The time to stand together is now!
The federal government is attacking Californians. We need someone with the spine to stand up for the California Dream.
ABOUT SEAN FRAME
Sean Frame first answered the call for service following the tragic school shooting at his then 2nd grade son’s school. Sean spent nine years serving on the school board where he witnessed the housing crisis firsthand – 10% of students in his district faced housing insecurity. He understood their pain as his own father slept on the streets while struggling with mental health.
Sean will fight to build more affordable housing, bring back rent control, fund mental health services, and to declare a state of emergency in housing.
ENDORSEMENTS
(Titles of individuals are for identification purposes only and do not confer the endorsement of the agency or organization listed.)
Organizations
• California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL – CIO
• Working Families Party California
• California School Employees Association (CSEA)
• CFT – A Union of Educators and Classified Professionals
• Los Rios College Federation of Teachers
• CTA
• CFA - California Faculty Association
• California Young Democrats
• Wellstone Progressive Democrats of Sacramento
• Women Democrats of Sacramento County
• NorCal Gun Violence Prevention
• JFK Democratic Club of Sacramento County
• femdems of Sacramento
• Iranian American Democrats of California
• Amalgamated Transportation Union (ATU) Local 256
• California Democratic Renter’s Council
• American River Democrats Club
• Sacramento Latino Democratic Club
• Sacramento Homeless Union
• UDW
• UAW Region 6
• Sheet Metal Workers Local 104
• U.A. Local 447 Plumbers & Pipe Fitters
• Planned Parenthood Advocates Mar Monte
• Engineers and Scientists of California, Local 20, IFPTE
• NUHW
• Folsom Area Democratic Club
• Truman Club of Greater Sacramento
• Climate Action California
• CSUS College Democrats
• CNA - California Nurses Association
• Our Revolution
• AFSCME People (AFSCME California)
• Stonewall Democrats of Greater Sacramento
• Sacramento County Young Democrats
• Roseville Area Democratic Club
• Latinx Young Democrats of Sacramento County
• Placer Women Democrats
Elected Officials
• Mike Thompson, US House of Representatives
• Sally Lieber – Chair, State Board of Equalization
• Nick Schultz – California State Assemblymember, AD 44
• Porsche Middleton, Vice Mayor, Citrus Heights
• Joe Little – Council Member, City of Rancho Cordova
• Barbara Leary - Council Member, City of Folsom
• Michael Baker – Trustee, Twin Rivers Unified School District
• Emmanuel Amanfor – Trustee, Twin Rivers Unified School District
• Michael Seaman – Board Member, Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Parks District
• Chris Fischer – Board Member, Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Parks District
• Dave Tamayo – Board President, Director, SMUD Ward 6
• Igor Tregub – Council Member, City of Berkeley
• Chris Clark – Trustee, Folsom Cordova Unified School District
• Annie Fischer – Trustee, Sacramento County Board of Education Area 3
• Heidi Sanborn - Director, SMUD Ward 7
Community Leaders
• Dave Jones - California State Insurance Commissioner (Ret.)
• Lee Miller – Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) Personnel Commissioner
• Jonathan Cook – Sacramento Utilities Commissioner
• Joe L. Mlakar – Chair, Placer County Democratic Central Committee Public Events Committee
• Kathleen Crawford – Placer County Community Member
• Desirée Rojas – Labor and Community Organizer
• Fatima Iqbal-Zubair – California Democratic Party Progressive Caucus Chair Emeritus
• Paul M Cohen – San Rafael City Council Member (Ret.)
• Lisa Bennett – Executive Director, Multicultural Center of Marin
• Frank Porter – Executive Vice Chair, El Dorado County Democratic Central Committee
• Ann Keating – Communications, El Dorado County Democratic Central Committee
• Rosella Rowlison – Teacher
• Wendi Beatty – President, CSEA Chapter 480
• Jim Melrose – Vice President, CSEA Chapter 480
• Alia Khan – Secretary, CSEA Chapter 480
• Orlando Fuentes – California Democratic Party Region 4 Director (Ret.)
