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Barbara Jensen
Barbara Jensen, a retired community college English teacher who continues to serve her community. After retiring, she served as Senior Ambassador / Community Liaison for Assemblymember Heath Flora, a delegate to CAGOP, a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention, and a staffer on a local congressional campaign. She currently serves as Volunteers Coordinator for a local sheriff's re-election campaign, Parks and Recreation Commissioner for her city, and a member of California Women for Agriculture among other volunteer activities. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother. In her spare time, she tutors underprepared students and proofreads and edits articles and books.
We need to recognize that as go Los Angeles and San Francisco so goes the state, and we must put up a better fight to stop the spread from those now crime-ridden areas to the rest of the state. File photo: Vesperstock, Shutter Stock,…