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DID anyone go to Jail for all the Fraud?

They all say the same thing.And then nothing ever gets done!😂

I want this guy to talk to Victor Davis Hanson and then we will know if he’s the one!

California has communists running the state

Ah a politician from California. I am sure this will go well.

He's a genuine dude. I've met him several times over the years ( even before he became Mayor) and he's totally not about the party line. What he's done to clean up San Jose should be applauded.

Friedberg refereanced Gynofacism 😂 Adam Carolla is a savage!

I don’t give a fuck WHAT this dude says…I’m never voting for another Democrat in this state again. They are ALL full of shit.

San Jose and being a democrat is nothing to brag about .. he is saying the right things but so do all the other democrats running for office then they get in and the fraud and bad management continue … Newscum is enjoying his 12 million dollar mansion near the homeless people .. this needs to be a republican who will work with federal government to fix everything going wrong in California

Have Sheriff Bianco for California Governor on next?

Friedberg, I love that you referenced your interview with Carolla in this interview! You’re the best.👍

How did the illegal aliens pay taxes without a social security number?

Can you interview Steve Hilton?

I was very impressed with the first 80% of the conversation. Then, I was totally surprised when he said he is a Democrat. In the end his Liberal philosophy showed up. I don't think he could stand up against the Democrat Party.

SEIU is out of control!

We need drastic changes to challenge all the CA mafias.

California is so dysfunctional it cannot even implement no more daylight savings time which we voted out five years ago!!

Love the 1 on 1 format 👍

He's running as a Democrat; how will he break the trend of dysfunction brought about by one-party rule? He's mayor of San Jose, what did he do to increase prosperity there? It certainly wasn't in property costs where homes often START at a million dollars. I'm gonna listen to his pitch, I also need him to understand he has a much tougher uphill climb to sway me.

Really great interview. The people of California pay so much in taxes and sadly most of it is wasted or stolen, and the only response of politicians is ‘tax more’.

No thank you. Bianco or Hilton. Cut spending by 30%, lower taxes, slash regulation, enforce the law. CA needs austerity in the short term to right the ship.

Adam Carolla is right

A liberal can’t fix California. Liberals have a broken corrupt ideology. They don’t realize their ideology inevitably turns into socialism and final communism. Then people start dying and freedom disappears. They have a lot of good intentions but zero common sense. How could you keep voting for them after seeing what they have done to California. This guy is lying to himself more than he is lying to Californians.

California pays people to steal from them and ask to have another sir

Basically Reagan: "nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help'".

Same thing goes for auto business. These lawyers are suing auto dealerships just to churn billable hours. They are not suing for justice. This system needs to be fixed!

After 40 years in CA (no longer) I came to understand that most in the state don't recognize how corrosive quasi-legal immigration has become. A two-tier system of law enforcement, entitlements and civic standards will end badly. Victor Davis Hanson may cast the problem in high contrast but he is on the front lines of profound cultural chaos.

Shoutout to Watsonville lol

California will never be fixed until people start changing the way they vote and fix the fraud. You can have the best bucket in the world and the cleanest water to pour into it. But if the bucket has a hole in it.....

39:59 He doesn't want to talk about arresting drug dealers, that would be offensive, he'd prefer talk about "reducing customers". This is, once again, not the figure that California needs.

Right off the bat, David and Matt threw in the proverbial hook… I’m excited to see where this interview goes.

On immigration, he can't have it both ways. His answer was very slimy.

Basic user fee… mileage tax, which would screw over the people he claimed he wants to help. We all have to commute cause we can’t afford to live where we work

I would bet my life savings that he will do nothing and continue the democratic idiocy if he gets elected. Him and his party are the reason California is so fucked up.

He is the first Dem that sounds sane in this state. I wonder what ppl who live in San Jose have to say.

He said, "Something is broken in California" at the same time saying the immigrant situation is ok. I guess he didn't hear about all the murders like the last Venezuelan who just shot the girl watching the stars with friends at the beach. He attacks Trump while saying he doesn't attack people and has no idea about world politics, his diapers were being changed while Trump understood the Iran problem and has not veered. in his assertions.

Where are the insurance companies? You all ran them off!

Why do you think everyone is going to Texas we have not allowed that kind of litigation in our state!

He says the right things but can he actually accomplish them? As a California republican I’m well aware that we struggle to win elections so it’s extremely important we get the best possible democrat candidate through the primary and even this interview shows he’s way better than Swalwell or god forbid Porter.

