Sierra McNeil
Social worker · Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia
The gist
- Supports a state "Medicare for All" model and higher Medicaid rates for behavioral health care.
- Supports full school funding and says she will not vote for private school vouchers or tax credits.
- Supports an inflation-indexed living minimum wage and ending the $2.83 tipped minimum wage.
- Supports stronger tenant protections and rent stabilization legislation.
- Supports requiring data centers to run on renewable energy and rejoining RGGI.
- Supports steady SEPTA funding, higher rental-car taxes and free transit for students in grades 7-12 and college.
- Supports barring ICE arrests at state facilities and ending local 287(g) agreements with ICE.
- Supports expanded early voting, easier vote-by-mail and well-staffed polling places.
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Supports a state "Medicare for All" model and higher Medicaid rates for behavioral health care.
Platform — Sierra McNeil For PACampaign website · Sierra for PA · Access to Behavioral Health … Access to Behavioral Health · sierraforpa.com
“I am in support of our Commonwealth having a "Medicare for All" model that guarantees healthcare for all its residents. … the quickest way to expand access for behavioral health services would be to increase reimbursement rates”
Supports full school funding and says she will not vote for private school vouchers or tax credits.
Platform — Sierra McNeil For PACampaign website · Sierra for PA · Funding Schools · sierraforpa.com
“ensuring that public dollars stay in public schools, meaning I will not vote for private school vouchers or tax credit programs”
Supports an inflation-indexed living minimum wage and ending the $2.83 tipped minimum wage.
Platform — Sierra McNeil For PACampaign website · Sierra for PA · Affordability Crisis … Affordability Crisis · sierraforpa.com
“I will fight for a livable minimum wage that is indexed to account for inflation. … I would eliminate the tipped minimum wage of $2.83 an hour”
Supports stronger tenant protections and rent stabilization legislation.
Platform — Sierra McNeil For PACampaign website · Sierra for PA · Affordability Crisis · sierraforpa.com
“stronger tenant protections to avoid fear of landlord retaliation, and rent stabilization legislation”
Supports requiring data centers to run on renewable energy and rejoining RGGI.
Platform — Sierra McNeil For PACampaign website · Sierra for PA · Fossil Fuel/ Renewable Energy … Fossil Fuel/ Renewable Energy · sierraforpa.com
“I support mandating that data centers in our commonwealth operate on renewable energy, like wind and solar. … We also need to return to our Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) commitments”
Supports steady SEPTA funding, higher rental-car taxes and free transit for students in grades 7-12 and college.
Platform — Sierra McNeil For PACampaign website · Sierra for PA · Public Transit … Public Transit · sierraforpa.com
“I support plans to increase the vehicle rental and lease taxes, which have both not been raised since the early 1990s. … ensure that 7-12 grade students have seven day a week, year round access to SEPTA”
Supports barring ICE arrests at state facilities and ending local 287(g) agreements with ICE.
Platform — Sierra McNeil For PACampaign website · Sierra for PA · Prevention in Public Safety … Prevention in Public Safety · sierraforpa.com
“prohibits ICE from making arrests on or near commonwealth owned facilities … ensures that all local law enforcement agencies end any 287(g) agreements with ICE”
Supports expanded early voting, easier vote-by-mail and well-staffed polling places.
Pennsylvania State Representative District 195 — VOTE411 Voter GuideCandidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“expanding early voting, making vote-by-mail more accessible, and ensuring polling locations are adequately staffed and resourced”