I love California so much.
I moved to the Bay Area over a decade ago. I’ve raised my family here,
taught at Stanford, started a business, written books, hosted a TV show …
lived the California dream. It’s my home, in the deepest sense. I’m a
proud American, and an incredibly proud Californian too.
But I’ve never forgotten
where I came from. My parents were immigrants – they fled communism in
Hungary to start a new life in England. In a free country. I appreciate
exactly what that means.
We didn’t have much
money. My mother worked in a shoe store, my stepfather worked construction.
My dad, who died when I was a kid, was the goalie for the Hungarian
national ice hockey team.
In 2012 we moved to
California. I hosted a TV show — The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton
— and podcasts: California Rebel Base, The Steve Hilton Show, Big Ideas
Book Club. Through my policy organization, Golden Together, I’ve set out
the changes we need to make to get this state back on track.
Over the last few years,
I’ve traveled the state, meeting people from all walks of life and
backgrounds, in every part of California. I’ve spent time with business
owners and workers in every industry, struggling with the absolute
nightmare it’s become to start and grow a company here. I’ve seen the
struggles so many Californians face raising a family given the unbelievable
costs of living here.
To make real change happen
in government, you need the ability to think differently, the courage to
challenge establishment groupthink and the conviction to follow
through.
That’s what I will bring
to this job – to the urgent necessity of restoring the California Dream
for everyone, and making this beautiful state, that we love so much, truly
Golden Again.
