Four things. Said plainly.

Housing that holds onto people.

Rent in the 50th is up 34% since 2019. The kids of the immigrants who built this place are being priced out of the neighborhoods they grew up in. That is the through-line of every conversation I have at the Crossroads farmers market on a Tuesday afternoon.

I supported HB 1217 (rent stabilization) and was one of the negotiators on the 2026 bipartisan housing package. The fight continues. I'll keep pushing for density near transit, real protections for renters, and a state-level vacancy tax on second homes sitting empty in Bellevue and Kirkland.

We have the land. We have the demand. We don't have the political will, yet.

AI that answers to people.

I worked in tech for nine years. I shipped products at Microsoft. I know what these companies can and can't do, and I know the difference between real safety work and PR. Washington should require clear human review for AI used in hiring, in benefits decisions, and in healthcare. The federal government won't move. We have to.

I'm the lead House sponsor on HB 1170 (workplace AI transparency) and a member of the Joint Legislative Task Force on Artificial Intelligence. We're pushing for a state AI Office in the next biennial budget, staffed by people who have actually shipped software, not just regulated it.

The Climate Commitment Act stays.

Every session, somebody tries to gut it. Every session, we defend it. The 2 Line is a generational investment, and we need to keep building. Salmon recovery is non-negotiable. So is keeping the air breathable in August.

I'm against the I-5 widening expansion. I'm for full funding of Sound Transit. I'm for a fare-equity program at King County Metro. And I would like to live to see a Cascadia high-speed rail line in my lifetime.

AAPI communities, visible and heard.

I grew up Chinese-American on the East Side. I know what it feels like to be the only one in the room. I know what it felt like in 2020 when our community was suddenly a target.

I'll keep fighting for hate-crime data collection that actually tracks AAPI victims (the current category structure undercounts us by half), for in-language services in our schools and clinics, and for the small businesses in Crossroads and Bel-Red that anchor our community.