Ballotpedia: Lulu Flores 

Lulu earned her bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She lives with her husband Scott in Austin.

Lulu currently works as a partner at Hendler Flores Law, PLLC. She previously worked as director of legislative programs for the State Bar of Texas and assistant director for alternative fuels policy and legislation/governmental affairs at the Texas Railroad Commission. She also served as chief of staff to a member of the Texas House of Representatives.

Maria "Lulu" Flores is a state representative in State House District 51. She was first elected in 2022 and is serving her 2nd term. 

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Supports expanding apprenticeships, job training programs, and other opportunities for sustainable employment.

Supports expanding apprenticeships and job training programs for sustainable employment.

Supports an across-the-board pay raise for state workers, a cost of living adjustment for retirees, and returning pensions to a defined benefit plan.

Supports closing corporate tax loopholes and franchise tax exemptions and raising the margins tax.

Supports transitioning from a system based on property and consumption taxes to a more equitable tax system.

Supports transitioning Texas from a system based on property and consumption taxes to a more equitable tax system.

Supports using the Rainy Day Fund to address immediate issues like COVID-19 learning loss, healthcare access in underserved areas, and foster care.

Supports using the Texas Rainy Day Fund to address immediate issues like COVID-19 learning loss, healthcare access in underserved areas, and foster care.

Opposes efforts to undermine labor organizing and banning payroll deduction.

- Supports expanding apprenticeships and job training programs for sustainable employment.
- Supports an across-the-board pay raise for state workers, a cost of living adjustment for retirees, and returning pensions to a defined benefit plan.
- Supports closing corporate tax loopholes and franchise tax exemptions and raising the margins tax.
- Supports transitioning Texas from a system based on property and consumption taxes to a more equitable tax system.
- Supports using the Texas Rainy Day Fund to address immediate issues like COVID-19 learning loss, healthcare access in underserved areas, and foster care.
- Opposes efforts to undermine labor organizing and banning payroll deduction.

Economy

Supports diversion programs that provide treatment, education, job skills, and counseling during and after incarceration.

Opposes "mandatory cash bail, similar punitive measures touted as reforms."

Believes in ending the use of chokeholds and reforming use of force policies.

Supports mandating officers to intervene when excessive force is used and to provide aid to those being detained or arrested.

Supports legalizing, regulating, and taxing cannabis to address mass incarceration and fund essential needs.

Believes in lowering penalties for non-violent offenses and resisting escalations that lead to severe sentencing.

Supports releasing and expunging records of those with drug simple possession charges.

- Supports diversion programs that provide treatment, education, job skills, and counseling during and after incarceration.
- Opposes mandatory cash bail.
- Believes in ending the use of chokeholds and reforming use of force policies.
- Supports mandating officers to intervene when excessive force is used and to provide aid to those being detained or arrested.
- Supports legalizing, regulating, and taxing cannabis to address mass incarceration and fund essential needs.
- Believes in lowering penalties for non-violent offenses and resisting escalations that lead to severe sentencing.
- Supports releasing and expunging records of those with drug simple possession charges.

Public Safety

Supports protecting "reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy."

Believes in ensuring adequate healthcare clinics, practitioners, and services, including COVID-19 education, vaccines, and testing.

Believes in funding adequate healthcare clinics, practitioners, and services.

Supports increasing access to contraceptives, enhancing family planning services, and providing sex education.

Aims to reduce food deserts and increase access to healthy food.

- Supports abortion access.
- Believes in funding adequate healthcare clinics, practitioners, and services.
- Supports expanding Medicaid.
- Supports increasing access to contraceptives, enhancing family planning services, and providing sex education.
- Aims to reduce food deserts and increase access to healthy food.

Healthcare

Aims to establish stricter regulations on class size.

Believes in reducing reliance on standardized tests and school ratings.

Supports prioritizing social-emotional learning, trauma-informed training, and bias training for teachers and administrators.

Opposes "zero tolerance" policies in schools and aims to decrease criminal referrals from school systems.

Supports increasing state funding for public schools to reduce recapture, lower property taxes, improve student outcomes, and provide relief to teachers and administrators.

Supports increasing state funding for public schools to lower property taxes and improve student outcomes.

Opposes expulsions and suspensions for Pre-K students.

Opposes banning books and supports teaching "accurate history" and "critical thinking."

Supports raising teacher salaries to be competitive nationwide, reducing administrative tasks, and increasing mentorship for new teachers.

Supports providing a cost-of-living adjustment for retired educators and improving TRS-Care.

