Matt Mahan

We need a significant change in the political culture of California, one that is really centered on accountability for outcomes.

I say this because this has been my experience as mayor of San Jose, where I have had to

overcome the objections of highly organized interests who liked the city budget being spent the way that it was spent.

I've had to overcome the opposition of colleagues on my city council who also were wedded to the same old way of doing things.

And if you want to create change, it should always be rooted in

solid core values and a clear sense of where you're trying to go, but you have to be willing to take on the big fights.

And our inability to take on the big fights and solve our problems despite spending more and more is frankly giving a lot of ammunition to the MAGA movement,

to a president that thinks that might makes right.

We talk about being the resistance and pushing back and fighting against Trumpism.

And yet we're not minding the story here.

If we don't fix our problems and show that our values actually deliver results for working people in practice, we don't have any credibility against this movement.

The best resistance is results.

You know, Chuck, to be honest with you, I'm not that concerned about it.

I think there's been a lot of ink spilled on this.

I think it is overblown.

Most voters are not paying attention yet.

People are busy doing their jobs, paying their bills, raising their kids.

As voters start to tune in, you will see some consolidation.

Right now, undecided is beating everyone.

And it's overwhelmingly Democratic and independent voters who are undecided.