Furhan Ahmad
Climate
Furhan Ahmad emphasizes that climate change exacerbates health, housing, and quality-of-life issues. He supports preparing communities for extreme heat, flooding, and other climate-related emergencies, and ensuring infrastructure and housing are climate-resilient.
Furhan for Assembly Policies Page ↗Healthcare
Furhan Ahmad supports expanding healthcare access, protecting seniors from rising costs, protecting and expanding gender-affirming care, and modernizing outdated laws such as the HIV Decriminalization Act. He emphasizes preventive care and climate-resilient healthcare infrastructure.
Furhan for Assembly Policies Page ↗Housing
Furhan Ahmad supports strong rent protections, good cause eviction protections, housing vouchers, supportive housing for LGBTQ+ youth and people experiencing homelessness, and helping seniors age in place with home modifications and care services. He also emphasizes climate-resilient housing.
Furhan for Assembly Policies Page ↗Labor
Furhan Ahmad supports firefighters, EMTs, nurses, and public workers by advocating for fair pensions, benefits, and contracts. He views supporting workers as a quality-of-life and public safety priority.
Furhan for Assembly Policies Page ↗Mental Health Investment
Furhan Ahmad supports expanding non-police mental health crisis response and investing in upstream supports to prevent crises. He also notes that climate-related disasters create mental health tolls that response systems must be ready for.
Furhan for Assembly Policies Page ↗Public Safety & Criminal Justice Reform
Furhan Ahmad advocates for a public safety system grounded in real-world experience, rejecting political extremes. He supports expanding non-police mental health crisis response, addressing substance use as a public health challenge, and ensuring fairness alongside safety.
Furhan for Assembly Policies Page ↗LGBTQ+ Rights and Gender-Affirming Care
Furhan Ahmad supports protecting and expanding gender-affirming care, defending providers and patients from political interference, and ensuring Medicaid covers affirming services. He also supports safe housing for LGBTQ+ youth.
Furhan for Assembly Policies Page ↗Protect Small Businesses and Cultural Spaces
Furhan Ahmad supports giving commercial tenants rent stabilization, tax relief, and protections against arbitrary displacement. He also emphasizes helping small businesses survive climate disruptions.
Furhan for Assembly Policies Page ↗Protect Seniors
Furhan Ahmad supports expanding rent protections and Medicare coverage so seniors can stay in their homes and afford medications and home care. He also emphasizes climate-resilient buildings for seniors.
Furhan for Assembly Policies Page ↗Substance Use Treatment and Public Health
Furhan Ahmad advocates treating substance use as a public health challenge, expanding access to treatment, creating clear pathways to recovery, and restoring public spaces for everyone. He opposes treating open-air drug use solely as an enforcement issue.
Furhan for Assembly Policies Page ↗No public position yet on Education, Immigration, Reproductive Rights, Transportation, Voting Rights & Election Reform, Elections, AI, Tech & Privacy, LGBTQ+ Protections, Animal Wellness & Subsidy Reform, Animal Welfare, Arts, Thriving Arts and Culture, Universal Childcare, Civil Rights, Courts, Justice for All, Disability & Accessibility, Government Transparency & Ethics, A Government that Delivers, Government Transparency, Innovation & Job Creation, Ending Street Homelessness, LGBTQIA+, Preserving Neighborhood Character, Revenue, Dignity for Aging and Disabled Neighbors, Sexual Violence Prevention, Economic Equality, Solving Traffic Violence
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