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Matt Mahan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2299 total appearances

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The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

My mom was a teacher.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

My dad was a mailman.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

And just from a young age, I came to this belief that politics and government is the area where we work out the big questions, solve the big problems.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

And it's kind of the only game in town for really tackling the big things that create opportunity for people, which is what I'm really interested in.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

So I ended up being a public school teacher for a while, worked in tech for a while, but ultimately found myself drawn back to the place where I was living and raising a family, San Jose, where it just felt like we kept asking people to raise their taxes, but the outcomes weren't getting any better.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

And I thought, I'm going to jump in and see if I can do this a little differently.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

Yeah, I was watching the race closely, was not planning to run, sort of watched it all of last year.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

And then early this year, realized there was a big void in the conversation, particularly in the more moderate problem solver lane to try to bring people together.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

And it just...

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

I guess a few things felt missing.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

One, I'm the only current mayor and executive with both public and private sector executive experience in the race.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

I think we are in a moment where the next governor of California has to be very execution focused.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

We don't have a revenue problem.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

We have an execution and accountability problem, which I'm sure we'll talk more about.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

Number two, I'm worried about the partisan divide in this country and rising populism on the right and the left and people sort of just giving easy answers.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

And so in my party on the left right now, in California at least, it's in vogue to say, well, all of our problems in California are just because of Donald Trump.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

or just because of the tech billionaires.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

And look, I've got plenty of critiques of both, but the truth is we've got a lot of resources, a lot of assets.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

We've increased spending in the state of California by 75% or $150 billion in just the last six years.

The Chuck ToddCast
Interview Only w/ Matt Mahan - Good Democratic Governance Is The Best Resistance To Trumpism

And I'm the only Democrat in this race saying we need to demand that our state government do better before we ask people to pay more.