• Paul Huntley - Member, Placer County Democratic Central Committee
• Fatima Malik – Del Paso Grower’s Alliance
• RL Miller, Chair, California Democratic Party Environmental Caucus
• Amar Shergil, Former Chair, California Democratic Party Progressive Caucus
• Karen Bernal, Former Chair, California Democratic Party Progressive Caucus
• Evan Minton, Policy Analyst
• Marty Maskall, Founder, Fair Oaks EcoHousing
• Mark Dempsey, Community Member, Fair Oaks, CA
• Senator Nina Turner
“Sean Frame understands that a strong California is only built by strong local communities. When gun violence impacted his childrens' school, Sean responded quickly to support his community; and when Sean learned that some of his colleagues did not earn a living wage, he stepped in to help them fight for one. Sean Frame isn't in it for himself, he's in it for all of us.”
— Annie Fischer – Trustee, Area 3, Sacramento County Board of Education
“UAW is proud to endorse Sean Frame for State Senate. Sean is committed to worker rights, collective bargaining, and supporting higher education. Sean shares our union’s values and is a strong candidate to represent our members in the State Legislature.”
— Dr. Wayne Chan, State Scientist and CAPS-UAW Local 1115 Head Steward
“I’m proud to endorse Sean Frame for State Senate. He will fight every day for the needs of the people in this District. It’s time for a change and Sean will bring it.”
— Congressman Mike Thompson
ON THE ISSUES
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Sean Frame is the only clean money candidate in this race, accepting zero donations from harmful corporations and corporate PACs. While his opponent is funded by big business, developers, insurance and pharmaceutical companies, and a LONG list of businesses seeking special favors in legislation, Sean can’t be bought. He’s funded by working people, and won’t sell us out to corporate profiteers.
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We are experiencing a housing crisis because our government has chosen landlord’s profits over keeping people housed. In some parts of the District that have been historically redlined, the divestment in the community is visible and staggering. Sean will fight to build more affordable housing, ban Wall Street private equity from owning single-family homes, bring back rent control, fund mental health services, and declare a state of emergency in housing.
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Sean understands firsthand that climate change is no longer an abstract problem – he was forced to relocate his family from their home due to the increasing fire risk and soaring cost of fire insurance. Some of the most dangerous environmental justice zones and urban heat islands are located in this District. Sean will fight for solutions that prioritize people over corporate profits, bring carbon emissions to net zero, and rapidly accelerate the greening of our economy with sustainable, good-paying union jobs.
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A recent study found that one third of Sacramento and Placer families can’t afford the basics. Rent, healthcare, and food costs are out of control, but politicians don’t get it. How is anybody supposed to survive and raise a family on wages that don’t keep pace? Sean will fight for living wages and to bring down skyrocketing costs so that we can all afford not just to live, but truly thrive.
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When Sean was elected to the school board, he put his values to work by delivering broadband for all, support for students facing housing insecurity, and a dual language immersion program. Sean understands education policy, and he knows that our schools aren’t failing – our leaders are failing them through lack of investment—particularly in the neighborhoods where historic divestment and systemic racism have brought out the sinister meaning of the words “Separate but Equal.” Sean will fight for fully funded neighborhood schools, a more robust and stable funding source for community colleges, and a CSU and UC system that doesn’t continuously underfund faculty and staff and raise tuition while paying huge salaries to administrators. Together we can restore the promise that quality public education for all is the foundation of a prosperous society and a thriving democracy.
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Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege reserved for the wealthy. California is the 4th largest economy in the world, but we’ve given for-profit insurance companies and for-profit hospitals all of the power to decide who lives or dies. Sean knows this all too well as he could have died of melanoma because his doctor initially refused to provide a simple referral to a dermatologist. Meanwhile more than 50,000 people in California are going bankrupt every year due to medical debt. Sean supports creating a California-based, Single Payer/Medicare for All plan for ALL Californians. It’s time to focus on providing actual healthcare, not funding for insurance companies.