Dr. Paula Swift for California's 70th Assembly District
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Dr. Paula Swift
Paula has faced extraordinary challenges in her own life and transformed that experience into a deep commitment to serving others. She has dedicated her energy to advocating for vulnerable and marginalized communities, always working to ensure their voices are heard and respected. Her passion for equity, justice, and community makes her exceptionally well-suited to represent her constituents. In Sacramento, Paula will be a tireless fighter for working families, putting their needs first and standing up for the people too often left behind.
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Dr. Paula Swift is a devoted small business owner, educator, advocate, and proud mother who understands the complexity of life in California, the opportunities it creates, and the challenges that too often keep families from thriving. She is running for State Assembly District 70 because Californians deserve a leader who listens, understands, and delivers real solutions that make daily life more affordable.
A native Californian raised with the values of hard work, service, and community, Paula put herself through college while raising a family. For more than twenty years, Paula has worked across the nonprofit, public, and private sectors, devoting her career to strengthening systems that should support, not fail, the people they serve. As CEO of her consulting firm, she partners with government agencies, schools, small businesses, and community organizations to address inequities, improve operations, and expand access to essential resources.
Her deepest passion remains her long-standing advocacy for foster youth and domestic violence survivors. At age 35, a tragic act of domestic violence claimed the life of her four-year-old son and nearly her own life. Widowed, shattered, and left to raise her surviving daughter alone while working through tremendous grief, Paula was determined to fight for her family and for every single person overlooked, unheard, or left behind by the government meant to protect them.
Paula spent more than two decades supporting children and families in the foster care system, fighting to improve stability, access to mental health care, educational opportunity, and long-term outcomes for youth impacted by trauma. She is committed to carrying that work into the State Assembly.
In Sacramento, Paula will bring a solutions-focused mindset to the most urgent issues facing Californians. She knows that meaningful progress requires leaders who can collaborate, communicate, and remain grounded in the needs of their communities.
Paula believes that outcomes, not slogans, measure leadership. She has never forgotten who she is fighting for: families overwhelmed by the high cost of living, individuals looking for fair and affordable health care, workers seeking stability, and young people, especially those in foster care, who deserve a future shaped by opportunity rather than circumstance.
Dr. Paula Swift is ready to fight for a better, fairer, and more compassionate California, one where every familyand every child has the chance to thrive.