and seniors.She is a 20-year resident of Arden-Arcade and Carmichael, both within Assembly District 6.

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<h2>Just one candidate gets The Bee’s endorsement in this crowded Sacramento assembly race</h2>BY THE SACRAMENTO BEE EDITORIAL BOARDFEBRUARY 06, 2024Though the race to replace outgoing District 6 state Assemblyman (and current Sacramento mayoral candidate) Kevin McCarty is a packed field — nine candidates at last count — there was a clear standout: Paula Marie Villescaz. Villescaz served three years as assistant secretary for the California Health and Human Services Agency at the height of the COVID pandemic, where she led statewide efforts to mitigate the spread of the disease while simultaneously expanding access to public health services. She was elected to the San Juan Unified School District Board of Education in 2016, one of the state’s largest school districts, and served two consecutive terms as president. During that time, she was instrumental in the passage of Measure P, a $750 million bond to rehabilitate and reconstruct schools. District 6, which sits entirely within Sacramento County, has been well represented by McCarty. The district encompasses much of Sacramento’s northeastern suburbs, stretching to the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the east, rural farmlands in the west and the city’s urban core in the southwest. The district’s next assembly member will need a strong command of working within budget deficits. California is expecting a $68 billion budget deficit in the next fiscal year, the result of a severe revenue decline in Fiscal Year 2022-23. “Having been a part of putting together budgets and understanding the role that the legislature can play in reducing the significant swings of the revenue is something that I’ll bring to the table,” Villescaz said. “The economy is strong by most metrics that we measure it by. But the reality is that it’s just not working for everyone.”Villescaz is the first member of her family to both graduate from high school and college, and she understands the economic challenges of everyday Californians. Like many in her generation, she is still paying off the student loans that launched her impressive career.In her eight years on the San Juan school board, a signature achievement was her leadership to pass a $750 million bond that is revitalizing schools throughout suburban Sacramento. Her three years as an undersecretary in California’s Health and Human Services Agency also provided her with a deep understanding of how state government works, and the challenges of managing a $50 billion budget. On homelessness, Villescaz wants to hold cities accountable for not building sufficient housing: Downtown, she supports converting some of the underused state office buildings into housing, and she has an impressive level of understanding of a difficult subject, water, that would benefit a Legislature with low literacy on the subject. “We have to … remember that a budget is a statement of our values,” she said, “We have to make sure that ... we protect our most vulnerable community members from budget cuts that will do the most harm.” McCarty is not (yet) endorsing a candidate in this race. That means that in this very crowded field of candidates, it’s a near certainty that the top two finishers will compete in November’s general election. However, Villescaz has already been endorsed by outgoing Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and council members Karina Talamantes, Mai Vang, Katie Valenzuela and Caity Maple. Carlos Marquez, a small business owner and the former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union California Action, is also an impressive candidate. As senior vice president of the California Charter Schools Association, Marquez said he helped enact a $300 million block grant dedicated to low-performing students and negotiated a legislative bargain between charter school educators and teachers unions. But ultimately, Villescaz is the strongest choice to replace McCarty. Her valuable experience as an elected school board member positions her well to serve this district in lean budget times and to be a thoughtful voice for Sacramento in the state assembly.

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<h2>Paula Villescaz is running to become the next Assemblymember for District 6.</h2><img src="https://run.imgix.net/cb3588fe-0ee7-4a55-aba0-adaafad44c31/41c55c89-5197-4250-be1b-c3868c5bcf0e/41c55c89-5197-4250-be1b-c3868c5bcf0e.png?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C1532%2C1202&amp;w=1500" alt="Assembly District 6" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="40" variant="framed">California State Assembly District 6 includes most of the city of Sacramento and the communities of Antelope, Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Elverta, La Riviera, and Rio Linda. Current Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D) will not seek re-election, which makes this an open seat in 2024.Voter registration is approximately 51% Democrat, 20% Republican, and 27% Independent.

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