Sacramento Democrats are pushing ACA-7 through the legislature to strip racial preference protections from California's K-12 schools—defying voters who rejected similar measures twice—while the 2026 governor's race takes shape around a stark divide between candidates backed by public sector unions and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, who is running on cutting state spending before raising taxes. With California facing $20-35 billion in projected annual deficits and union-aligned candidates like Tom Steyer, Katie Porter, and Eric Swalwell competing for endorsements from the same special interests that benefit from state spending, the question of who controls Sacramento—and whose interests they serve—is the defining fight of this election cycle.
San Jose built ZERO market rate homes in 2024. Then Matt Mahan cut the fees, and everything changed.
San Jose's mayor has cut homelessness 25% while Sacramento lets good policies die in bureaucracy. He's running for governor.
San Jose's mayor reduced homelessness by a quarter while Sacramento fumbled. Now he's bringing receipts to the governor's race.
The San Jose mayor who actually cut homelessness 23% wants to bring his results-first approach statewide.
A startup founder who actually delivers results vs. Sacramento's endless theater. California finally has a real choice.
The numbers prove SF is the undisputed capital of innovation. So why are California politicians hellbent on driving it away?
The progressive politician who blocked 495 homes now wants to run California's insurance market into the ground.
Founders are already planning their escape routes. YC's strategy: leave after Series B, go distributed. "Suboptimal, but we know how to do this."
She wants to seize private property, calls homeownership 'white supremacy,' and ran crying when asked about her mom's $1.6M home.
San Jose's mayor is weighing a run—and his track record of actually fixing homelessness has founders begging him to go statewide.