Matt Mahan

And he's laid some of the groundwork.

And so let me tell you, I want to just be sure to give him credit.

On education, there's a lack of accountability.

He's proposed that we align accountability all the way up to the governor's office.

Right now, we have a separate superintendent of schools.

statewide who's elected and runs the Department of Education.

The governor does not have executive authority over the education department.

Huge problem.

We're one of just a dozen states who has that structure.

I don't know that it matters as long as – basically what Governor Newsom has proposed, which I agree with, is keep the office, but have it be a sort of watchdog, ombudsman, an advocate for parents.

Don't have it be the executive authority over an entire – More like a comptroller.

Yeah.

Monitor the spending to be the advocate for the parents and students.

But the governor is the chief executive of the state and the Department of Education ought to report directly up into the governor.

So that's one I totally agree with.

He sees the need for reform there.

On housing, we talked earlier.

the governor and I are completely aligned on the importance of interim solutions.

In fact, it's his state budgets that have helped fund the solutions that we've championed in San Jose.

Now, we've done it faster, better, more cost-effectively than any other city in the state, but we're aligned there.