Tom Steyer
@TomSteyer
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Proud Californian and relentless optimist who knows how to get things done. Fighting for a California you can afford.
San Francisco, CA
Joined November 2012
My plan as governor of California is pretty simple: Tackle the cost of living crisis—or get the hell out of the way.
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Older voters rely on Social Security & Medicare. But without legal immigration, we have fewer young workers paying into retirement funds. This proposal hurts Trump’s own base, but let’s not pretend the President actually cares about them.
wsj.com
The quicker expiration dates primarily will affect immigrants seeking asylum or other forms of humanitarian protections.
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I was very impressed by what Mayor Mahan and San Jose have done with their emergency interim housing units. Great solution—let's scale it.
On Friday, I showed some of the leading candidates for California governor through Cherry Ave — a site that will help hundreds of people turn their lives around and find self-sufficiency. We shared our shift in approach — from focusing solely on a solution that basic math tells
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We're still building homes the way we were 100 years ago, and it's one of the reasons construction is slow and expensive today. Thank you @BuffyWicks for chairing California's Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation. California builds the future and embraces
California won’t solve its housing crisis unless we reduce construction costs. Our new Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation will explore tools & technologies that can help us build more homes, faster and more affordably. 🔗 Press release: https://t.co/If5v9H8RhF
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Building more homes everywhere means building more homes everywhere.
sfchronicle.com
A developer has filed plans to develop a unique 25-story apartment complex where a Safeway grocery store sits in a wealthy neighborhood in San Francisco.
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“Owning the libs” by ceding global automotive industry leadership to China. Great idea.
npr.org
At the White House this afternoon, President Trump said he was terminating "ridiculously burdensome" fuel economy rules. It's part of a series of changes relaxing or eliminating rules promoting...
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Hope for the future is not something that descends from on high, apropos of nothing. Hope is forged by engaging with and solving problems. Hope is forged by building things. While the federal government ignores reality, California will solve the future and forge hope.
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To build more homes in California, we need to end overregulation and modernize zoning. As governor, I'll forge a stronger partnership between the state and local levels, backed by new revenue. By closing corporate tax loopholes, we can bring in $10–15 billion a year to help
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I also had the chance to tour a new emergency interim housing unit in San Jose with @MattMahanSJ which was very impressive—a fantastic solution that we need to scale.
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Yesterday I attended @CSAC_Counties Gubernatorial Candidate Forum. It was a great chance to meet new people and share my vision as Governor of California.
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Clinging onto oil and gas is not the road to affordability or prosperity.
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This is why Prop 50 mattered. We’re playing pickup basketball without a ref. If they’re throwing elbows, we are, too.
We won! Texas is officially—and legally—more red. The Supreme Court restored the congressional redistricting maps passed by Texas that add 5 more Republican seats. The new maps better align our representation in D.C. with the values of Texas.
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California has a housing crisis because we aren’t building enough housing. To drive down costs, we need to embrace new technologies like modular and 3D printing to make homebuilding cheaper, faster, and better. New technologies can make construction more productive.
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Immigrants are hardworking, important members of California’s society. That’s how they should be treated.
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Californians deserve free public education from age 3 through community college. We’re going to put more money into the system by making corporations pay their fair share.
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“Permitting is hard.” “Regulation is hard.” “Zoning is hard.” Okay, we’re going to address those and build more housing in places where there’s already an existing footprint of buildings. 1 million homes. 4 years.
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Energy is one of the biggest industries in the world. It’s inextricably linked to national prosperity and security. So it baffles me that America is actively choosing to lean into fossil fuels, a 20th-century source of energy, and expecting to lead the future.
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Trump’s America: Don’t like something? Ignore the facts. Of course realtors and homesellers want to obfuscate climate risk. That doesn’t mean you should cave to them.
nytimes.com
The scores aimed to predict a property’s risk from fires, floods and storms, but some in the real estate industry as well as homeowners have called them inaccurate.
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The administration's refusal to engage with economic reality is costing American consumers and companies billions. The question is: can we even count on Trump’s courts to strike down his illegal tariffs born of a manufactured economic emergency? https://t.co/sbsm80oGrW
apnews.com
Costco is joining other companies that aren’t waiting to see whether the Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump’s most sweeping import taxes.
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A monopoly delivers the worst possible product at the highest possible price. Welcome to California’s investor-owned utilities.
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California is the best place to start and build a business in the world. It’s also the most expensive place. By targeting utility monopolies and lowering electricity prices by 25 percent, we can help Californian businesses stay competitive in the U.S. and globally.
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