Barbara Lee (March 2024)

As a member of the California Working Families Party, SF Rising Action Fund is proud to endorse Barbara Lee. Congresswoman Lee is a lifelong organizer and progressive champion. During her time in the state legislature, she wrote California’s first Violence Against Women Act and the California Schools Hate Crimes Reduction Act. When she was elected to Congress, Congresswoman Lee introduced the landmark Marijuana Justice Act to reform unjust marijuana laws and address their disproportionate impact on BIPOC communities. And, when every other member of Congress wouldn’t, she cast the sole no vote against giving the president unlimited war powers after 9/11. 

As a strong supporter of Medicare for All, criminal justice reforms, investments in housing and education, and other critical policies that would address the issues most pressing to marginalized communities, we know that Congresswoman Lee will be a strong voice for working-class communities and communities of color that we need in the United States Senate.