Camejo for Governor!

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Camejo Stands For-- Energy Stop paying for bad decisions and corruption in the utility industry. End the bail-outs that have destroyed our budget surplus. More
Living Wage & Labor Rights
It is unacceptable that many people who work full-time are earning so little that they are still in poverty. Enact "living wage" laws statewide. Fight for the rights of workers, unions, and prevailing wage rules. More
Fair Elections
Camejo supports using run-offs in state-wide elections. Camejo will work for campaign finance reform, to eliminate bribery and corruption. More
Civil Rights
End racial profiling by police and the criminal justice system. End the death penalty. Advocate for women's rights and reproductive freedom. More
Environment
Camejo supports all efforts to protect the last remaining old-growth trees. More
Education
Guarantee a quality education to everyone, including equal access to resources such as books, school facilities that work, and great teachers who are paid enough to stay in the profession. More
Law & Order
Increase rehabilitation and training for people in trouble. Abolish California's "3 Strikes" law. More
Crime & Drugs
Camejo will treat drug addiction as a disease. More
Health
Guarantee Universal Health Care to every Californian. Require labeling and regulation of genetically modified foods. More
Transportation
Traffic congestion cannot be dealt with without slowing population growth or long-term planning on organizing our cities better and establishing mass transportation, getting fuel cell going in cars and reducing the size of cars. More
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Meet Peter-- Peter Miguel Camejo (66) is a first generation Venezuelan-American who has fought for social and environmental justice since his teens. Peter is chair and co-founder of Progressive Asset Management, Inc., a broker-dealer firm which promotes socially responsible investments. He created the Eco-Logical Trust for Merrill Lynch, the first environmentally screened fund of a major firm, and a top performer. He served three years as trustee of the Contra Costa County Employees Retirement Association. He has also been appointed by the Lt. Governor of Hawaii to be an advisor to the Hawaii Capital Stewardship Forum.

Camejo served for five years on the Board of Directors of Earth Share, a federation of the 41 largest environmental groups in the United States. He also helped form the Environmental Justice Fund, to finance and unify environmentalists of color. Through an organic farming firm, Earth Trade, he helped Nicaragua become the world’s largest producer of organic sesame.
Peter has worked to defend the rights of Latino workers in the U.S. and to free political prisoners in Latin America. In 1976 he ran for President as a socialist, gaining ballot status in 30 states. He marched in Selma, Alabama with Martin Luther King and was active against the War in Vietnam. In college at UC Berkeley and MIT, he studied math and history. After winning a student council election at UC Berkeley, he was suspended for "using an unauthorized microphone."
Peter is a long-time supporter of the women’s movement and gay and lesbian rights. In 1987, he launched a program, called "The IRA that cares" to help fund the S.F. Aids Foundation. Camejo created the Council for Responsible Public Investment, funded for anti-tobacco divestment work by the California Health Department.
Camejo is a published author, including his most recent book, The SRI Advantage: Why Socially Responsible Investing Has Outperformed Financially and the forthcoming California: Under Corporate Rule. He is fluent in Spanish and English, and lives with his wife, Morella, in Folsom, California.

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