Gavin Newsom

Former Republican became Democrat, outperformed a lot of his folks.

I am taking the pain and I'm taking the political. I mean, I can give you proof points of the work we've done in the political capital we've used to get a lot of these reforms advanced. And that's I think that's that's where I struggle a little bit with the book. Just again, the book that I celebrate and I'm handing out to folks is it's not a lot of that is acknowledged the actual politics.

I am taking the pain and I'm taking the political. I mean, I can give you proof points of the work we've done in the political capital we've used to get a lot of these reforms advanced. And that's I think that's that's where I struggle a little bit with the book. Just again, the book that I celebrate and I'm handing out to folks is it's not a lot of that is acknowledged the actual politics.

I am taking the pain and I'm taking the political. I mean, I can give you proof points of the work we've done in the political capital we've used to get a lot of these reforms advanced. And that's I think that's that's where I struggle a little bit with the book. Just again, the book that I celebrate and I'm handing out to folks is it's not a lot of that is acknowledged the actual politics.

policy reforms that we are advancing, that we are marching and moving towards, and how we're actually starting to see some progress in that respect. But with that in mind, I get the speed and the scale. But I also want to make a case. Look, This is a state where we're gaining population again. We're running budget surpluses. We dominate in every innovative category.

policy reforms that we are advancing, that we are marching and moving towards, and how we're actually starting to see some progress in that respect. But with that in mind, I get the speed and the scale. But I also want to make a case. Look, This is a state where we're gaining population again. We're running budget surpluses. We dominate in every innovative category.

policy reforms that we are advancing, that we are marching and moving towards, and how we're actually starting to see some progress in that respect. But with that in mind, I get the speed and the scale. But I also want to make a case. Look, This is a state where we're gaining population again. We're running budget surpluses. We dominate in every innovative category.

You talk about the future of abundance in the context of invention and deployment. That's California. 18% of the world's R&D is in this state. No other state comes close. Only two countries have more R&D, and that's Germany and China. This is a state with 41% more manufacturing output than the state that tends to get a lot of credit in Texas. Texas, by the way, takes $71.1 billion of federal money

You talk about the future of abundance in the context of invention and deployment. That's California. 18% of the world's R&D is in this state. No other state comes close. Only two countries have more R&D, and that's Germany and China. This is a state with 41% more manufacturing output than the state that tends to get a lot of credit in Texas. Texas, by the way, takes $71.1 billion of federal money

You talk about the future of abundance in the context of invention and deployment. That's California. 18% of the world's R&D is in this state. No other state comes close. Only two countries have more R&D, and that's Germany and China. This is a state with 41% more manufacturing output than the state that tends to get a lot of credit in Texas. Texas, by the way, takes $71.1 billion of federal money

From the taxpayers, we give $83.1 billion. We have more scientists, engineers, more Nobel laureates, more venture capital. Half of the unicorn companies in the country are in California. There's a lot going right. They just get a survey of the top 10 happiest cities. With respect, Houston went on that list. But San Jose was- I was very happy when I lived in San Francisco.

From the taxpayers, we give $83.1 billion. We have more scientists, engineers, more Nobel laureates, more venture capital. Half of the unicorn companies in the country are in California. There's a lot going right. They just get a survey of the top 10 happiest cities. With respect, Houston went on that list. But San Jose was- I was very happy when I lived in San Francisco.

From the taxpayers, we give $83.1 billion. We have more scientists, engineers, more Nobel laureates, more venture capital. Half of the unicorn companies in the country are in California. There's a lot going right. They just get a survey of the top 10 happiest cities. With respect, Houston went on that list. But San Jose was- I was very happy when I lived in San Francisco.

San Jose was, Irvine was on that list. Fremont, interestingly, number one, San Diego. So, you know, I don't know. We dominate in AI. The world, again, we're inventing the future. It happens here. By the way, you saw in homelessness, the numbers through the roof across the rest of the country stabilized here in California. The housing crisis, not unique to blue states any larger, longer.

San Jose was, Irvine was on that list. Fremont, interestingly, number one, San Diego. So, you know, I don't know. We dominate in AI. The world, again, we're inventing the future. It happens here. By the way, you saw in homelessness, the numbers through the roof across the rest of the country stabilized here in California. The housing crisis, not unique to blue states any larger, longer.

San Jose was, Irvine was on that list. Fremont, interestingly, number one, San Diego. So, you know, I don't know. We dominate in AI. The world, again, we're inventing the future. It happens here. By the way, you saw in homelessness, the numbers through the roof across the rest of the country stabilized here in California. The housing crisis, not unique to blue states any larger, longer.

Lower taxes. in this state than in many, many states. People talk about the high taxes in California, it's just BS. 16 states, 16 states tax their poorest residents more than we tax our top 1%. 40% of our residents pay lower taxes than in Florida and Texas. 80% of our residents pay slightly above average taxes. So this notion of even being a high tax state is BS.

Lower taxes. in this state than in many, many states. People talk about the high taxes in California, it's just BS. 16 states, 16 states tax their poorest residents more than we tax our top 1%. 40% of our residents pay lower taxes than in Florida and Texas. 80% of our residents pay slightly above average taxes. So this notion of even being a high tax state is BS.

Lower taxes. in this state than in many, many states. People talk about the high taxes in California, it's just BS. 16 states, 16 states tax their poorest residents more than we tax our top 1%. 40% of our residents pay lower taxes than in Florida and Texas. 80% of our residents pay slightly above average taxes. So this notion of even being a high tax state is BS.

This notion that everyone's leaving is complete BS. We dominate in so many of these categories because I think of our values, but we're not building enough damn housing. And that's led to this homeless crisis, not exclusively, as you said, but it's contributed. And yes. We had a vision decades ago. The taxpayers advanced it on a high-speed rail, and we watched China clean our clock.