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.
