Dear John,

I’m going to say something the political class does not want said out loud:

California was not broken
by accident.

It was broken by bad decisions, weak leadership, and politicians who never seem to pay the price for their own failures.

That may sound harsh.

But what’s harsher is a family getting priced out of the state they love and watching billions get spent while the same problems get worse.

I’m tired of the excuses.

I’m tired of the speeches.

I’m tired of being told that Californians should just accept less.

My team says messages like this are too direct.

But I’d rather tell the truth and take the heat than pretend everything is fine while California slips further away from the people who built it.

So I’m coming directly to you.

I need you to read this and give me your honest advice:

Should we keep playing by the old political rules?

Or is it time to confront Sacramento’s failures head-on?

Let’s get California back on track.

Steve Hilton

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