David Sacks
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Because what I think might be very hard is, again, to wind things back that all these incentive systems have been created to deliver.
Yeah.
Are there emergency powers or action you can take as governor that can just say, you know what, I'm going to fix this in a year?
Or do you have to work with the legislature to solve these problems?
Do you think it's also because if they're public about it, they'll lose their donors and they'll lose their donor class that's supporting them?
If there's mental illness, should they be committed to some facility to help them recover from their mental illness?
Drugs are coming from somewhere, fueling this crisis.
Can the governor address the drug crisis?
Can the governor get drugs off the street, arrest drug dealers?
Is that a federal issue?
How do we resolve the fueling of fentanyl, methamphetamines, prescription painkillers, et cetera, that have made their way onto the street?
And how many times do they cycle through before they have to be held more permanently?
And I think a lot of people don't account for that, which is-
I want to shift topics to energy costs.
There's an Iran war going on, so there's an acute spike in energy gas prices in the state.
But over the last number of years, California Governor Newsom and the state legislature have pursued an effort to drive green energy policy in the state.
California has a 70 cents per gallon, roughly, tax.
The California price for gasoline this week is $5.50 compared to 350 in the rest of the country.
Did we get it wrong?
Should we have taken a different path in the state versus fighting for green, chasing Chevron out of the state?