Governor of California

• Promises to fight price gouging and unjustified rate hikes and to use state power to lower prices.

  “using the power of the state to lower prices where the market has failed”

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• Would end the annual $800 tax on small businesses.

  “Steve will end the annual $800 tax that punishes small businesses just for existing.”

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• Wants to use the state's power to lower everyday costs.

  “No family should have to choose between caring for their kids, putting food on the table, and staying insured.”

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• Wants to eliminate state income tax on the first $150,000 of income.

  “Steve will let working Californians keep more of what they earn by eliminating state income tax on the first $150,000.”

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• Treats the housing shortage as an emergency and wants to build far more homes.

  “issue an executive order declaring California's housing shortage a state of emergency”

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• Wants to tie state money to real results and pair housing with care.

  “Tie every state dollar to results: people housed, not processes funded.”

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• Wants to clear out the red tape, fees and rules that made it too expensive to build starter homes for young families.

  “Steve will clear out the red tape, fees and bad rules that made it too expensive to build the homes young families need.”

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• Wants to shift from reacting to disasters to preventing harm, with more money for wildfire, flood and quake safety.

  “shifting from a system that reacts after disaster strikes to one that prevents harm before it happens”

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• Would turn the California Highway Patrol into a statewide police force and grow it toward 10,000 officers.

  “Steve Hilton will turn CHP into a real California State Police Force”

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• Wants extra prison time for people who deliberately hide their identity while committing a felony.

  “If you deliberately mask up to commit a felony, you should face additional prison time.”

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• Wants to protect and expand health coverage and lower its cost.

  “California pioneered CalRx to produce and purchase essential medications at lower cost”

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• Wants to cut the cost of care through price transparency, expanded clinician roles, and health accounts for some Medi-Cal adults.

  “Steve Hilton will take on the cost of healthcare itself.”

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• Would order state agencies to protect access to contraception, abortion and maternal health care from federal restrictions.

  “ensure uninterrupted, equitable access to contraception, abortion, and maternal health support”

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• Would let Louisiana extradite a California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills, saying one state should not impose on another.

  “But you can’t have one state imposing its will on another.”

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• Wants public school money kept in public schools, opposes voucher-style accounts, and would not promote students below grade level.

  “I’ll make sure that every public dollar, taxpayer dollar that we put in our schools — and nine out of 10 kids in California go to public schools — that those dollars, taxpayer dollars, stay in our public schools”

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• Would make early literacy a top priority.

  “Steve will make early literacy a top priority so every child gets the foundation they need.”

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• Wants to expand help with child care and other essential family costs.

  “expanding help with childcare and essential costs”

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• Would extend California Paid Family Leave from eight weeks to 12 for eligible parents.

  “Steve Hilton will extend California Paid Family Leave from eight weeks to 12 for eligible parents”

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• Would keep California a sanctuary state and protect health coverage for undocumented residents. Source →

• Would enforce the law and stop the state from blocking federal enforcement. Source →

• Proposes a first-in-the-nation free 'Power Hour' to cut utility bills for working Californians.

  “Becerra Announces First-in-the-Nation Free “Power Hour” to Cut Utility Bills for Working Californians”

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• Wants cheaper gas through more in-state oil, and lower power bills. Source →
• Wants to roll back many of the state's greenhouse gas rules. Source →
• Says he will end rules and fees that drove up gas prices and tackle mandates that made electricity unaffordable.

  “Steve will end the rules and fees that drove California gas prices through the roof and restore affordable energy.”

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• Wants to end managed water scarcity, build more storage, and cut the typical water bill from $81 to about $40.

  “Steve Hilton will end California’s policy of managed water scarcity and build a system that delivers more water at a lower cost.”

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• Would scrap the current high-speed rail configuration but still finish the project on time and on budget.

  “I’m going to scrap the current configuration, and I’m going to make sure we finish”

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• Wants to cancel California's high-speed rail project and use the savings to let people keep more of their income.

  “You know what it's coming from? Canceling high-speed rail”

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• Opposes Proposition 39, the voter ID and citizenship-verification measure, and says he is voting no.

  “Proposition 39 is Donald Trump’s voter interference agenda, repackaged for a California ballot. I’m voting no”

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• Wants faster ballot counts, mail ballots to arrive by Election Day, and ID required to vote in person.

  “Every legal ballot should be counted, but voters should not have to wait weeks to find out the outcome of an election.”

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• Wants AI guardrails against real harms, audits of state AI use, and fully funded public computing.

  “AI should broaden opportunity, not concentrate it.”

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• Opposes sweeping, preemptive AI regulation and favors targeted rules on child safety, fraud and impersonation.

  “Government should enforce basic accountability—but avoid sweeping, preemptive regulation on evolving technologies.”

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• Would review state gun laws against Supreme Court rulings and make concealed-carry rules uniform across counties.

  “The Constitution should apply equally in every county in California.”

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