California Dignity Infrastructure Act Budget Surplus

This policy bundle has inspired and shaped policy in California since Buhler launched her campaign in early 2025. Her policies are time-stamped by Daily Bruin Newspaper in June of 2025.

Many politicians have ‘adopted’ her frameworks without crediting Buhler. Consultants continue to use Buhler’s campaign to advise mainstream candidates, while ignoring her contributions for change. This is called exploitation.

Buhler is more than a positive flank effect candidate, she is a whole human being who has poured blood sweat and tears into research, direct daily action, and speaking with Californians across the state in person.

Despite mainstream candidates and mainstream media continuing to dismiss her, Buhler’s grassroots campaign has gained momentum from the people. She has proven not only to be a viable candidate, but one who is feared by other candidates because she continues to do the right thing for all Californians, by fighting for our civil rights.

A framework that guarantees housing, health, and safety for every Californian, tailored to your region, guided by your voice.

Statewide Core Protections (The Dignity Spine)

  • What it does:

    • 10% tax refund for renters who pay on time

    • 5% tax break and repair subsidies for small landlords

    • 2% statewide rent cap to prevent exploitation

    Who pays:
    Redirected funds from California’s $50B police/prison budget
    (No new costs for renters or landlords)

    Impact:
    Stabilizes housing. Rewards responsibility. No loopholes. Helps both renters and ethical property owners.

  • What it does:

    • Funds home retrofits in high-risk areas

    • Brings in teams of experts and local residents to design the most effective regional protection plans

    • Builds rooftop sprinkler systems, defensible buffers, and safety upgrades that help stop fires from spreading

    • Supports community-led planning and animal protection, not just cleanup after disaster

    Who pays:

    FEMA match + climate fee on major corporate utility users (not residential customers)

    Impact:

    $850M cost

    $600M savings

    Protects people, homes, animals, and ecosystems

  • What it does:

    • Investigates illegal detentions, ICE raids, racial profiling, and home invasions

    • Provides legal aid, record clearing, and reparations

    • Hosts public truth tribunals

    Who pays:
    Redirected funds from agencies with documented abuses
    No new taxes

    Impact:
    $350M cost, fully offset
    Restores truth and trust. Ends impunity.

  • Detention is unnecessary. It’s expensive and cruel. Most folks show up to court without being detained.

    What it does:

    • Shuts down private ICE detention facilities

    • Cuts all state funding for ICE collaboration

    Who pays:
    No one. We stop paying harmful contracts
    Saves money

    Impact:
    Saves $179.6M/year
    Protects immigrants. Stops unlawful targeting.

  • What it does:

    • Frees wrongfully imprisoned people

    • Redirects prison/police funds to youth jobs, trauma teams, and healing infrastructure

    • Launches Reparative Safety Corps

    Who pays:
    $4B shifted from prisons and CHP
    Supported by wealth surtax
    Creates a $2.9B annual surplus

    Impact:
    $3.5B cost
    $1.9B savings
    Turns punishment budgets into community protection

  • What it does:

    • 24/7 non-police mental health responders in every county

    • Reduces trauma, deaths, and unnecessary arrests

    Who pays:
    Surtax on ultra-wealthy Californians (top 0.01%)
    Not funded by working people

    Impact:
    $1B cost
    Saves $2.5B/year
    Keeps people safe, families stable

  • Criminalizing homelessness costs 2 to 4 times more than providing housing and support.

    What it does:

    • Builds modern, dignified housing with wraparound services for community college students and folks without shelter

    • Prioritizes stability, safety, and healing. Not punishment

    Who pays:
    Surtax on ultra-wealthy (income over $5M/year)

    Impact:
    $9.36B cost
    Saves $1.5B/year
    Reduces visible homelessness and emergency costs

  • What it does:

    • Adds a 2–4% tax on income over $5 million/year

    • Impacts only the wealthiest 0.01% of Californians

    Who pays:
    Only ultra-rich earners
    No effect on middle or working-class taxpayers

    Impact:
    Raises $10.5B/year
    Fully funds key safety, housing, and mental health systems

  • This entire plan costs about 32 billion per year and still ends up with a 5.9 billion surplus /year while protecting housing, mental health, fire safety, and dignity for everyone. It is fully covered by a mix of redirected spending, new revenue from a small tax on ultra wealthy income, and savings from ending harmful programs. With over 8 billion in savings, 10.5 billion in new revenue, and 19.24 billion reallocated from prison, police, and ICE contracts.

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