I'm Running.

Not a Promise. A Plan.

My name is Gregory Burgess. I just secured my place on the June 2026 primary ballot for California's 2nd Congressional District. I did it through in-lieu filing fees — not a single dollar raised, not a single favor owed.

Most candidates start with a slogan. I'm starting with an issue. Because you deserve a representative who shows his work — not one who hides it behind closed doors.

My platform, "An Honest Economy for All," isn't a bumper sticker. It contains over 30 drafted bills — actual legislation you can read today, not promises you'll forget tomorrow. That's what "Show Your Work" means.

The Point Reyes Question

In January 2025, the National Park Service quietly ended more than a century of ranching at Point Reyes National Seashore. Eleven families lost their operations. About 90 residents and farmworkers face losing their homes. And 16,000 acres of your public land were handed to a private nonprofit to manage for up to 45 years.

Here's what should bother you: none of this was decided in public.

For two and a half years, from mid-2022 to January 2025, the biggest land-use decision in Point Reyes history was worked out through secret mediation. Everyone involved signed non-disclosure agreements. There were no public hearings. No chance for you to comment. No new environmental review.

The Hard Questions for Congressman Huffman

In 2018, Representative Jared Huffman wrote a bill — H.R. 6687 — that passed the House. It told the Department of the Interior to keep working ranches at Point Reyes. He publicly backed the 2021 management plan that gave ranchers 20-year leases.

Then, without ever explaining the change to his constituents, he started the secret mediation process that produced the exact opposite result.

How does a Congressman go from fighting for these families to helping push them out — all behind closed doors?

1. Why were no public hearings held during the two and a half years when this decision was being made?
2. Why did Congressman Huffman completely reverse his position from H.R. 6687 and the 2021 plan without ever explaining it publicly?
3. How does he demand transparency from the oil industry while endorsing a secret process in his own district?
4. Did the NPS have the legal authority to make a change this big without new environmental review or approval from Congress?
5. Does Congressman Huffman understand that the playbook he helped write at Point Reyes is now being used to justify offshore oil drilling without public input?

Why This Matters to Every American

Huffman has built his national reputation fighting offshore oil drilling. He says public lands decisions must be transparent. He says the government must follow environmental law. Those are good positions. I agree with them.

But the process used at Point Reyes — where a private group put up $30 million to undo a public decision without going through Congress — has created a dangerous blueprint. And the oil industry has already picked it up.

That argument is already being made in court. And the Point Reyes deal gave it legs.

The Supreme Court's Major Questions Doctrine says agencies need clear permission from Congress before making decisions of huge economic and political importance. Eleven ranch families might sound small. But as a legal precedent that affects every national park, seashore, and piece of federal land in America, this decision is enormous. Congress never approved it. Congress never paid for it. And the Congressman from this district helped make it happen — without any of us.

Who I Am

I'm a third-generation Californian. I grew up around the dairy ranches of Point Reyes and Marin County. I've spent my life in public service — not in politics, but in the kind of work where you show up, do the job, and answer to the people in front of you.

I'm not running because I think I have all the answers. I'm running because I believe you deserve to see the work before you cast your vote — and because the people of CA-2 deserve a representative who asks the hard questions out loud, not behind closed doors.