25 Apr Monique Richardson
Monique Richardson
NP
for
Governor
Campaign Contact Phone: 7022340046
Website: None
Facebook: Monique Richardson for Governor
Twitter: @Rewire Nevada
2022 Questionnaire
Please share briefly what inspired you to run for this office and why you feel you’re qualified for the position.
Change and to rid the state of wickedness. As a Vegas native, I have seen the good and bad and I have a heart (not ego) for change. God is the head of my life so all of my choices and decisions are approved by Him.
What policies would you propose for dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our state’s economy?
Candidate declined to answer.
With rent prices having increased over the last year, what do you think should be done to make rent affordable for more Nevadans?
rent control
With Nevada’s growing population, what policies and mitigation measures would you propose to protect water?
Grass replacements and periodic water budgets.
Nevada has historically protected the right to abortion, including protecting the right in statute 30 years ago by a vote of the people. However, there remain barriers to access in the state. Do you support not only the right to abortion but policies that improve equitable access to abortion care?
no
The state of Nevada is facing an unprecedented shortage of health care providers – a problem that impacts every area of medicine, including the provision of sexual and reproductive care. Do you support removing the physician-only requirement and allowing advanced practice clinicians (APCs) to provide this vital care to patients with training and certification?
yes
Comprehensive, age and developmentally appropriate, medically-accurate, inclusive sex education has been proven to improve students’ long-term health outcomes, yet it is not required that students be provided with this information in their sex-ed programs. Do you believe that public school sex-ed programs should be comprehensive, medically accurate, and inclusive?
Sex-ed programs should be the parents responsibility. If it is included in schools it should be offered as an elective. Parents should have a say. And it should really stretch the importance of waiting until marriage.
It is well documented that patients of color face greater obstacles to obtaining sexual and reproductive health care than non-Hispanic white Americans – a pattern that results in worse health outcomes overall for BIPOC patients. Do you not only acknowledge systemic racism’s role in public health disparities but will you pursue policies that seek to rectify the historical harm of systemic racism and advance equitable access to health care?
yes
Knowing that the death penalty is exorbitantly expensive, racially discriminatory, and does not promote true healing for victims family members, do you support its abolition and do you think ending the death penalty is a crucial part of criminal justice reform?
yes
True Colors United, a national organization that implements innovative solutions to youth homelessness that focus on the unique experiences of LGBTQ+ young people continues to rate Nevada as critically low, for its State Index on Youth Homelessness (in collaboration with the National Homelessness Law Center) that ranks and scores laws and policies related to preventing and addressing youth homelessness in the United States. What is your office’s plan to help fund and provide oversight regulations to youth homelessness services now that there is an abundance of housing dollars to address affordable housing and other housing needs?
Homeless individuals need a form of rehabilitation. Life on the street can change a person mentally, physically, and spiritually. Putting them in a home isn't going to help much if they are mentally, emotionally, and spiritually still in the streets. The entire system needs to be rewired.
What is your commitment to housing as a basic human right? Do you support the implementation of rent control policies as part of this commitment? Yes or no, and why?
Yes. Housing is a basic right and individuals shouldn't be expected to pay an extra $200-$500 extra dollars in rent, especially if they haven't received an increase in income. Rent control will help minimize evictions.
What do you plan to do to protect and help workers in Nevada from continued significant job loss projected in the next 10 years due to automation?
Any employee that has lost a job with a company due to automation, that company needs to find another job within the company for the employee.
Would you support removing pepper spray from our schools given that CCSD has been unable to verify the ingredients used in the pepper spray currently being used on students in CCSD?
yes
Following the distribution of COVID-19 test kits, what are the policies you will implement that will ensure the recovery of Nevada’s community and economy after the pandemic?
To not shut down the state again. Get rid of all the unlawful mandates. And keep the state in prayer.
Filipinos and Filipino Americans make up just 4% of registered nurses in the U.S., but account for nearly a third of all COVID-related deaths among registered nurses. What is your plan to help support our burdened healthcare system and support healthcare workers?
Set policies that all persons of any race receive the same care as the next. Encourage those to file a complaint and set a research team so that no claim goes unnoticed.
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