Matt Mahan

I believe people are listening.

They're not thrilled with the choices that they perceive to be the front runners today because they have some very legitimate concerns about

Tom Steyer and Javier Becerra and certainly Steve Hilton.

And I'm offering an alternative that is resonant with those who have heard it.

What we see in our data is when people have seen our ads and heard our message, we go above 20% and we're in the top two.

So my focus is on communicating directly with voters through every possible channel, including, thank you very much, this opportunity today.

I want to talk to people about what we've done to get housing under construction, to make San Jose the safest big city in the country, to reduce homelessness faster than any other city in the state of California, and offer a different view of how we make Sacramento work for them.

I mean, we have to own, as Democrats, the fact in the last six years,

We have increased spending in Sacramento by 75%.

That's $150 billion per year more than we had six years ago.

And none of the outcomes that people care most about have gotten better.

That is a systemic breakdown.

And that's why I'm trying to offer very concrete solutions.

fund Prop 36, expand treatment capacity, do high dosage tutoring when children are falling behind to make sure every child's on grade level for reading by the end of third grade.

These are things that work that we have not done largely because of special interest

capture in Sacramento.

We don't build condos in the state of California anymore because the trial lawyers like the fees they collect from using construction defect laws to sue builders of condos.

So the city of Miami builds more condos every year than the entire state of California.

Why does that matter?

That's the most accessible form of home ownership for young people.