The Livability [L.I.V.E.] Platform

For Daria, livability is the simple test of whether everyday life actually works for the people who live here. Daria will champion policies that improve quality of life across the issues that matter most: affordability, housing, healthcare, education, jobs, transportation, childcare, and belonging.

For Daria, livability is not abstract. It means:

  • Families can afford to stay in Kitsap

  • Patients can get care close to home

  • Parents can find childcare

  • Workers can rely on ferries and transportation

  • Small businesses can keep their doors open

  • Students graduate ready for opportunity

  • Communities feel safe, respected, and connected

  • Taxpayers can see where their money goes and what it accomplishes

Daria’s L.I.V.E. Platform stands for Leadership, Income Support, Value in Healthcare, and Environmental Protections & Inclusive Communities. It is a practical agenda to make life more livable for Kitsap families by lowering costs, demanding better results from government, making healthcare usable, protecting clean air and water, strengthening public safety, and standing up for every neighbor.

L.I.V.E.

Leadership: Fiscally principled leadership that delivers results.

“I will ask the questions taxpayers would ask if they were in the room.”

Daria will bring steady, practical leadership to Olympia - leadership that asks hard questions, respects taxpayers, and demands clearer results for how public dollars are spent. State government must be honest about tradeoffs, transparent with spending, and accountable for whether programs actually work.

Kitsap families and small businesses live within real budgets; Daria believes state government should show that same discipline.

Daria will fight for:

  • Responsible budgets

  • Clear results for taxpayer dollars

  • Ferry and agency accountability

  • Strong public schools

  • Plain-language vote explanations

  • Bringing people together before problems become crises

Income Support: Lower costs & help families keep more of what they earn.

“Affordability is not one issue. It is the pressure families feel from every direction.”

Daria will focus on the everyday cost pressures families feel most - fighting unfair pricing, supporting small businesses, and making it easier for neighbors to stay rooted in the communities they love.

Daria will fight for:

  • Action against price gouging, predatory pricing, and unfair cost increases

  • Housing people can afford

  • Childcare families can find

  • Small business stability

  • Lower everyday cost pressure

Value in Healthcare: Make healthcare affordable, accessible, & usable.

“Healthcare should work when you need it, not just when the bill arrives.”

Daria will champion healthcare policies that lower costs, expand access to providers, and make sure the money people spend on insurance premiums actually results in coverage they can use. Kitsap families should not pay more every year for insurance that comes with fewer providers, more denials, and less real care.

Daria will fight for:

  • More local healthcare providers

  • Lower out-of-pocket pressure

  • Mental health and addiction treatment access

  • Clearer medical bills

  • Less insurance runaround

  • Better support for seniors, veterans, children, and people with disabilities

Environmental Protections & Inclusive Communities: Protect the place we call home & the people who live here.

“Protecting Kitsap means protecting both the place and the people.”

Daria will protect clean air and water, support responsible growth, strengthen public safety, and stand up for immigrant families so they can live in community without fear. A livable Kitsap means healthy shorelines, safe neighborhoods, trusted public systems, and communities where every neighbor is treated with dignity.

Daria will fight for:

  • Clean water and Puget Sound protection

  • Responsible growth

  • Reliable ferries

  • Safe neighborhoods

  • Emergency preparedness

  • Standing up for immigrant families, LGBTQ+ neighbors, veterans, seniors, tribal communities, and every family that calls Kitsap home