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DeMaio supported a “No Budget, No Pay law that would permanently penalize the pay of Members of Congress and political appointees in the White House when they fail to pass a budget on time.” Regarding guns, DeMaio stated that he supported “full enforcement of existing laws as well as more resources to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and those with mental health disorders.” According to the National Journal, he “has voiced support for gay marriage, abortion rights, and environmental protections.”
In 2017, DeMaio launched a recall campaign against state Sen. Josh Newman (D). DeMaio launched the recall in response to Newman's support for Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, which increased California's excise and sales taxes on fuel and provided for new user fees for vehicles. According to DeMaio's website, Newman was targeted for recall instead of other incumbent Democrats because of the narrow margin of victory in his 2016 election, increasing the chances that Republicans would win the seat and break the Democrats' two-third supermajority in the California Legislature that is required to raise taxes.
DeMaio stated that while healthcare reform was necessary, the Affordable Care Act “as written will not work", and that his opponent “resisted meaningful reform.” His reform “proposals include allowing individuals to buy health insurance across state lines, putting the government exchanges under private management."
DeMaio's campaign website listed the following issues:
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In his candidacy for mayor, DeMaio frequently mentioned the "Three P" issues:
contact us if new developments occur with this story. During his 2014 congressional campaign, DeMaio denied sexual harassment allegations made by two former campaign staffers. In October 2014, Todd Bosnich accused DeMaio of sexual harassment. DeMaio denied the allegations to CNN. A second staffer, Justin Harper, accused DeMaio of sexual harassment in November 2014. DeMaio denied the allegation and called it "a character assassination attempt" carried out by his opponent's campaign. In November 2015, Bosnich was sentenced to five years of probation for obstructing justice by falsifying threatening emails to himself supposedly from the DeMaio campaign.
