The Record is Clear: Aisha Wahab brought Democrats & Republicans together to fight trafficking, expand treatment and save lives.

As Public Safety Chair, Aisha fought for a balanced approach to bring people together and protect people.

She made organized retail theft a permanent crime. Wahab authored SB 982, ensuring police and prosecutors can continue targeting coordinated theft rings that hurt local businesses and raise costs for families. Source

She strengthened the fight against car break-ins and stolen-goods networks. Wahab helped advance a bipartisan retail-theft package that gave law enforcement new tools to prosecute vehicle break-ins and criminals who steal merchandise to resell it. Source

She protected children and trafficking survivors. Wahab supported laws making human trafficking of a minor a serious felony and strengthening penalties against adults who solicit minors. Source

She tackled fentanyl and organized crime. As Chair of Public Safety, Wahab helped lead the bipartisan Safer California Plan—targeting traffickers and repeat offenders while investing in prevention, treatment, and recovery. Source

• Aisha was recognized as a Retail Champion for her work fighting retail theft by the National Retailers’ Association.

• She is also the only candidate endorsed by the California Police Chiefs Association, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez and PORAC.

THE TRUTH: AISHA WAHAB PUTS PEOPLE BEFORE DEVELOPERS

Aisha Wahab supports building more housing—but not at the expense of affordable homes, renters, workers or local communities.

She demanded a better SB 79. Wahab voted against earlier versions that lacked adequate protections. She supported the final bill only after it was rewritten to include affordable housing requirements, labor standards, local public input and protections against displacement. Source

A Record of Real Housing Results

Creating permanently affordable housing
Wahab’s SB 555 established a first-in-the-nation plan to expand stable, permanently affordable homes through public, nonprofit and cooperative housing. Source

Keeping families in their communities
Her SB 262 rewards cities that adopt policies preventing displacement and promoting housing stability. Source

Rebuilding after disasters
Her SB 625 speeds the reconstruction of homes damaged or destroyed by major disasters. Source

Making housing programs accountable
Her SB 1357 requires greater transparency from the Housing Authority of Alameda County so residents can more easily understand and access its programs. Source

Lowering costs for renters and homeowners
Wahab helped deliver a larger renters’ tax credit, stronger protections against unfair foreclosures, limits on excessive HOA fines and fees, and major investments in affordable housing and first-time homeownership. Source

THE BOTTOM LINE:

• Aisha Wahab is building more housing, protecting renters and homeowners, and holding developers accountable—because housing policy should put people first.

• Aisha is the only renter running in this seat and has always prioritized housing at all income levels as her family home was foreclosed on during the Great Recession.

THE TRUTH: Wahab stood up to powerful utility companies and protected ratepayers.

SB 540 was not an affordability bill. Wahab opposed the bill as it did not have stronger guarantees protecting California consumers, clean-energy laws and state oversight. Consumer Watchdog, environmental and labor organizations raised similar concerns as it would move control over key electricity-market rules from California to a new multi state organization with very little control or jurisdiction which may lead to more power to utility organizations and higher prices for consumers. Source.

Wahab authored SB 254, now law, to require more cost-effective wildfire prevention, limit utility profits on certain grid investments, expand relief for lower-income customers and use public financing to lower long-term energy costs. Source

Aisha also authored the Investor-Owned Utilities Accountability Act, SB 332, to tie utility executive compensation to safety and affordability, disclose customer shutoffs and explore alternatives to the investor-owned utility model. Source

THE BOTTOM LINE

• Aisha Wahab fought for stronger consumer protections—to lower bills & hold utility companies accountable.

• Wahab was named The Utility Reform Champion and is the only candidate endorsed by the Sierra Club.