Burton Brink

I am currently a Commissioner for the City of Arcadia.

Over a period of 40 years, I (Burton Brink) have served the San Gabriel Valley, starting as young as 14 1/2 as a police explorer at the Arcadia Police Department. I became a reserve police officer in Monterey Park, and retired as a sergeant after 29 years with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, all while living and working in the 49th Assembly District.

Being a leader in the sheriff’s department allowed me to take part in forging change and instituting improvements. I know we need change here in California, on a large-scale level. I have consistently proven my commitment to doing the right thing for every resident in the community.

• Public Safety/Crime Issues
• Homeless
• Hatred towards members of our communities

I am is tired of the crime problems in our communities. Crime is rampant due to the progressive policies, a District Attorney who will not enforce our current laws and defund the police movement.

In Los Angeles County, Crime is up as of October, 2021, compared to October 2019.
Homicides are up 74.81%
All Aggravated Assaults Involving a Firearm us 73.26%
Unlawful Shooting up 73.50%
Motor Vehicle Thefts up 57.52%
Arrests are down 33.91%.


All stats are from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.

It is time for someone to represent our community and the problems that are not being addressed. The previous representative has forgotten our community. I have grown up in, live in and worked in our community since 1967. I didn't move into the district to run for office, I've always been apart of it.

I will work with our law enforcement and prosecutors to enforce our laws and hold career criminals responsible for their actions. It is time to protect our homes and businesses in our community!

Honestly and transparency!

Being a leader in the sheriff’s department allowed him to take part in forging change and instituting improvements. Burton recognizes we need change here in California, on a large-scale level. He has consistently proven his commitment to doing the right thing for every resident in the community.

1) Seek to understand the perspectives of each person in my community.

2) Listen with a genuine effort to understand.

3) Check in / inquire on a regular basis with community members to make sure they are being heard in Sacramento.

Making sure the people of my community and state had representation that took care of them and not the politicians.

My first job was a Police Explorer with the Arcadia Police Department. I was there for six years, before moving onto the Monterey Park Police Department. I retired from the Los Angeles OCunty Sheriff's Department after 29 years there as a Sergeant.

Living pay check to paycheck during my working years to make ends meet. I know what these policies from Sacramento have done to my pay checks and I want to make sure no one else has to go through that too, due to the politicians who don't know what it is like to live that way!

It would be ideal to have that type of relationship, however, with our current governor, he wants to be a dictator, not a leader. This is why we MUST have a balance of power.

Taking care of our state's infrastructure, that has been put aside for politician's pet projects and not what it was intended for. We have many issues that must be handled first. Water storage, which was suppose to have been started over 25 years ago, to help our state during droughts, needs to be a top priority. We must save our precious resources for us to survive. Making sure our farming communities have the water they need to feed and sustain us!

A single body legislature at the state level is a rare exception in the United States. House members represent smaller, more cohesive constituencies, Also, the senator and the representatives from a legislative district are not like peas in a pod: they serve different terms of office, sit on different committees, are differently situated, employed, and connected within the district. A unicameral system could maintain a system of checks and balances by relying on the power of citizens to vote and petition and by relying on the Supreme Court and the governor on matters that required another opinion.

While our system has its flaws, our system needs to have the checks and balances to prevent a dictatorship we have going on now in California.

Yes and No.

While having some type of political experience, it is nice to have someone that has not made politics their entire career. Someone running for office should have had a regular job, to understand what it is like to work in the trenches. Someone who has been in a political career their entire life, loses the connection with the every day worker and their community.

This is what makes me so unique! I worked the streets with contacts every day with our community members. During good times and bad. I have seen what these career politicians have done to our communities with their blind policies. I can bring in this knowledge to the legislature for them to see what damage they are causing to our working families and businesses of our communities.

Yes, we must work together.

Having a one sided legislature means there is no balance of power. That is the problem in our state now. Take ideas from BOTH sides, and meet in the middle that represents the majority of our community. This gives the community member a TRUE voice in our legislature.

I believe it should be cut up by cities, not favoring any one race, political party or other gerrymandering.

Agriculture
Appropriations
Budget and Fiscal Review
Elections and Constitutional Amendments
Energy, Utilities and Communications
Governance and Finance
Housing
Judiciary
Labor, Public Employment and Retirement
Military and Veterans Affairs
Natural Resources and Water
Public Safety
Rules

N/A

There are a number of legislatures both past and present.
Senator Mike Morrell, Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, Assemblyman Tom Lackey, Senator Melissa Melendez, Assemblymember Suzette Valladares, Congressman Jay Obernolte and many others.

Right now, my focus is on representing my community in Sacramento. The future is unknown as to any other office.

I've heard many stories from business owners and community members how hard it is to survive in our state with the crime rates and unfriendly business atmosphere. I want to help these business owners and my community neighbors to be safe and successful in our state!

The governor is out of control There is no reason we should still be under emergency powers in California. We should have the ability to remove such powers. This dictatorship is not good for the people of California!

Yes.

We must have a compromise for things to be even in the policy making. California does not have a balance, which is why policies are being made so one sided. It is time to put that balance back in government, work together and do what is best for the citizens of our state, not the power hungry politicians.