Matt Mahan
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And that's part of my proposal is actually to require at least parental consent up to 16.
So yeah, I think that's fair.
But I do think we risk losing...
natural allies of the party if our answer to every problem is another regulation, another tax.
And I think, look, within tech, maybe it's appropriate.
The regulatory environment is not very mature at this point, but there are plenty of other industries like housing and agriculture where you could argue we're punishing, we're actually restricting economic opportunity and pushing people out of state.
I mean, the way I think about it is,
There's a set of things that are just red lines for me and for the state of California.
We're going to fight to protect our vulnerable neighbors.
We're going to push back on ICE.
We're going to fight to protect constitutional freedoms.
We're going to fight for our fair share of federal funding.
There are a
unfortunately, we are going to have to fight fire with fire, as Governor Newsom has said.
And in San Jose, I've led us to sue the Trump administration multiple times.
We've used our budget to backfill cuts.
We're funding legal services for immigrant neighbors who are at risk of deportation.
We've banned ICE's use of masks and their use of public property.