Let me get this straight- he hates Trump, thinks Newsome is just slightly wrong, but recognizes Newsome’s policies are destructive and Trump’s are corrective? CA is doomed if this is their moderate answer

Please interview Chad Bianco

“You’re absolutely right, to answer your question let me list other problems while I avoid presenting any actual solution”

He’s got my backing!

Arnold Schwarzenegger had the best intentions and thought he could fix California too. The party machine stopped him in his tracks.

Two solutions: 1) Stop wasteful/fraudulent spending with top to bottom audits, 2) EVERYONE physically capable of work, must get a job...if not in the private sector, you must work for the state doing something that benefits the state and its citizens (filling pot holes for example). The entitlements that exist by not enforcing #2 have bankrupted the country, PERIOD!!

They wouldn’t let me vote in Canada or Mexico, so why not support the save act?

This man can’t even fix SJ no shot he’s fixing all of California he ain’t it. We need conservatives that are hard on crime.

No talk of Sanctuary Cities!

This interview honestly won me over—you’ve got my vote. But your TV ads? They sound like every other generic campaign, and they don’t reflect what actually made you stand out here. What grabbed me was that you’re talking about: • Cutting wasteful spending • Stopping endless bills that go nowhere • Being practical with the massive budget California already has instead of just promising more money • Holding homeless drug addicts accountable when they repeatedly refuse help That’s what made me think, “finally, a normal person saying something that actually makes sense.” Your commercials lean into the same lines about reducing homelessness and more affordable housing that voters hear every cycle—and at this point, people just turn it out. If you said what you said in this interview in your ads, you’d stand out in a big way. I want you to win—lean into what makes you different!

Litigation also drives up insurance.

To enforce any of the laws re drugs and homeless, first you must do something about the judges who keep letting people out on their own recognizance.

Wish him all the best and he has my vote in California.

1:00 unless you have a plan to purge the corrupt socialists it's all talking doesn't matter. People need to go to jail for their crimes. Chelsea Clinton inherited over $2 billion dollars tax-free by taking control of the Clinton foundation which was all bribe money. Why would anyone not do the same exact thing? There's no consequences for it hence pelosi the newsoms the entire state of California's political system is just beholden to China and the highest bidder

Go Bells!

You’ll be sorry if you make California be advertising that healthcare is free.

Less government, less subsidies, less benefits, less regulations, less state-sponsored organizations, less state-funded projects, less taxes. Let the public sector take the back seat and the private sector do what it does best: invest, innovate, create jobs, optimize and reduce costs, etc.

Even IF we somehow reach a situation where non-violent illegal aliens are allowed to stay (which I don’t agree with, but if) one simple rule…they can never vote.

1:14:10 I could support his path to residence without a right to vote, but it is absolutely insane for one party to open the border, cause a calamity of immigration and then have him sit there and say both parties are gonna have to give in order to find an outcome… that’s crazy Work.

@53:50 incentivizing prevention. Yes, this is what many countries do. Here in Korea, you are given a free comprehensive health screenig every two years, whether you are insured or not: FREE. Now, if you choose not to partake, you can, but if you get sick, especially with these expensive diseases like cancer, the national health insurance WILL NOT pay anything towards your treatment.

Let go great Senior Tech Workers, Coders, web designers etc who had bikes, not cars & knew AI etc but are older will add to homeless in SF & Bay area!

Boy did he show his true colors at the end.

Is he Carl Demaio approved?

The CA school system, that I went through, brainwashed a lot of people and they are lost to us. They are forever ruined - I have them in my own family. It is sad and maddening.

Love Matt and love that he got in. I met him years ago and he’s as earnest and sincere today as he was then. Pragmatic in his approach. California would be lucky to have him as governor.

Friedberg is so good at this.

I thought the budget for the high speed rail was at 120b?

Excellent interview. THANK YOU for reminding me that there are sane moderates that can earn my vote here in CA.

Important. Incentives. Mahan is the man.

Sj resident here: it’s not perfect, but it’s better than sf, and LA, for the most part. I’ve been ‘all in’/excited about the idea of flipping Cali red, but this guy is cool; I can’t believe I didn’t know him until now! (I’m young tho, that’s my excuse for not knowing my local politician)

All the right things to say. LFG

The guy has studied Elaine Culotti

He also has 10+ of the same donors and endorsers as Scott Wiener, who’s giving us the per mile gas tax and mandatory GPS trackers on all cars.

