Jon Slavet

Now, apparently it's over a billion and 2000 people under NDA.

on the projects that people are actually can't, you know, muffled to actually talk about it.

So there's a ton to talk about in California.

We have the most interesting opportunity and interesting people, and it's a shame there's not more coverage.

Yeah, I'm against all new taxes.

And in California, including this billionaire tax, in California, which I know this happens in other states, Chuck, there is a hidden system of what are called special funds.

So a county or the state will say, hey, we have a huge need.

Well, you bring up a good point.

There's an assemblyman named Joe Patterson, who's in the California State Assembly, who I had in my podcast a while ago.

For example, a big, beautiful bill cut health care spending.

We wanna initiate a new tax, a sales tax.

And he actually is the number one, I guess, instigator for transparency.

It's a 10th of a percent.

You're not gonna notice it.

And he created legislation to ban the use of NDAs with elected officials in California when they're discussing, debating important issues for the state.

It's gonna accrue the county $500 million over the next four years.

And we're gonna use that money to pay for healthcare.

What happens?

That money is raised and it is shifted into the general fund of the county or the state to be spent on anything.

Newsom signed it to his credit.