Supports increasing insurance coverage for mental health and providing more mental health services in schools, along with training for educators and education for parents.

- Aims to establish stricter regulations on class size.
- Believes in reducing reliance on standardized tests and school ratings.
- Supports prioritizing social-emotional learning, trauma-informed training, and bias training for teachers and administrators.
- Opposes "zero tolerance" policies in schools and aims to decrease criminal referrals from school systems.
- Supports increasing state funding for public schools to lower property taxes and improve student outcomes.
- Opposes expulsions and suspensions for Pre-K students.
- Opposes banning books and supports teaching "accurate history" and "critical thinking."
- Supports raising teacher salaries to be competitive nationwide, reducing administrative tasks, and increasing mentorship for new teachers.
- Supports providing a cost-of-living adjustment for retired educators and improving TRS-Care.
- Supports increasing insurance coverage for mental health and providing more mental health services in schools, along with training for educators and education for parents.

Education

Supports funding the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan and other programs to enhance environmental equity.

Supports closing gaps in broadband access in underserved communities.

Opposes placing environmental hazards in or near minority or low-income neighborhoods.

Supports investing in alternative energy and green/clean energy jobs, including re-training programs.

- Supports funding the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan and other programs to enhance environmental equity.
- Supports closing gaps in broadband access in underserved communities.
- Opposes placing environmental hazards in or near minority or low-income neighborhoods.
- Supports investing in alternative energy and green/clean energy jobs, including re-training programs.

Energy & the Environment

Supports expanding voting access, ending voter purges, and banning partisan poll watcher intimidation.

Supports using Texas college, government, and tribal IDs as voter identification.

Supports adding Texas college, government, and tribal IDs as valid forms of voter identification.

- Supports expanding voting access, ending voter purges, and banning partisan poll watcher intimidation.
- Supports adding Texas college, government, and tribal IDs as valid forms of voter identification.

Voting & Elections

Maria Luisa "Lulu" Flores

Lulu earned her bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She with her husband Scott in Austin.

Lulu currently works as a partner at Hendler Flores Law, PLLC. She previously worked as director of Legislative Programs for the State Bar of Texas and assistant director for Alternative Fuels Policy and Legislation/Governmental Affairs at the Texas Railroad Commission. She also served as chief of staff to a member of the Texas House of Representatives.

Maria "Lulu" Flores currently serves as the state representative for Texas House District 51. She was first elected in 2022 and is serving her 2nd term. 

Believes in ending spending on "wasteful partisan priorities" and focusing on basic needs for Texans.

Supports increasing transit and access to transportation services, including bicycling and bicycle lanes.

Believes 17-year-olds should not be charged as adults.

Believes in ending funding for alternatives to abortion and reallocating those funds into healthcare and family planning.

Believes in reversing "medically unnecessary bans and TRAP laws" to make abortion safe, legal, and accessible.

Supports providing funding for indigent individuals seeking abortion services to ensure equal access.

Supports increasing funding for staff, supplies, personal protective equipment, and sanitation to address COVID-19-related childcare complications and plans to urge Congress for relief measures.

Supports addressing maternal mortality by extending Medicaid access for a full year postpartum and increasing cultural competency in healthcare.

Believes in promoting healthy living and nutrition education.

Supports abortion and wants to "add funding for the indigent, and restore Planned Parenthood to Title X funds."

Supports creating new revenue streams by legalizing, regulating, and taxing cannabis.

Wants to close the funding gap for Child Protective Services and Foster Care to ensure adequate resources for Texas children.

Believes in reversing privatization efforts in the child welfare system.

Supports education initiatives and has served as a member of the Advisory Committee of the University of Texas Center for Women and Gender Studies.

Opposes "attacks" on local environmental ordinances concerning trees, endangered species, and water.

Supports a regulatory scheme with punishments for polluters and abusers.

Plans to collaborate with local officials to enhance voting accessibility by purchasing more voting machines, hiring additional poll workers, increasing polling locations, and expanding voting hours.

Maria Luisa "Lulu" Flores grew up along the border as the youngest of nine children. She moved to Austin to study at the University of Texas, where she also graduated from law school. She currently resides in Austin.

Maria Luisa "Lulu" Flores is a partner at Hendler Flores Law, PLLC. She previously worked as Director of Legislative Programs for the State Bar of Texas and Assistant Director for Alternative Fuels Policy and Legislation/Governmental Affairs at the Texas Railroad Commission. She also served as Chief of Staff to a member of the Texas House of Representatives.

As of September 12, 2024, Maria Luisa "Lulu" Flores’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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