Continue the building of high speed rail! And bring in AI to help efficiencies in government.

I am a republican in CA and I would probably vote for him. I feel like he actually gives direct answers. The section at the end on immigration was shockingly pragmatic.

As a California employee I feel like he knows less than I do about what’s really going on in California govt. I don’t feel that way with Bianco

Definitely interview Elaine Culotti

The step up in capital gains at death is not a gap - it is in place to work jointly with the estate tax, to avoid the descendants having to look through the dusty folders of grandpa to figure out what he paid for some stock to establish basis, i.e. you pay estate tax on the gross and get the step up to avoid double taxation, and it avoids massive fraud and impossible loads on and fees from executors. And before everyone says 'estate tax is toothless' that is not true, it is actually quite difficult and expensive to avoid estate tax -- there are only a few tactics eg selling forward, that can be closed out. A fair system would be elect to (a) pay estate tax + get basis step up, or select (b) establish basis and pay simplified cap gains with no estate tax. Then close all the borrowing against assets loopholes, including forward sales. And cap gains should be simplified and estate/cap gains rate be equalized. If the estate tax was around 20% with almost no loopholes, almost no one would try to game it. Note that almost all estate tax schemes result in major expense, hassle and loss of control. Have worked with many wealthy and almost all would prefer paying a chunk and be done. It would also be easy to deal with private businesses and farms - at 20% the tax on almost all such assets could be financed over eg 10 years so heirs would be able to keep these businesses going

I think many of the Uber-wealthy would be far more willing to allow more of their wealth to be taken by the government if it wasn’t so abundantly clear that it would be almost entirely mismanaged. Waste, fraud, and corruption have become the norm…we must fix this, or it won’t matter if we take all of the billionaire’s money. It will never be enough.

So far very impressed with the conversation. I feel we need a candidate who is a sleeper independent/Republican who will be tough on fraud, waste, abuse, crime, and housing but actually runs as a democrat so they can get elected 😅

Impressive candidate. Smart democrat, what a concept. Intelligent policies. Hopefully he can win the primary. If he doesn’t he should consider switching parties. Republicans could vote for him. Don’t know if an independent can win…

Hey ChatGPT generate a candidate for governor who will appeal broadly based on scripts with vague promises, but make sure this candidate will protect, defend and advance the tech bro agenda but not promise it on the campaign.

This was a great interview. Please interview the other top candidates as well, and do it as soon as possible.

1:13:35 should answer whether fraud is included in that serious and violent crime

Wow, Mahan is refreshing to hear, he's got my vote

love this

This guy is surprisingly competent

Voting for Chad Bianco Our beloved Sheriff here in Riverside County. He is tough on Crimes and a True Leader who have proven service to Riverside communities. 🇺🇸💪🏼❤️

David, outstanding data-oriented, non-partisan political discussion, refreshing (this type of political discussion would make a great podcast). Matt, California needs you and the United States needs more politicians like you. I'll be donating and perhaps volunteering.

This is a great discussion. Matt Mahan, you sound more like an independent candidate and you may be the gubernatorial antidote this state needs. You got my vote.

Friedberg got a Craig Sager thing going on with that suit jacket. 😂

A message all Americans need to keep in mind: A government powerful enough to give you everything, is powerful enough to take it away.

Friedberg comes through with another great interview. Matt is likely our best shot at turning the ship around for the dumpster fire we call the state of California. As a resident of SJ, he’s done an amazing job here so far and I hope he can do the same for Cali.

Mahan is a breath of fresh air. He's got my vote 10000%

This guy makes sense. He did do all those things he said in san jose. I live in san jose. Vote for him

Matt Mahan seems more than qualified to be Governor of California. I enjoy Friedberg's interviews. He has interesting guests and he asks questions many people would ask if given the chance to do so.

Matt comes across as incredibly articulate and smart. Maybe California has a chance!!

We need to put all the lawyers in jail and then make them prove that they should be let out.

Mayor using the incentives based thinking reminds me of musk.

Very inter to hear how convoluted the laws and regulations have caused ridiculous situations for California, apart from the immense corruption! It’s sickening and disgusting!

Idea: bring back the pledge of allegiance. The Lord’s Prayer too. Optional but unhindered and encouraged around the flagpole every day.