Jon Slavet

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.

Newsom signed it to his credit.

So there is some movement for transparency in California, but it's not retroactive.

It's not like it's on ceiling every NDA sign.

I'll say one other thing on this, and then I'm sure you're going to go lots of places that you want to go in this conversation.

But I've said a few times now since I announced for governor that I would do the major negotiations with third parties with lights on and cameras rolling.

I think that there should be much more transparency on the major discussions that the governor and team have with counterparties.

One of the biggest examples is with the very powerful unions in California that exert such huge influence.

You know, public sector unions in California, they raise about a billion dollars in dues and they're donating 300 million dollars in California annually to buy, sell and trade politicians.

And mostly what they've done is cow Democrats who are so afraid to oppose them.

you know, in legislation.

And so I would actually have these counterparties across the table, put my priorities on the table and show it.

Well, let me say this.

You're correct in what you said so far.

You know, Republicans in California have been very cute about the Trump endorsement.

I think Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco, the other two serious Republicans in the race who we can talk about.

They've said different things about endorsed by Trump.

I think Chad Bianco said, well, I accept it in private.

So that's all just weird cuteness.

Yeah.