The race for California’s newly drawn 41st Congressional District is heating up, with another Democrat jumping into the race with a focus on housing and mental health services.

Shonique Williams , 34, is a criminal justice advocate. Her platform includes proposing a mandatory cap on how much rent can be raised each year and an annual wage increase that would apply to businesses that employ a certain number of people, though she hasn’t decided what that figure should be just yet. She also supports reallocating some funding for police to mental health services and substance abuse treatment programs.

Williams described herself as “very far left” on the political spectrum, though, at the same time, she doesn’t believe her positions are all that radical.

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