Tom Steyer

I understand that special interests are ripping off Californian citizens.

And so the question is, who's gotten results?

I've put billions of dollars into California education and healthcare every single year through those propositions without charging California citizens a dime.

And do I believe I can continue to do that?

I know I can.

One of the things I'm saying I'll do is I will close the corporate real estate tax loophole in California that's been on the books for 50 years and no one wants to take it on.

No one's been able to pass it, which is true of all the other props I did.

What does that look like?

It looks like 10 to $15 billion a year, closing a loophole that makes no sense, that has no justification.

And that's money that can go to education.

That's money that can go to healthcare.

Californian citizens are challenged by rent.

They're challenged by the second highest electricity costs in the United States.

They're charged by insurance costs.

Californian citizens are struggling in a state that's incredibly rich.

We're not short of money, Ben.

The way the money gets distributed, the way the revenues gets distributed has to change.

And the easiest way to do it that I can do is to take on the special interests and close the loopholes they're using to rip off California families.

That's what I'm going to do.

And that's why I'm different because I don't owe those people one darn thing.