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Is there a little part of you when you see someone like Elon Musk barreling through the government? And obviously, I asked and answered doing in a despicable way, destroying and a disingenuous way. Yes. But do you see that and think, no, of course, that's not what we should be doing.

But man, if Democrats were a little less deferential to some of these institutional prerogatives, man, if Democrats were a little less consensus oriented and a little combative, do you take any lesson from what we're seeing?

But man, if Democrats were a little less deferential to some of these institutional prerogatives, man, if Democrats were a little less consensus oriented and a little combative, do you take any lesson from what we're seeing?

Let's talk about that gap. So 30 years ago, we were going to have high speed rail in California by 2020. We're supposed to have a train that takes us from San Francisco all the way to San Diego. Now we can't seem to build a train that goes from Bakersfield to Merced, which makes no fucking sense to me. Yeah.

Let's talk about that gap. So 30 years ago, we were going to have high speed rail in California by 2020. We're supposed to have a train that takes us from San Francisco all the way to San Diego. Now we can't seem to build a train that goes from Bakersfield to Merced, which makes no fucking sense to me. Yeah.

What would like do you believe right now sitting here that you could help get done that high speed rail line between our two biggest cities?

What would like do you believe right now sitting here that you could help get done that high speed rail line between our two biggest cities?

Well, except the money that's supposed to come from the federal government is less than how much the budget has ballooned, right? Like we're already on track to spend more as a state than we were supposed to spend on the entire thing, not like 10 years ago.

Well, except the money that's supposed to come from the federal government is less than how much the budget has ballooned, right? Like we're already on track to spend more as a state than we were supposed to spend on the entire thing, not like 10 years ago.

We've had a cat.

We've had a cat.

Dino? Yeah. So on housing, we face the dog. I mean, this is I love this. I'm so glad we came. It's so much better in person on housing. It's the same problem, right? You have to make some people upset to build a lot of housing. Are you going to tell the NIMBYs to fuck off?

Dino? Yeah. So on housing, we face the dog. I mean, this is I love this. I'm so glad we came. It's so much better in person on housing. It's the same problem, right? You have to make some people upset to build a lot of housing. Are you going to tell the NIMBYs to fuck off?

But even if like here, the problem is that like, even if most people agree, I think by most people in California already agree, most people in the state are Democrats, or most voters are Democrats, they mostly agree with you.

But even if like here, the problem is that like, even if most people agree, I think by most people in California already agree, most people in the state are Democrats, or most voters are Democrats, they mostly agree with you.

The problem is you have in individual projects, individual communities, you have a committed group of people that are able to not just use public opinion and public sentiment, but Our environmental laws, our our town hall processes and all these different levers of government that originally were supposed to make government work better, that grind everything to a halt.

The problem is you have in individual projects, individual communities, you have a committed group of people that are able to not just use public opinion and public sentiment, but Our environmental laws, our our town hall processes and all these different levers of government that originally were supposed to make government work better, that grind everything to a halt.

And it does seem to me that one job of a leader in this state.

And it does seem to me that one job of a leader in this state.

Now, how do you think the governor has done on this issue? It does strike me that he's been that we've made a lot of progress that we're not seeing the results of is the generational failure. But like, you know, pushing San Francisco to build a bunch more housing. Same thing down here in L.A. Where do you think it's working and where do you think you need to go further?