Melissa Fox For Assembly

As the daughter of seniors, and the granddaughter of a wonderful woman who had Alzheimer’s, Melissa knows the special needs – and special gifts – of our senior citizens.

The population of Californians over the age of 60, which was 4.74 million in 2000, is expected to nearly double by 2020.

These senior members of our state and community are among our greatest treasures. They are also one of our greatest responsibilities.

For Melissa, respecting and serving our seniors is more than a matter of policy; it is a moral issue. Our character as a community is defined in large part by how we treat those who have served and protected us.

As a member of the Assembly, Melissa will fight for seniors, retirees, their families and their communities.

Melissa believes that seniors deserve peace of mind about their health care and their homes. 

She will fight to ensure that seniors obtain the health care they need, are free from abuse and exploitation, and can maintain their independence.

She strongly opposes cuts to home health care. Melissa will fight to ensure that our seniors are not forced from their homes.

When it comes to home health care, our local representatives to Sacramento have shown little concern for protecting seniors living on fixed incomes.

The Governor and our local representatives want to eliminate adult health care services that provide in-home care to more than 430,000 Californians, of whom six in 10 are over 65-years old and one in four over 80-years old.

That's a quarter of a million people who worked hard all their lives, and now need a little help that their families may not be able to provide.

These seniors would be forced into nursing homes and hospitals. 

In Laguna Woods alone, 40% of the people enrolled in adult health care services would be forced into institutions.

These cruel cuts to vital, cost-effective services make no sense. Forcing seniors into institutions  will cost California more money than it saves, and cost California 370,000 jobs.

As a member of the Assembly, I will fight to stop these cuts and ensure that seniors have the health care they need to maintain their independence in their own homes. We can keep seniors from being forced from their homes.