Roanoke Virginia Government, Patricia White-Boyd

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Patricia "Trish" White-Boyd

As of April 24, 2023, Deanthony "DA" Pierce’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports building more affordable housing.

Wants more funding for emergency shelters and reliable temporary housing.

- Supports building more affordable housing. 
- Wants more funding for emergency shelters and reliable temporary housing.

Wants to help bring down the cost of all medical care and prescriptions.

Wants to create incentives to keep hospitals and healthcare workers in rural communities.

- Wants to help bring down the cost of all medical care and prescriptions. 
- Wants to create incentives to keep hospitals and healthcare workers in rural communities.

Supports expanding affordable daycare and preschool options for parents.

- Wants to provide free higher education. 
- Supports expanding affordable daycare and preschool options for parents.

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Deanthony "DA" Pierce

Supports investing in electric buses for public transportation.

Supports Virginia's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to reduce carbon emissions and invest in clean energy.

Wants to lower energy costs for low-income households.

Supports funding for the planning and development of an interconnected, multi-jurisdictional network of hiking trails.

Wants more funding for the Office of Outdoor Recreation.

- Supports investing in electric buses for public transportation. 
- Supports Virginia's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to reduce carbon emissions and invest in clean energy. 
- Wants to lower energy costs for low-income households. 
- Supports funding for the planning and development of an interconnected, multi-jurisdictional network of hiking trails. 
- Wants more funding for the Office of Outdoor Recreation.

Prioritizes getting homeless people into permanent housing before addressing other needs that they have.

Wants stricter property maintenance and inspection requirements, stronger penalties for building code violations, and wants to create an office for tenant's rights and advocacy.

Supports expanding a program that allows people to authorize a “designated grower” for hemp and cannabis cultivation for personal use.

Wants to reduce time and costs to prepare and review applications for transportation projects.

- Prioritizes getting homeless people into permanent housing before addressing other needs that they have. 
- Wants stricter property maintenance and inspection requirements, stronger penalties for building code violations, and wants to create an office for tenant's rights and advocacy. 
- Supports expanding a program that allows people to authorize a “designated grower” for hemp and cannabis cultivation for personal use. 
- Wants to reduce time and costs to prepare and review applications for transportation projects.

Wants transgender and gender-nonconforming children to have access to gender-affirming care.

Wants people with terminal illnesses to have access to euthanasia.

- Supports abortion. 
- Wants transgender and gender-nonconforming children to have access to gender-affirming care. 
- Wants people with terminal illnesses to have access to euthanasia.

Opposes using government funding for vouchers for parents to send their children to private or charter schools rather than public schools.

Supports more funding to upgrade buildings and facilities at public schools.

Supports raising teacher and bus driver pay and benefits.

Wants to make childcare, early education, and the Internet more accessible.

Supports new laws that improve the working conditions of school bus drivers.

- Opposes using government funding for vouchers for parents to send their children to private or charter schools rather than public schools. 
- Supports more funding to upgrade buildings and facilities at public schools. 
- Supports raising teacher and bus driver pay and benefits. 
- Wants to make childcare, early education, and the Internet more accessible. 
- Supports new laws that improve the working conditions of school bus drivers.

Supports gun control, including banning assault weapons, and new gun storage laws that keep them stored away from children.

Wants criminal justice reforms that address systemic racism.

Supports allowing bicyclists to proceed on walk signals and yield at stop signs.

- Supports gun control, including banning assault weapons, and new gun storage laws that keep them stored away from children. 
- Wants criminal justice reforms that address systemic racism.
-  Supports allowing bicyclists to proceed on walk signals and yield at stop signs.

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- Your state representative represents the interests of your district in the Virginia State Senate.
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process.
- The state Senate, along with the House of Delegates, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Virginia General Assembly.
- General Assembly members work together with the Governor to create the state budget. 
- There are 40 Virginia senators, each representing a single district.
- State Senators are elected to four-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $18,000.
