Eps. 142 Kipp Mueller, Democratic candidate for California's State Senate by The Talk of Santa Clarita

Kipp Mueller is a resident of Santa Clarita and a Democratic candidate for State Senate in the 21st District, challenging incumbent Scott Wilk.

Kipp grew up in Sacramento. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2008 and then Columbia Law School in 2014, where he studied and researched labor and employment law. He was part of President Obama's Department of Justice in the Consumer Protection Branch, and joined the Santa Clara District Attorney's office consumer fraud and sex crime unit.

Later, he became a small business owner, creating an online education company. He is currently a partner at a worker's rights attorney law firm where he represents employees and union members against large corporations. Kipp also works as a pro bono asylum attorney fighting for asylum seekers who are currently in ICE detention.

As a candidate, Kipp has a platform which, in all honesty, is pretty much standard Democratic fair - he believes in a strong middle class, quality health care, etc. etc. but the thing that had me wanting to interview Kipp is he considers homelessness a critical issue. At my first real meeting with him, he had specific ideas and plans on how to help alleviate this huge problem in California. His ideas impressed me and the homeless issue is a particularly important one to me.

Some have complained about Kipp as a candidate due to having moved to the Santa Clarita Valley just last year. That nasty word of "carpetbagger" has been thrown around at him by a few, including some of his opponents. Whatever your feeling about so-called carpetbagging, Kipp has become very actively involved with the Democratic organizations in the SCV and has shown a commitment to this valley which appears to reach beyond just running for State Senate.

It could be argued that Kipp faces a tough challenge against Scott Wilk, but the reality is the way the political demographics have changed in this district, it could pretty much be anyone's race to win or, lose.

I want to thank Kipp for taking the time to meet with me and just make it known that Senator Wilk has an open invitation to appear on the show as soon it becomes convenient for him.

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