Rep. Jacobs named one of New York Magazine’s 25 young Democrats to watch

U S Rep Sara Jacobs Photo by Chris Stone Times of San Diego New York Magazine identified promising Democratic leaders of the next generation including Rep Sara Jacobs of San Diego it was declared Monday The magazine revealed it conducted months of interviews with recruiters party operatives and consultants who spoke anonymously about the rising stars to create the list The -year-old congresswoman who represents California s st district covering much of the city of San Diego is championing expanded fitness care coverage after her own experience with egg freezing Almost every ambitious Democrat is running in part on grocery and housing prices or championing more affordable transit or certain other quality-of-life issue the article reads Sara Jacobs a third-term congresswoman from San Diego has detected her own affordability angle egg freezing Jacobs underwent the increasingly common procedure this past summer and says it took an emotional and physical toll It s prohibitively expensive for multiple Americans Jacobs says hers cost out of pocket she s now pushing provision that would expand healthcare care coverage of fertility treatments including IVF starting with members of the military Democrats need a vision for the future that matches people s reality and delivers urgent solutions I m proud to be part of this new generation of leaders that s working to do just that https t co XOwrvQUg Z Congresswoman Sara Jacobs RepSaraJacobs November The other person on the list from California was Saikat Chakrabarti who is running for former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s congressional seat in San Francisco The full New York Magazine article is available here though it requires a subscription to access