Jon Slavet

And the two Republicans who are running, I like them both as men.

I like Steve and I like Chad.

I've had them on my podcast, spent a little time with them.

They're good men.

I don't think either has the right background to turn the state around.

Well, I think that California gave away my bias there on that one.

I did.

Yeah.

Well, big tech is also a huge driver for innovation, employment, wealth building.

And God help us.

We need to keep that in California.

There's a lot of movement outside of California.

Listen, you can run a tech company from anywhere in the world.

You can run it from the mountains.

You can run it from the beach.

You can run it from anywhere.

So California needs to remain the most...

welcoming and the most positive place for tech companies of all sizes to want to do business.

If you look at the AI business, Chuck, one of the singular reasons that Dan Lurie has been able to tell a comeback story in San Francisco is because of AI.

Because of the employment, because of the leases that have been signed in downtown to bring human beings back into the city to actually be a part of the tax base.